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This was a 20 months old Columbia Rock. She always laid soft or thin shelled eggs which continually were broken in the nest box. She had access to calcium, oyster shells, egg shells. I tried everything, nothing worked to correct this issue. I have another one with problems like this as well...

I found this under my hen this morning, if this is her Oviduct will she die? She still appears fine, no fluffing. She may have sour crop, separate problem.

Notice my pullet that is about 28 weeks old was having diahhrea yesterday with a bit of yellow in it. This morning felt all crops and one was squishy not flat. She dropped an egg which is not normal. Im thinking Peritonitis and her having sour crop. These pullets started laying soft shelless...

I was switching to grower feed for my 8 week old pullets, bought feed and looked at the bag and its for meat birds. I asked and that is all they sell. She assured me my pullets will be fine. It's a 19% top feed shelf. I got home and called the company, they told me there is an option for a...

Can some tell me if these blue wheatens are female or male. Not a great picture, looking to buy them. I'm not allowed any roosters.

My hen was a ready to lay hen when I got her, she was sick with impacted and sour crop for a month. We got through this and she started laying her egg from the roost. I initially thought after her dealing with sour crop, her body went through a lot and she needed to get her proper nutrition...

I came across this website that is worth bookmarking. https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/medicine-chart

I've been working with her on this for about 5 days or so. It started with her moving her neck in strange ways. I had put hay in as bedding and since then replaced it, thinking she blocked from that. im wondering if she has over done it with oyster shells. i dont feel any hay in her crop...

My hen has had diahrea for about four days, very watery and green. I noticed her having problems with her head going back and forth. It was suggested that my hen may be adjusting her crop. I just got these hens as 19 week old ready to lay. I put hay down instead of straw and they were eating...

I just bought these 19 week old hens ready to lay last week. Today I noticed one having problems with her neck. I did a video, I'm hoping the link works, she suppose to be vacanated against mareks disease. She seems healthy, eating, drinking, and still gets around. She also started laying...

I'm having problems with my eggs as you can see in the pictures. My shells for some are soft and are cracked. Its been ongoing. I am giving them oyster shells along with their food. I'm wondering if the quality of food could be a problem or maybe my new 1yr old hens are not a healthy batch...

I'm sure we all dream of sleeping in or going away for a few days. I have been searching for a few days trying to figure out how I can have my chicken door automatically open. I finally found a product we can buy here in Canada. http://www.aartech.ca/model-d20-chicken-coop-door-motor.html...

I've check out the pictures of poop to see if what my 10 week old pullet has is normal, its thick and pasty. It does'nt quite come close to any of them. I'm hoping she is ok. Here is a picture of what she is having. It seems closer to evening. I have tried the apple cider vinegar. The poop...

I have a 7 week old chicken that I noticed her pupiles are not round, they are oddly shaped. I was looking another baby over and she seems to have one that seems somewhat off. The one that is very noticeable, when I got her as a baby chick she would spin in circles. yesturday I finally got...

I have two Americanas and one Maron hen. I find they don't lay very well. They have turn two years old. I have had red rocks that lay really well. How many eggs would I expect to get from them. They really haven't layed well from the start.

I noticed today that my three week old chick has a crooked toe on both feet, one is worse than the other. Here is a pictures. I'm not sure if she broke her toe or if its something else. The other chicks are fine. They freak out every time I try to clean them and feed them. I have read some...

I just noticed that my hens eyes are starting to bubble in the corner of her eyes. I haven't seen this before. Does anybody have any ideas of what this is or why it would happen and how to help her. She is 7 yrs old. Thanks [/img]

I received my baby chicks yesturday, and she did try to eat and drink a bit yesturday, this morning, she is not interested, she is sleeping all the time. Could she be dying? Thanks.

I have a 7 year old hen about three days ago could hardly walk. She seems to want to eat and drink to some degree. She seems so alert. I assume that maybe its age and its her time. My husband is going to try to put her down for our fist time. How hard to think about this. Its for the best...

If you want to figure out if you have worms, let the chickens poop float in water. I didn't dump out the poop, and we had a lot of rain, and look at what I found. I'm pretty sure its some type of worm, however, I am pretty sure its not magots. let me know what you think. I did deworm my...