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If anyone has dealt with cysts on thier chickens, please help!! My hen has a huge cyst (i think it might be bigger than a golfball) under her wing, in her armpit. The worst part is that apparently the cyst busted, and now she is eating /pecking at it. Its turned black where she has been...

So I have a hen with a swollen waddle. It looks like a little balloon hanging... A few of my chickens were having sinus issues and I treated them with tylan. This seemed to do the trick except the swollen waddle issue. Has anyone had any experience with this and how did u handle it. Also was...

I hope you can see the picture. My poor little hen has broke her hip. I have no idea what to do. Shes been in the house for a week now and has adapted very well. She is apparently not in alot of pain anymore. Shes been hopping around on one leg like nothing ever happened. The only thing that I...

My hen has been wearing a chicken saddle since last fall due to a very persistant roo... now i am waiting for her feathers to grow back but her skin is so dry, red and it looks like it hurts her. What can ido to help or treat her?

Please help, i have a little silky hen that has a possible broken wing, up at her shoulder. I dont know what to do! Her little wing is drooping a little, about an inch or two and looks like its bent too. I have some pictures that are not very good....and i dont know whether towrap her up or...

Please Help!! I just got home. Went outside to feed all my chickies and noticed that my momma silkie was holding her wing out, kinda at a funny angle. When i picked her up to take a closer look, sure enough her wing is broken! Is there anything i can do for her? She doesnt act like she's...

This is the second time i've found an egg on the roost floor! Anyone know why my hen would lay while roosting instead of getting in her nesting box?

I have a silkie hen who is under a year old and has only laid 3 eggs. Today i noticed that she had watery stool and had gotton some on her. when i was trying to clean her up a bit i noticed that her vent was pulsating, so i checked to see if she had laid which she had and her egg had stool...

Found an interesting way to protect my hens from my roos on the internet, so i tried it. My roos were really being rough with my hens...this one is his favorite hens so her back has almost no feathers left from him treading on her. So now she wears a jacket that was specially made for her...

So, one of my ladies is missing a lot of her feathers across her back...bc of my roo... my question is how long does is take for her feathers to grow back? And when should i be worried? I know that the roos will tread on the girls, but it looks like her skin is getting pink and irritated.

Help, this is the second hen i've found with the same injury... a deep slash/cut right under her wing. It looks like a razor wire cut, but there is none around! I've been watching my roosters, could they be doing this to them? I have big roos and they breed my hens constantly. I'm afraid...

I'm from Kentucky, and i'm new to the chicken world! I have a flock of 22. Almost all my birds were too young to tell whether they were hens or roos when i got them, it's about 5 months later, and surprise...

I have a flock of 23, and most of them are my good laying hens. I've noticed that a few of my chicks are sneezing and coughing, so i'm medicating the whole flock with Tylan 50. But, how long do i have to throw away the eggs? Just while they are actively taking the medication? Or, i've heard...