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I have a hen that was attacked by a predator some time last night. She is 1-2 years old and lives in a large chicken tractor and attached run with 13 other hens and 2 roosters. They have pine bedding. She does not seem lighter than the others. She is awake and alert but somewhat subdued after...

I got 3 three week old chicks from a chicken swap on Saturday. One of them, the smallest, has seemed lethargic since we got her though she’s eaten and drank water just fine. This morning I went out to the pen and she was on her side, eyes closed. I thought she was dead! But she was breathing...

I have three 3-4 week old chicks I got from a local chicken swap on Saturday. TSC only had non-medicated chick feed so that’s what I bought. I did some research to find out the medication in medicated chick feed is amprolium. I have Corid, so can I just dose them with that to have the same...

I went to a chicken swap today and there was a farmer selling his own house blends of chicken feed. I’m interested in that because I don’t like the byproducts in commercial chicken feed, so I took his card. Is this a good feed? Here’s the link to the one I’m considering. I went for the one...

I know there’s a lot of deworming threads but I read through a bunch and couldn’t find anything about putting dewormer in water. Can you put safeguard for goats in water? Or is there another dewormer that works that you can put in their water source? My flock is small but I have some birds who...

One of my red star hens, Hazelnut, about 1 year old, was euthanized at the vet today. Starting yesterday, she became extremely lethargic and listless and stood separate from the flock. She didn’t go home to her chicken tractor last night and I had to put her in myself. Today she was worse. She...

Hello! My name is Katherine and my family has been keeping chickens for years. I, however, always kept my distance and wasn't that interested when I was younger. Now I’m older (23) and am interested in making the flock my own. We keep red star chickens, Easter eggers, And Ameraucauna. I enjoy...