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Hi All, I recently lost two 8-month-old hens to what I am thinking might have been Marek's Disease. I have 3 hens remaining whom I bought seperately from these two and they are about 1.5 years old now. They seem happy and healthy. I am wondering how I can go about replacing the 2 that I...

My hen is really sick. She's underweight, and has a really nasty vent infection plus a limp. At first I thought it was mites/worms so I treated her for that but she didn't get better. Then thought it might be vent gleet with a combo limp. I don't think it is Marek's... but one vet told me via...

My young BA hen (not laying yet) is supposed to be 7-8 months old but she barely has a comb or wattle and is very small. I got her when she was supposedly 4 months so I have no way of knowing how old she really is. She has been sick for at least a month. First she had a limp, then it went away...

Hi, My 5 (ish) month BA (not laying yet) seems to be struggling to poo. I saw her squat weirdly yesterday and she made a strange noise while she pooed. I checked out her vent and its poopy and does not look healthy. I have seen her trying to clean herself back there and she is also holding her...

I bought 2 hens thinking they were both Barred Rocks but someone just asked me if one was a Dominique. I can't tell. Someone else have an opinion? I think I might have 1 Barred Rock and 1 Dominique? Hen #1 (Xena) Hen # 2 (Gabrielle) Xena's comb looks a little different to me not...

I have 5 chickens that I got back in Oct. 3 of them are supposed to be around a year old (2/3 are laying) the other 2 are supposed to be around 5 months and are not laying yet. They free range but get locked in the coop at night. The coop has pine shavings in it and smell hasn't really been an...

Can someone tell me what breed of chicken this is? I think she's an Ameraucana but I don't want to go around calling her that if she's just and EE or who knows what since I haven't even gotten an egg from her yet!

I got my two Black Australorps in Oct and the guy said that they were a July hatch. That means at the youngest they are both at 27 weeks. One of them doesn't even have comb yet and neither are laying. Is there something wrong with them? Do you think the guy was mistaken about their age?

I got my Ameraucana hen when she was 1 year old back in October and ever since I have had her I noticed she breathes weird. Often she has her mouth open. I got her with two Barred rocks of the same age and have since added two more chickens to the flock. None of the other hens breathe like that...

I am new to chickens. I started my backyard flock in Oct with three 1 year old hens (P. Barred Rocks) and then I added two 4 month old hens (Black Australorps) in November. I have been feeding them all layer pellets (17% protein) and I just realized that maybe I should have been feeding the...

Hi, I'm from sunny San Diego and boy is it sunny today...85F. Just got 3 laying hens and I am quickly becoming chicken obsessed! I have 2 Plymouth Rocks and 1 Arucana (She has the face feathers!). Can't wait to get a blue egg from her. I named the Plymouths Xena and Gabrielle and the Arucana is...