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My 1.5 year old cream crested legbar is very lethargic and has runny green poop. She is not interested in her food. No visible injuries and all of the other chickens are showing no signs of lethargy. I noticed she looked slightly under the weather yesterday but she was eating then so I wasn’t...

Going to get some new chicks today but just found out they were not vaccinated for mareks. My older three chickens all came from hobby breeders who I doubt vaccinated. Would it be best to buy the vaccine and vaccinate the new chickens myself or just leave them be. I have corrid on hand in...

So I got home from work today and one of my cream crested leg bars looked very off. She hadn't laid in a few days so suspecting she was egg bound I put her in a bath. She laid a huge egg, followed by another egg with no shell. She perked up a bit so I scrambled an egg for her and she ate most...

I just noticed that my 7 month old Ameracuana was sneezing this morning. Up until yesterday I noticed absolutely no problems with her, although she is the lowest on the pecking order. All of the hens have been together for 2-3 months, with no prior problems. It is in the 100's and the...

I have two questions about oyster shells. One is when should I start offering it to them? They are 13 weeks now, is that too young? Should I wait until they start laying? Second is that I am trying to feed them all organic food but my feed store did not sell organic oyster shells? Is there...

I bought 2 Wyandotte pullets which are now 12-13 weeks old. My silver laced wyandotte is a very bossy toward my gold laced, and my boyfriend is concerned that she is actually a he; which would be a big problem as we are not allowed to keep roosters in our city. I am really hoping she is a...