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Yesterday I found our fence had been knocked down and that day we lost 2 chickens and 3 more overnight. They were very weak, lethargic, and thick mucus was coming from their mouths. 2 of them were shivering as well. Today 3 more are dying and same symptoms less the thick mucus. 1 of them also...

I have a 2 year old red star hen that was attacked by a dog yesterday (a dachshund). On first glace she seemed relatively ok though she wouldn't put any weight on 1 of her legs. Today when I checked on her I found a large patch of feathers missing on her back close to the tail. On further...

I currently have 40 chickens, 6 that are between 2 and 4 years old. Then 34 babies (1 turned out to be a roo). Anyway, my babies are 16 weeks old and I got this today. The adults have never laid an egg this small before, though my oldesy hen did lay a soft shelled egg about a week ago. Could...

I just got a new batch of chickens this Spring 10 are Easter Eggers and the other 24 are Cinnamon Queen (brown layers). They arrived March 11th so they are just a few days short of 8 weeks. I went to open the coop this morning and to my surprise I hear 1 of the chickens crow!!! So I guess my...

We have a chicken that managed to get a 1/2 inch nail in her foot. We didn't catch it at first but removed the nail and treated. Several days later we were pulling off a scab and draining an infection. Now the injury is healed but the foot remains swollen and is getting worse. On the swollen...

We had a meat bird that we believed to have bumblefoot. When we went to take care of the foot it turned out she had a half in long nail embedded in the center of her foot. OUCH!!! My question now is what is the chance that the chicken could get tetanus? We cleaned the wound. The foot felt hot...

Long story short is our dog tested positive for hookworms (she is on treatment). Well, I looked into the yard and saw her pooping, then saw a swarm of chickens run up behind her and EAT the poop! After I got over the freak out I got worried because of the hookworms! Our flock ranges in age from...

The hen in question is almost 3 years old and it Head Honcho of the flock of 14 (3 are almost 3 years, 3 are 2 years, and 8 are 4 months, we don't have any roos). Lately, when I feed them she stands in the group with all the others and watches while they eat with her beak half open then makes a...

None of our other chickens started laying eggs before they were 6 months old. Before our current batch we have raised 12 to laying age. Our newest batch are 3 months old and there are 8 of them (4 red sex links, 3 black sex links, and 1 ee), and when I went out to collect eggs today I saw a pint...

I had 3 but 2 of them died at a few weeks old :( so I don't have comparison. Anyway, I have a 13 week old Amerucana and I still don't know the gender. It hasn't started to crow and is actually a bit smaller than the others of the same age (4 red sex linked and 3 black sex linked). If it is...

I currently have 6 laying hens. 3 of them are just over 2 years old and the other 3 are just over 1. However, none of them have yet to molt. A couple times they have all looked a little rough but then no molt. Is this normal? The 3 oldest are a Red Sex linked, Black Barred, and a White Leghorn...

I have a Rhode Island Red, she is about 9 months old and hasn't started laying yet. Well I moved all 7 of my hens to a permanent coop that is 8x8 with a 20x8 run. However, after a couple days she refused to leave the coop, she sits on the floor all day. At first I thought she was broody as...

I went out to take care of the chickens today. All was going well until I came across our 5 month old rhode island reds. I noticed blood. I looked over them all and saw no injuries. It looked like it may have been in the poop but it was spotted like they were bleeding. Then I saw her, she was...

I don't have a photo of this but we have what looks like 4 Welsummers I have posted a pic of them before but their eggs aren't what I expected. They are medium in size but not dark brown. They are actually a medium brown with dark brown speckles. I know that Wels apply the dark brown after the...

So we had a chicken lay 2 eggs today. And she hasn't missed a day in weeks but the second egg was deformed where it had a darn ans the pucker was weak. Also the egg didn't have an attached white it was jist yolk and watery on the inside. She's never payed 2 eggs in a day before. Should I be...

Ok so I'm curious. We have 1 Rhode Island Reds that are both consistently laying jumbo eggs (larger than 74g) every day. Anyone else's reds laying this large? I thought they wouldn't get that big. Also none of them are double yolkers.

I have an idea but wonder if anyone else might know for sure. They are 9 months old. I can't stand now knowing!.

Hello everyone I'm new here and new to chickens as well. We got 6 chickens April this year a week after my son was born. 4 of those are still alive. 1 was lost to a stray cat and the other dug a hole under its coop and got stuck. So with procuring 4 more yesterday we now have 8 hens between 7.5...

One of our Rhode island reds were attacked yesterday and I don't know what measures I should take to prevent infection. I'd post a photo but I can't due to new member restrictions. But something got ahold of her neck but couldn't kill her. A patch of feathers is missing and a it kinda shredded...