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Hello BYC I have exhausted everything I know to try, on my poor hen Polly and Pearl. She has been breathing like this for about 10 days. I isolated her, have given her vitamins and electrolytes, have also tried a bit of oil of oregano in water through a syringe. Please if anybody knows what...

Thanks to everyone who, wrote in regarding my hen. I can’t believe it but as of today she is walking normally, completely back to normal. I can’t thank you all enough for the help. My beloved hen is ok This site is awesome 👏 :woot:thumbsup:wee:wee

Hi, I have a hen who is having trouble standing upright. I was wondering if anybody has used Recovery on a chicken.

A fatal Hawk attack happened here yesterday. It broke My heart as I had only just opened the coop door to feed and water, it was warm and I couldn’t stop them from coming out to peck. By the time I was walking back to the house through the orchard she was there dead. I read about using a...

Hi My broody hen is breaking the eggs she is sitting on. My other Brodie’s were great, any ideas what’s wrong. thanks

Good evening BYC ! My Eggs that I collected today, we’re a much lighter shade of brown. The first photo shows the brown eggs today, yesterday’s eggs brown are next. I am wondering what causes differences in colour and also white dots, and bumps.

This hen, has been exhibiting some odd behaviours, her body is changing as well, in terms of her comb, becoming enlarged and light pink in colour. Also she seems to be growing Spurs ? Thought she was female, by her feathering…..and then, she Hasn’t laid an egg yet, and all of her sisters have...

Hi here’s a pic of my Pullet, her comb has been pale for a couple of days, any ideas why. She is 5 months old, and has not begun laying yet

Hi, id appreciate greatly any information on how to best help my broody hen, be it diet, housing etc thanks

Hello 👋 Im wondering if my 5 month Pullets will accept my older rooster. They seem to avoid him, and run away. But they are also are doing the squatting behaviour…

Hello, is there a place on the site for pics of the inside of coops, soon my EE will be old enough, and I have also 6 roosters. I’d like to renovate a bit, and improve life for my flock

Hi, Has anybody experienced a chicken sitting down much more often than the others? This guy is the tallest and thinner than the others. He has no lameness, He seems to choose to sit down, and peck at the ground and grass. Hope he isn’t sore, not sure if he is getting enough to eat.

If anyone has a moment, I’d like help identifying my mixed breed chicks born may 19-21. Thanks

Hello, Today I’m starting to clean out my truck camper for use with my EE flock. I have this opportunity born out of necessity, to create my own chicken coop, with all of the features I don’t have in the other one. I’ll take pics, and hopefully some of you wonderful people will lend me a hand...

Hi, noticed this injury on my roosters comb today. Not sure what it is...

Hi BYC Its the black chick, her eyes are black as night, and her tail feathers curl up at the ends. She came with the other Ameraucauna chicks, but looks nothing like them. I would appreciate any ideas put forth. Thanks all.

My flock consists of my 2 year old hens which I have 13, a mixture of ISA browns, Red Rock, ( Black Sex Links ) Production Reds, an ISA brown, EE cross, and Plymouth Rock. My EE rooster, who is 1. Then, there’s the Ameraucauna 11 week old , which I have 11, half are pullet, half cockerel. Also...

Hello to all, When I first got my chickens I didn’t really have much practical experience, but I did read a lot. BUT not much about coop design and nothing about mice or rats. Am I supposed to leave their food and water out at night. I always do, but Now I realize I have been feeding the...

My eggs are 2 days from lockdown. I have taken out the clear ones, but there are a few that just look dark, with an air sac, those have coloured shells. How long do you leave the incubator closed, after the 21 days ? How long do leave the chicks in the incubator after they have hatched? How...

Maybe it’s me, maybe I’ve just hit on one too many threads at a time, but lately I’ve heard a lot of talk about breed perfection at the expense of hatchery birds. All of my hatchery birds were really great, I wouldn’t trade any one of them, from my Plymouth Rocks, to my Ameraucaunas, to my Sex...