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I guess their chest is more white than yellow now that you point it out. That chick looks fine. It looks like an Australorp! When growing their feathers out, they definitely go through what my wife and I call, their "awkward teen days". lol. Mine have gotten spotty white areas, ugly...

I have a lot more than 8 now...chicken math! lol I'm not sure if I know what you mean about how they feather out. They start out black and yellow and they turn out all black with a pretty green sheen in the sunlight. I don't really keep chickens as pets so temperament is not something I care...

The best way to judge if it is sickness is to watch her behavior. If she isn't acting normally as well as making strange sounds, that will give you your answer.

What breed is she and where do you live?

Thanks for all the well wishes! My health isn't perfect yet but it's getting better.

I have missed about 800 posts, and I'm not reading them so hopefully I didn't miss anything to exciting. With that said, here is what's new with me! I was hospitalized 10 out of 14 days with diverticulitis with a perforation which developed an abscess! Good times! My broody white leghorn...

Thank you!

Heather, since this is for cattle, the package probably won't talk about eggs. Do you know how long until eggs can be eaten? I sell almost all of my eggs so I definitely need to know this.

Thank you. I do appreciate it.

Yeah, I guess it could have been. I just didn't want to take the chance of losing all 32 birds. It wasn't easy doing it but I felt I needed to, right or wrong. If another bird turns up with the same symptoms I will treat for gape worm so I don't end up culling all of them. I looked in her...

I had a sick hen today. I tried to separate her from the rest of the flock after I realized she was sick but she had already spent some time around them. Let me say right now, I ended up putting her down tonight. I know a lot of people take them to the vet and nurse them and so forth but my...

So looking at that link, what does setters and non- setter mean? It says leghorns are non-setters. Obviously she is broody and sitting on eggs but I don't know what these terms mean or are referring to. I tried to compare to something like a silkie that I know make great moms and go broody...

Lisa, don't over-think it too much. If its not really old or something, odds are its fine. I wormed mine with Wazine 17 and supposedly it says you can never eat their eggs again someone told me. So, being the stupid person I am, I immediately and intentionally started eating them to test the...

Thanks for the input!

When I left for work this morning my broody leghorn was still sitting on just a golf ball. When I got home from work, she was sitting on 3eggs, none of her own of course. Since I got 18 eggs today I threw 4 more eggs under her and left her where she is. If she gets off, oh well. I still say...