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Hello everyone. One of my hens, about 3 years old, has been acting funny today. She was fine last night when she went to roost but didn't come out this morning. When I got home from work she was still on the roost! This is very unusual for her. I picked her up and set her out of the roost...

Hello Everyone! It has been probably a couple years since I've been on here and I'm looking for some help. I got home from work early this afternoon and noticed my Road Island Red was in the coop kind of slouched over and her feathers were all fluffed up. I didn't think nothing of it but she...

Hello Everyone! It has been probably a couple years since I've been on here and I'm looking for some help. I got home from work early this afternoon and noticed my Road Island Red was in the coop kind of slouched over and her feathers were all fluffed up. I didn't think nothing of it but she...

I'm not sure if this was the correct section to put this in but I was wondering if anyone else had dogs that love to eat chicken poop? If so, any suggestions on how to at least slow it down? I definitely don't want to keep my chickens locked up but I also don't want my dogs consistently eating...

I have 2 new baby hens that are about a month old. When I got them the feed store by my house said we could introduce them to the rest of the flock in about 8 weeks or when they are the same size as the others. We already have an outdoor pen for them so they can see each other. And also someone...

I just noticed I think one of my girls has diarehha. Does anyone have any suggestions or know anything? Thanks

My hens just recently finished up a hard molt and a couple of them have just started laying again within the last week. I was making breakfast this morning and cracked an egg that had blood in it. It also had a bad smell to it. Has this ever happened to anyone else before? Is this something...

Same as title: If you found an open box of cream of wheat in your cupboard dated 2006, would you make it and feed it to your chickens?

I have always let my chickens free range but almost 2 weeks ago we had a hawk scare. The day it happened 2 had ran to the coop, one was in a brush pile and the other one we couldn't find but we did find a big pile of feathers. We had thought for sure she was gone and we kept the other 3 lock...

3 of my 4 hens started molting about a month ago. Ever since only 2-3 will sleep on the roost. We had a hawk scare almost a week ago and 1 of them was missing for a whole night. I have locked them in the run ever since the scare and now only 2 of them are on the roost. The others are...

I was wondering if anyone has ever had this problem. I have 4 hens. 3 of them started molting a few weeks ago. The one who isn't molting is a different breed than the rest. We noticed a few days ago that she had made a nest in a brush pile and has been laying in it. I was wondering if...

Question for anyone that can help. One of my chickens is molting (actually I think 3 of the 4 are) and the one we noticed molting first, the other's are picking on her and won't let her on the roost. Or maybe she doesn't want to get on the roost. Either way, has anyone ever had this problem?

Hello. I'm pretty new at chicken keeping and have had my first chickens for a little under a year now. They are a little over a year old and free range in our backyard all the time (pretty much daily). Over the past week my 3 "easter eggers" have not laid a single egg. I have 1 RIR and she...

I just went out to give my chickens some lovin and when I touched one of the near the tail liquid squirted out of her vent. Any suggestions? Thanks

When I first got my 4 hens last year one of them ended up getting sick and we had to quarintine her and give her antibiotics. It's been about 9 months and for some reason she sometimes stays by herself in the coop and runs around the back wall like there is something back there. Well today has...

I am planning on introducing 2 more chickens to my flock. They will be about six weeks old when I get them. Any advice anyone can give me? This will be my first time introducing new chickens. The rest of my flock is about a year old. I have read things about feed. Will I have to keep them...

A few months ago one of my chickens got sick. I seperated her from the flock and put her on antibiotics. During the time she was seperated the others started laying their first eggs. She ended up laying 2 weeks after I put her back with the others (about 3 weeks after the others started...

I have read the chicken treat chart and not sure if I just missed the answer to this question but if the bread or cheese is a little moldy should I cut the mold off before I give it to my chickens? Usually when I have moldy bread I just throw it out for the wild birds in the front yard. Can I...

I was wondering if anybody knows if bitter nightshade weed berries are safe for chickens. I know they are toxic for human consumtion but I'm pretty sure other birds eat them (I'm assuming that's how it spreads). Thanks

A friend of mine who also is a newby on chickens said that he read somewhere that you shouldn't give chickens more than 10% of they're diet in scraps. Is this true? If so, why?