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I have a sultan hen with a very injured leg. I don't see any cuts or swelling. If I run my fingers along the bone I can't feel anything that feels broken or out of place but she seems to be in horrible pain. This started Friday evening and I kept thinking with time alone away from the other...

my 3 1/2 year old sexlink chicken looks like she's trying to gag up something. I picked her up because she layed down and looked like she couldn't move. I ran her into the house and she threw up, then she acted like she felt better but now is gagging ever few seconds. She hasn't looked good...

I'm getting eggs with blood in them and I don't have a roo. Any ideas? I need help.

I have a sexlink that is only about 14 months old and she seems to have gone broody on me. Do they go broody that early. My new batch of spring chicks also had some that were roosters and my rooster is about 16 weeks old. Is it possible her eggs could be fertile? So I guess my questions are...

Problem is, I think the people who own this cat call me frequently to give their daughter a ride to school and I really like them. They have twin human babies who just got out of the hospital because they were premie. I hate to trap the cat and take it to the pound, because the last thing they...

Hubby brought home some white crested polish chicks this evening. They are sure cute but are they just a smaller breed or all they all bantams? I tried searching but I don't think my chicken search skills are up to par. There is supposed to be silverlaced and white crested. How big will they be?

I have noticed mice in my chicken yard! I read that chickens will eat mice. I know since my mice are home grown and city mice they're not infected with that funny virus so I'm not so worried about that but my mice population seems to be out of control. (I saw three yesterday!) How do your...

My Americana looked like she was laying last week but all my eggs were brown. Sunday, all brown eggs. I checked several times so I'm certain there were no green eggs. Yesterday there were 2 green eggs! Is it possible for one chicken to lay 2 eggs within about 20 hours? I do have a 2nd...

ok, kids went to the fair with a friend and found the most beautiful sultan pullet in the world there. Now kids never do anything for their mom, right? So my kids decide they should buy this chicken for their mom! Oh my heart be still! My kids actually did something for me? (of course, I...

Last week I got my first egg out of... I assumed it was my barred rock, Spot, even though she is only 17 weeks old. Then, no eggs for a full week. Today, yipee, another egg, but it's a different color. They're both brown but one is dark and one is light. Does that mean I have a second...

I saw a baby mouse today scamper across the chicken yard. I've read several posts where chickens love to eat mice. Do I just let the chickens do what they do or do I start trapping mice?

I have 7 chickens... to the best of my knowledge they are all hens but I have my doubts about one of them. He/She is a little to young to tell still. I swear I have 7 different breeds because they are all so different. I think my friendliest is an americana. She hates to be picked up but...

I fed my chickens macaroni and cheese the other day and they fought over it like it was mealworms. It made me wonder, what do your chickens love that you weren't expecting them to?

ok, I was driving down the road and someone was throwing out a tiny closet armoir that was probably 50 years old. Nothing fabulous but we turned it on it's side, cut some holes in it and mounted it on the side of the chicken yard next to the coop so the girls could use it as a nest box. I've...

1 pie crust- I use the premade kind you unroll or fold out but if you've mastered a pie crust, more power to you. I always use a big glass pie baking dish. Not the little frozen kind you can get at the grocery store. Those are too small. There are so many different ways to make this I'm...

what are good plants that work in your chicken coops. Sorry I know this sounds like a duplicate but dh says I'll get a better response this way.

Ok, you'll be able to tell right away that I'm new by the silly questions I'm going to ask. I'm sure everything has been tried and I just don't know about it yet. We have a 12'x12' chicken yard with a seperate coop. We have it screened top and sides and the bottom is ... I swear... like 100...