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She has been molting for about a month now. Her feathers are growing back in slowly, but she is very lethargic. She is eating and drinking, but when I let the chickens out of the coop in the morning, she hops down from the roost and stands in the corner. She will go outside after a bit and...

My leghorn has trouble getting on the roost at night, it is about 34 inches off the ground. She also is having trouble getting into the nesting box, which is about 8 inches off the ground. She only has been having trouble the last few days. From about 10 weeks old, she walks backwards a lot...

Is it possible to spray the ground in my sand chicken run While the girls are in there? I have a lot of those tiny red ants and have tried DE, but that did nothing to the ants. I would like to spray the ground in the run with permethrin, but not sure if that is safe for my chickens. Input...

I have 5 hens. 2 blue australorps, 2 white leghorns, and one black australorp. All are about 20 months, except for the black, she is about 15 months. They all seem to get along fairly well, with one of the leghorns being the “boss” of the flock. However, in the last couple of days, one of the...

Do white leghorns molt in late June?

I have 6 hens. My head hen (white leghorn) is making it her life’s mission to harass my sole speckled sussex. My speckled has gone broody and so, I go out and take her off the nest four or five times a day . When my speckled gets taken out into the run and put up on a roost, my head hen...

I would like some input from you, please. I have been using the auto-fill watering cups, but I am thinking of switching to the nipples. How hard would it be for them to adapt? Have you had luck (or not) with using them? Thank you for your help!

I went out to the coop this morning and found this egg on the floor under my black australorp who was up on the roost. (My Speckled Sussex actually found it before me…hence the little hole…lol). Anyhow, I put a quarter next to it for size comparison. She has been laying since October. Any...

My one and only speckled is in the nesting box. She usually takes about 2 hours to lay her egg, but today, she has been in there about 4 hours and counting. It will be sunset in just about an hour. When it is time to “put them to bed”, if she isn’t out yet, should I leave her alone or take...

My blue australorp got down off the roost this morning and came out int the run but then she laid down on the ground (like she was still on the roost) and is panting. I have seen her get up and move to the water, take a drink, and then goes right back to sitting on the ground and panting. She...

I have one speckled Sussex out of my six girls (the others are 2 blue Australorps, one black australorp, 2 white leghorns). The speckled seems to get shunned by all the others. She and the black australorp came to the flock in a second batch of four…two were Roos and had to go to the farm...

We have finished the inside of our coop, minus one 2x3’ area of insulation, which will be done by week’s end. 6 hens with a 10 x 7’ coop and a 8 x 14’ attached completely enclosed run.

Backstory: I have, from the beginning, gone out to the coop just at sunset. I go inside the coop and call the girls in, close the pop door so they don’t go back out, and wait for them to settle in on their roosts before I turn out the light (which I turn on about an hour before dark, to bring...

I sprinkle Sweet PDZ on my poop board in my coop and then add a light layer of fine pine shaving. My chickens love to peck at this stuff and eat it. They don’t seem to have any bad effects from it. So I am guessing it is ok. Thoughts? Thanks!

Hi, all! I am looking to add more to my chicken run - right now it is just regular yard dirt ( where there USED to be grass…lol). Anyhow, please see attached pic and advise on which is the better choice here in N. Central Florida. Thanks!

Is it ok to eat the egg that my girl laid after she had a dose of CORID and poultry cell? Thanks!:confused:

One of my blue Australorps is acting strangely. The other 5 are doing what chickens do…scratching, digging, wandering… but my blue was just standing in one spot not doing anything. Her tail feathers are pointing down, instead of the usual up, she just stands still. I picked her up and checked...

I have one blue Australorp that is just aggravating the mess out of me. She (and her 3 siblings - another blue australorp and two white leghorns) are about 9 months old. I have two more that are about 7 months old. One is a black australorp and one is a speckled Sussex. The one blue 9 month...

I always “tuck” my chickens in at nightfall, which is right around 6pm now. However, I have to attend an important meeting tomorrow and won’t get back until around 7:15. Their run is predator proof and it is attached to the coop where they can go in and out at will. There will be a light on in...