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I have a one-year-old Cream Legbar with what seems to be a dislocated wing. I noticed that she was holding her right wing a little lower than the other, and when I picked her up to see what was wrong with it I could tell it felt different. It seems very stiff, it is not moving freely, she can't...

I have a new batch of chicks, between 5 and 7 weeks old. I pieced the flock together over a couple week period. My question is: because they are not free ranging just yet, do I need to give them chick grit before giving them treats like strawberries, lettuce, or tomatoes? So far all I have...

I have 19 new chicks, and although I have never done this in the past, I am wondering if I should be feeding them supplements - like probiotic powder or extra protein. I do add a little ACV to their water, and when someone seemed to have diarrhea, I did give them a little dried oregano mixed...

I have a one month old Buff Orphington that seemes fine last week, but began to be lethargic a few days ago. She would just stand under the light, and close here eyes. She seemed like she was drinking and I saw her eating, but still very lethargic. While everyone elese is pecking aorund and...

I have 7 chicks, about 3 - 4 weeks old. When I got home from work today I noticed that my little Barred Rock has one eye that looks a little swollen. The other eye looks fine and none of the other chicks have anything wrong at all. Is there something to be concerned about?? What would cause...

I have 6 laying hens, and one of them is laying eggs with no shell AND no membrane (I think). It started about amonth ago. There is always a mess in the nest, egg white and yolk, and it is generally all over a good egg. I am gone to work all day while it is happening, so I can't tell who is...

I bought two Dark Brahma chicks mid-March. They were just a few days old when I got them. They are 4 months old. I also got 2 Buff Orphington's and 2 Rhode Island Reds that were about same age then, so they all grew up together. Happy little chicken family. Yesterday, I went to give them water...

Something is really wrong with one of my hens. She is a full grown Cuckoo Maran. I actually found her a year ago, and she was full grown then but I'm not sure about her age. At least 1 1/2 - 2 years old I would say. First, the other hens started picking on her so bad I had to separate her from...

Now, I am not dumb, I know she isn't yawning. It just looks that way and it's the only way I can explain it. What is she doing?? I posted earlier that she seems strange the last couple days and I think she might be going blind, or something else is wrong, as she is 'missing' when she pecks at...

I have a chicken that is 'missing' what she is pecking at. Sometimes by several inches. And I am concerned that she is either not seeing well, or there is something else wrong with her. She is a Cuckoo Maran, we call her Annie. I found her (believe it or not) wandering on the road one day...

I have a small Buff Orphington, Penny. She is so nice, but she is the runt of our 5 hen backyard flock and she tends to get picked on by the others. The last few days I noticed she has feathers missing on the top of her wings, about the size of a nickel, (right where a shoulderblade would be)...

I have a small flock of 4, 1 year old hens. I have had them only a few months but they get along really well. Today I got 2 new hens, they are just over a year old, Gold Laced Wyandottes. When I first put them in the pen together, one of the GL Wyandottes climbed on top of my smallest, most...

I have 4 hens, and no roosters. Penny is a BO pullet about 7 months old. She is the runt of our flock, she lays the smallest eggs, but we love her because she is so nice and demure. Yesterday afternoon I went to collect eggs, and there she was on the nest so I assumed she was laying, like she...