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I have a leghorn that I’m fairly certain has water belly. She runs with a waddle, her abdomen is distended and a deep red. Her comb is turning dark. Her sister died from it last. For her sister I had been draining in with a syringe. Today I tried to drain this hen and she jumped after I poked...

I asked a nurse friend to help. I thought she would have approached the removal differently. I stopped the video and used alligator forceps to finish the job and have some surgical tweezers and hemostats to have if needed in the future. Unfortunately I didn’t immediately realize what was going...

I would like to add turkeys to my flock because I already have guineas mixed in with the chickens. I had thought guineas were also at risk of blackhead like turkeys so I thought screw it I’ll go ahead and add some turkeys, but now I can’t seem to find any info at all on the risks of blackhead...

I have a bunch of flaxseed I bought for myself but they smell rancid and are old. Is it safe to give to my chickens and will there still be nutritional merit?

I have a going-on two year old rooster who has been a great rooster. Last spring I hatched out seven males and decided to keep two. So now I have three roosters, 20 hens, and three guineas. The two new males are a barred rock and a blue copper Marans. The guineas are about 9 months old and were...

I’ve been under a boil water advisory for a week. I’m wearing myself out with boiling water. Today I was buying feed and saw a sign for a product (which was out of stock) stating it would sanitize the drinking water for your flock. So my question is, what is my risk of my flock actually...

I have a broody hen, and I wanted to grow out some freedom rangers sometime this spring. I found freedom ranger hatching eggs directly from the hatchery. My concern is what are the chances of the eggs freezing in transit? I’m located in PA and winter temps can fluctuate wildly. This week for...

I have 3 guineas, 2 that are definitely female and 1 that I am fairly certain is male. They were kept in their own run until 16 weeks old. Up until 4 weeks old, they had not been able to see the chickens either. During that time they could see the chickens, and frequently cried when the chickens...

I had an immobile coop and run to raise meat birds in, but would like to raise enough meat birds to sell for meat to friends and family. Unfortunately raising them in an immobile coop with litter is not affordable if trying to make a profit, and a run can only handle so much poop. The issues...

My gals have never been dewormed, and they've all got a touch of the scaly leg mites. I had been hoping they'd all stop laying but I'm still getting about 6 eggs a day so I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and toss them. :( A little info about my flock: I have (I think) 26 chickens and three...

*stolen from facebook* Original poster stated in the comment thread he puts three saucers of water under the tray and on dry days he sprays the eggs as well. It used about a liter of kerosene a day.

I have humored the idea of purchasing a bunch of fry pan roosters from Meyer Hatchery. They are $1 each. I'd stick them under my reliable broodies in the spring, let mama do all of the work, and process around 16-18 weeks. We are raising 30 cornish cross for ourselves, so the freezer will be...

I lucked out with my dobie who loved the chickens for their treat (poop) production. With that said, it took us a year of keeping the chickens in a run before we felt safe to introduce them to the dog, and free ranging. Sadly my dobie passed in February of this year. She would have been 15 in...

I've tried to google search, and browse some old threads on here, but haven't found something that I feel will work for me. I have a spigot access next to my coop (just installed yesterday! woohoo!), and would like to set up a system for automatically filling water, bonus points if it I can...

I used to live in an area where I had high speed internet. I used the Wyze camera and could monitor my coop remotely. I loved it! Now I don't have access to internet, and likely never will. Satellite internet is out of the question. It's expensive and horrible. I use a no-contract cell phone...

There's a house I drive by daily on a busy two-lane highway. They have (had) free range chickens, but you guessed it, they all were hit by cars. Now there is only one lonely chicken left. I see the poor thing every day. Is it crazy to stop and ask if I can take the chicken? What would the...

I ordered chicks five days ago from Hoover Hatchery but paid through TSC. They said chicks would ship in 2-3 weeks. This morning, SURPRISE!!!!!!! The post office called and there are 30 peeping cornish cross chicks sitting in the post office. I call my poor city slicker roommate (I'm at work)...

I’ve been feeding free-choice calcium along with an all flock feed for some time. We’ve all read extra calcium can be bad, and the general assumption is chickens eat it when they need it. We processed some 16 week old cockerels a couple of weeks ago and the gizzard of every one of them was...

Hey everyone. I had a friend make a video of the day we processed our cockerels. The video isn't set up to teach anyone how to process, and it's as low-key as possible considering what the content is, but if anyone is interested, here it is: Because it features processing chickens, it was...

So far I haven’t tried heart or gizzard. Let me see your favorite recipes!