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Pecky is an almost 3 year old blue sapphire gem, is top of the pecking order, but is not well. She has had mystery diarrhea for about two months and has a bulge in her abdomen. Here's what I've done to try to help: - I've cleaned the waterers and feeders - given her baths to clean her up -...

I have 8 sapphire gem hens that are 2.75 years old. Egg production has been slowing down to 3-4 eggs a day this summer to maybe 2 a day this fall, but in the past few weeks, we may have gotten 4 eggs total. Is this just the end of daylight savings time with older hens, or is something else...

About half my flock are complete jerks-- four of eight are pecking at the others constantly, pulling out feathers, and oinking up all the food. They are all the same breed so it took a while to figure out the culprits until I applied some common sense: the fat chickens with all their feathers...

Hello All, One of our eight backyard chickens is sick, and I'd love some advice on how to care for her. She is lethargic and has yellow diarrhea starting (or at least noticed) yesterday. See pic where you can see what's coming out of her. Here's what my family and I have done so far: 1)...

Today was a big day for the girls: we moved a couple hours north of ATL to the N GA mountains. While we were dismantling the coop and run, we let the girls free range in the backyard, and Ellie hurt her leg while jumping out of the coop. She is limping and wouldn't walk or put weight on the...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We got our chickens last April. It's been so much fun learning about them and how to take care of them. I am new to backyard chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 10 hens (3) What breeds do you have? Blue...