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I have a 7 week old Silver Spangled Hamburg chick that I noticed has an odd lump on its neck. It doesn’t look like wry neck to me, but maybe someone with more exerience knows better? The lump is on the side of its neck and I originally thought was an injured wing, but looks like a pink fleshy...

My 2.5 yr old Bovan Brown hen has been acting funny for the last couple days. She’s walking very low to the ground (the word slinking comes to mind!) and her balance seems to be off as she’s crossing her feet as she steps. She doesn’t appear to be in any pain, but doesn’t want to roost with the...

My 1st time broody hen had 12 eggs under her until yesterday (Day 22). I checked on her a couple times during the day yesterday, and she had kicked out/smashed 2 undeveloped eggs, and killed 2 newly hatched chicks. This morning sometime between 6:30 & 10AM she had escaped the brood area (4' high...

I’ve been trying to reintroduce a hen that was in isolation for a few days (bad constipation, initially thought she was egg bound) to my small flock of 11 hens. There are 3-5 of the hens that bully her relentlessly, attacking her whenever I let her out of her wire dog crate that’s been back in...