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Got chicken problems this morning. My barred rock (Rocki) that I barely saved from Coccidiosis last year and who has never laid since came out of the roost this morning fluffed up, grayed comb, listless and not eating. I went to pick her up (had to check for bound egg, which there wasn't) she...

Can you safely innoculate grown hens against Coccidiocis?

Are these chickens prone to any particular illnesses? I have a Barred Plymouth Rock named Rocki that is part of a small 3-hen flock I've had for over two years. The other two are RIR and Americauna. They all eat the same feed, insects, vegetable scraps, etc. and are kept in a pen rather than...

Help! My chicken pen is infested with mice! I've tried snap traps (they get the bait and never trip the trap), the horrible sticky traps (they eat the peanut butter and waltz right off of it!). I do NOT want to use poison due to hazard to chickens, cats, children, dogs, etc. I go in every night...

Here's one to keep you all busy. My little granddaughter wants to know where the word "coop" comes from. I can't find an origin. Anyone here know?

My barred rock "hen" is about 14-16 weeks old and has developed a gorgeous but troubling set of bright red full comb and wattles. However, I have never heard a crow out of "her" and two of the 3 new hen group that she is part of are laying - brown eggs. Since the other two are a RIR and an...

We bought one of those prefab mini coops and of course it's too small so we are building a proper hen house and pen. We will save the mini coop for when we have a broody hen/chicks. We are wanting to install on the new hen house a door/closer like the one on the mini coop but I can't find those...