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Oh, why are chickens so gross sometimes? One of my hens was sick (lethargic, with green diarrhea) so I separated her from the flock, putting her into a dog kennel in the corner of the barn with a heat lamp. I gave her some electrolytes in her water and oatmeal with some DE and cayenne pepper...

So, the farm store and hatchery that I ordered my chicks from messed up the group order: 800 baby chicks were shipped and not labeled. The store spent the whole morning separating the orders the best they could—with no books and without looking up pictures the internet. (When I asked why...

Almost one month ago, my 2-year-old RIR hen wound up with a severely impacted crop. We're talking draging-on-the-ground, hard-to-balance-on-the-perch big, although she never showed any signs of pain or illness. So I isolated her in a cage with no bedding and put her on a ACV-water diet for 48...

Three weeks ago I noticed one of my young RIR hens had a massive, droopy crop that swung back and forth and wiggled like a bowl full of jelly. The crop is completely soft and feels like a water balloon. I did some research online and found out it could be sour crop, impacted crop, or...

Here’s the story: Once upon a time, in Lady Cluck’s barn, there was a happy flock of chickens lead by a really great rooster. Everyone got along great, many thanks to the rooster. Fast forward to the present. Last fall, the great rooster stepped down – he’s old now and much prefers napping...

The hens have requested a reduction in roosters, and the low-man on the totem pole with the raging hormones just got voted off the Island. He's a young RIR rooster, born the second week in June from Cackle hatchery. He was supposed to be a hen. ;-) Instead he surprised me and his sisters...

This past June, I brought home two RIRs chicks from the local farm store (I just couldn't resist )...both were supposed to be pullets, but one turned out to be a rooster. But the pullet, what a gal she is! Besides being super friendly, she laid her first two eggs (yesterday and today) in one...

So, I walk out the front door and this is what I see. At least they had fun, right?? Here's one caught red-handed.

Story time! I got to see a hawk up close and personal today. Beautiful and amazing creatures, but this was a little too close... There is a very large oak tree and two very large pine trees about 15 feet apart from each other that form a triangle in one part of the barnyard. Six hens and one...

There are a few of these bugs sitting on the flowers and leaves of my squash plants in my garden (located in northern Illinois). I've never seen it before. At first, I thought it was a dreaded vine borer, but it doesn't have the orange coloring on its backside and legs. I don't see any...

Hello, BYC Forum! I'm a 4-H alum and have been raising chickens my entire life. I'm happy to be here and cluck about how great chickens are! Here's a photo of the newest hatchlings, peeking out from under their camera-curious mom.