Recent content by moukoyui

Could this be from squeezing through a small coop door? She is easily twice as wide as a normal hen, but I didn't think anything of it because she was getting in ok to lay her eggs. She doesn't like to roost (too big) and sleeps in a roofed sand box outside until the weather gets bad in...

She eats Southern States Layer crumbles and 3 grain scratch. The other hens have free choice oyster shell and grit, but she is a bit dumber and can't remember where to find it, so I mix a little in with her scratch grains. All my hens get weekly fruits/veggies and grass clipping. What would...

I couldn't figure out how to post pictures from my phone so here are a few links to her at her bath tonight. No white discharge. No real anything by her vent, some stuck on poops and dirt on her "underneath feathers" which is because she sits a lot. The picture in her bath bucket is with my...

How should I treat for vent gleet or a yeast infection? Would treating her hurt her if she doesn't have them.

I have a broiler hen that I got from our Ag program at school... the students suckered me into it. She is now over a year old and an absolute doll. I know that her life expectancy will be much shorted than her egg laying sisters, but so far her quality of life is pretty good. She is HUGE...

Wow, your coop is SO much nicer than mine!! Here is a link to our coop. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tU7_aT3iYpD1fl18UYFhQmNwpDQT9FNNUQ It was sold to us for up to 6 birds. It is always open to the run each night and has full length portions of mesh in the front and back. We have only...

Hello, this is my first time posting. I am a new chicken mom. I am trying to solve our chicken coop mystery. Our chickens have a large 12x18 outdoor run that has natural cover from trees and a small (kit from tractor supply) coop with nest boxes. Our birds are a mixed flock - 2 orpingtons...