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Without sounding to morbid what happens to an "older chicken" when they reach end days. Here's why I ask...we just lost a hen that is 7 ish she. We live in south Texas and she has seen a lot, from a 7 day stretch of no power and below freezing, to nearly the same the following year(both times...

I have a question for the great minds here at BYC...I have a picture of an egg likes of which I have never seen. It has been extremely hot in south Texas since April but were getting about normal amount of eggs considering the conditions BUT RECENTLY the last 45 ish days we have been getting...

I'll start by saying pictures to follow. Here's the deal..we have a mixed flock of 2 gold laced Wyandottes 2 Easter eggers 2 blue Wyandottes 2 buff orpington and a barred rock and a silver laced Wyandotte and 2 black astrolorp. We had a bullying with a buff orpington and rehomed her for...

 A question for the great minds here at BYC....if a head hen goes broody will she lose position in the pecking order. Here is the senerio...our head hen died unexpectedly and one of our soon to be hens(4/26) decided that she was the head hen(she's the biggest hen) and about 2 weeks later she...

I am not as versed with chicken anatomy as I should or could and that being said here is my question. Will a hen lay an egg given all the light, food and water requirements have been met with no more stress than a normal day has to offer. We have a hen that is 3.5 years old and from what I can...

I'm not sure where to ask this question so I'm going to start here. This is not an emergency or a wound. We have a 3.5 year old Barred rock that is my favorite girl. I had ask about sour crop and received awesome advice and a gentle massage of her crop ended in her expelling what ever the issue...

Good afternoon/evening all, not an emergency yet BUT don't want it to. We have a 3.5 year old Orpington hen that I have seen laying down quite a bit and was finally able to get ahold of her. Without knowing chicken anatomy as well as I should..she has a dark spot in the botyom center of her foot...

Happy NEW YEAR to all. I guess this the right place for this question(s). What is the typical life expectancy of a standard hen ? We have a mixed(ages) flock of 14, our oldest girls will be 4 in February and a couple are moving slower than normal. The 2 in question are 1 is barred rock and a...

Ok i know y'all are getting tired of the same(almost)question over and over again. It keeps twisting and evolving..so here it is. Can a broody pullet be an egg eater? The pullet who will be a hen in September has gone broody and discovered an eaten/broken egg today(6pm central) not positive if...

This is going to be a lenghty question for the great people here at BYC and need(I think) the whole story. It starts with 4 Blue Star chicks 3 pullets and a Roo kinda ..we rehomed the roo, once they were 13-14 weeks integrated them to 8 girl flock...about 4 weeks later 1 pullett tests her wings...

Its back...what is everyone's best advice. We have a hen who had "sour crop" thst successfully was cured(I think) ..she has it again. Last time I gently massaged her crop and after 2 ish treatments like that she was back to her old self. I am wondering if it can be a brand of food? I...

This may be easy for some BUT not me. I just went to feed(check it) water(check it) and collect eggs...low and behold there were none NOT EVEN THE FAKE/FAUX eggs. The empty shell's were there on the floor and only 3 ish but fake were gone also...SO WHO CAN IT BE. ???

Good afternoon all, we have a 2.5 year old hen that is very lethargic and we noticed it 3-4 days ago. Its been colder than normal here in south Texas. She is the only on of our now 10 girl flock. She was attached by a predator a year ish ago but has healed and is one of our best egg dispite...

This big boy was found alone after a house fire alone and peeping for a new safe home. My coworker found him in hopes it was a pullet...WE know that is not the case but still wonder what breed he is. No other pictures at this time so good luck identifying him lol

Being the economic times that they are(and the miser I am)and high prices of feed what is every ones take on mixing "chic starter" and "layer crumbles" ? Here's the rest of the story. We have a 4 bird 2 year old flock a 4 bird 18 month ish flock and 3 bird that will be 16 weeks on January 6th...

Good evening all, newbie questions for the GREAT MINDS HERE AT BYC. Our first flock of 4 girls turned 2 September 10 and thus far only 1 bird partially molted up to now, the second flock of 4 turned 1on March 5th and no one has molted yet. I am curious if I am doing something wrong or if...

Being the city farmers we are...heres the next question in our never ending chicken journey. It has been confirmed that we have 3 blue star pullets and 1blue star rooster. So here is the $64,000 question. Do we need to separate them now at 8 weeks old or continue to let them grow up together in...

I'm never sure where to post what BUT I'm going to start here. We have what was once a #7 in the pecking order but noticed that she has what appears to be a blind eye. She seems to possibly see a blurred image or slight sight in one eye. What happens to her if the rest of the flock figures it...

Y'all are going to shoot me BUT, we have 4 new(1 month old today) Blue star sex link chicks. Which should not require this question HOWEVER we have 1 little girl that has a very large comb...my better half has done a little research on "the comb at 4 weeks" with mixed reviews,some say it could...

I seem to have new(to us) issue with roosting. We had a small coop 4x8 with a poor design for roosting, NOW we have an 8x10 with nearly 2 linear feet for each of our 8 hens to roost on..here's the issue we have 1 bird that does not roost that I can tell...by that statement i mean when everyone...