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One of our Cochins looks like it took a fall two weeks ago, had bloody feathers due to broken blood feather, we pulled the broken feathers to help healing, and are giving her antibiotic shots from the vet. She won't put pressure on the leg still, and holds it out in front of her. If I put her in...

Hi I was wondering what I should do for my Cochin who is growing new feathers on her feet. One day I saw a bloody spot on the coop by the egg boxes, so I inspected my hens for damage. I thought maybe they caught a mouse! But no turned out my Cochin is growing very large feathers on her feet this...

I have had a silver polish hen for 1.5 years now. She started laying about 6 months old, in the winter and spring. In the summer she got broody and became next box pals with my bantam Cochin. She was broody all 3 months of summer, and finally as it cooled down she lost those habits. Nothing I...

Hello I am wondering if anyone has witnessed odd sleep behavior in their hens/ roosters before? I have a 1.5 year silkie rooster who I've noticed has begun to sleep with his head in between his legs! It appears that he's just tucking his head into his neck feathers but it appears like he is...

Can someone help me ID this plant/ is it safe to feed to chickens for supplemental greens? It is growing wild in my garden and I would love to give to chickens and not waste it! Just don't want to feed it to them until I know it's not poisonous. Thanks!

Hi all! I have quite a lot of this plant growing in my garden now that the crops are dwindling down, I cannot seem to find a proper ID for it and of course can't seem to find my field book! I would like to know if it is safe to give to the chickens for some extra green eats! I want to give them...

Hi all! I have quite a lot of this plant growing in my garden now that the crops are dwindling down, I cannot seem to find a proper ID for it and of course can't seem to find my field book! I would like to know if it is safe to give to the chickens for some extra green eats! Thanks!

We have an extremely broody Cochin who will not give up being broody. She has been so for about a month, and sits on invisible eggs. We take them away from her every day, have tried nudging her many times a day off her nest to go out and be with the rest of the flock, have kept her out of the...

I have an extremely broody cochin, who will not stop with her broodiness. We have tried every trick in the book and she is still broody. We got 3 silkie chicks just as she was starting to be very broody, and they are now all 4 weeks old, and she has been constantly broody for at least 2-3 weeks...

Can you introduce 4 week old chicks (3 of them) to a super broody hen? She has been broody for almost 2 months and is relentless but we can't let her hatch out eggs, since we don't have any space for more chickens since we just got chicks! So my question is, is it too late to introduce them?

Help! We have had a broody Cochin who will not be broken of her broodyness no matter what we do. I have separated all out chickens from their run and coop for a full day multiple times (we have a chicken tent for ranging) We have nudged her off her best multiple times for days, but after a few...

Hi yall! I was wondering if anyone had any fun pictures of chicks/ hens they have raised that i may possibly breed? I have one blue male silkie. he is blue with specks of black in his afro :D He is the lovely boy in my profile picture <------ then i have on the ladies side.... buff...

Is it safe to let your hens raise chicks in the winter time? I have 3 potential broody chickens- silkies and cochins, and one male silkie, and i am wondering if one of them decides to go broody over the winter, is it safe to let her sit on a few eggs and let her hatch them/ raise the chicks? I...

Has anyone bought day old chicks and just put them under a broody chicken at night? I'm wondering if this would work in the spring for me. I have 2 Cochins and one silkie.... One is bound to be broody because they are known to be momma wannabees! I want to know if the momma will accept and raise...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew of a mareks disease vaccination that I could possibly buy online through a poultry or farm animal vaccination website? I am new to all of this, I have had my flock since the beginning of this past summer. Half of my flock was vaccinated for mareks...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew of a mareks disease vaccination that I could possibly buy online through a poultry or farm animal vaccination website? I am new to all of this, I have had my flock since the beginning of this past summer. Half of my flock was vaccinated for mareks...

we got a new group of 6 pulletts, to integrate to our group of 8 same age other pullets, following the "seeing but not touching" technique for a week, and they all get along now that they are together except for the one polish chicken we have. she is constantly chased by our "original flock" and...

I have 7 week old feathered out chicks and have introduced them finally to their new run which has been built. they had been locked into their coop for a few weeks while it was being built, so they know it is home in there, but when it gets dark out nobody wants to go back inside!!!!! I have to...

I have a mix of 4 and 3 week old chicks, and I really need to put them outside into their coop this weekend. We have just built them an amazing coop, but they have quickly outgrown their indoor brooder box. they are feathering out very quickly (besides the silkies who are still fluff balls) But...

my chick appears to have "dizzy spells" every once in a while. she does something really fast then she moves her head slightly (not freakily) around like a baby would when they were dizzy like around in a circle like woah woah woahhhhh for a second then goes back to her normal happy self. is...