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So I had a hen go broody and let her hatch the chick in the nesting box and moved her and her baby somewhere else, that was 5 weeks ago, I just put her and her baby back in the coop with the others and I'm not seeing much more than warning pecks to the chick. I've heard horror stories (and seen...

I got a supposed barred rock from a breeder but it isn't a barred rock, she's about 6 months, laying brown large eggs, I just don't know what breed or breed mix she is. Her comb is naturally folded over, she is very healthy and its bright red, but has been flipped over for months.

What are these? And how can I treat them???

I have a bantam hen who went broody, (at least I think she did, she laid on the nest all day to day) over one egg and I placed three of her other eggs under her after I found her sitting on one and she herded them under her, about an hour ago we moved her to put more nesting material in her...

My bantam austrolaurp (however you spell that) has an egg that she's had ready to lay since yesterday and still won't ( noticed it during a routine mite/vent check) is she egg bound? Should I massage it out? Should I soak her? What should I do?

Can I keep the egg my bantam just laid warm until she goes broody? My mum really wants to let a hen hatch it but we only have gotten two eggs so far and we ate the first one. What should I do? Can I force a hem to go broody? (we don't have an incubator or a broody hen)

One of my month and a half old barred rock pullets died, seemingly of blood loss (I discovered it not 30 minutes ago and haven't had the heart yet to look) and one of its "sisters" laid by the body and apparently hadn't drank or ate the entire night after. The three barred rocks I have in there...

My 2 1/2 month old partridge bantam Cochin roo passed this and it alarmed me, he didn't seem to be in any pain but I'm worried nonetheless. Please any advice or answers are welcome, thank you.