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I noticed some ruffled feathers on my hen and was shocked to find this underneath. Any ideas on what on earth could have happened?[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]

My barred rock babushka is a mummy for the first time! She went broody so I tucked 6 eggs we her. Three hatched but one had intestines hanging out and died. She has Abandoned the remaining eggs [/IMG][/IMG]

Ok oit her back with mum and she seems fine now phew !!! One of the chicks was born with intestines out which I read is from mum not rotating the eggs well? Poor thing lived most of the day but died when mum left the nest. Here she is with her two healthy babies tucked underneath, she has...

I also held her by the electric heater for a bit which brought some life back and she is chirping away now, should I take her back to mum???

My broody hen hatched three chicks today but then bugged out and took them outside abandoning on in the Nest and I found her with one sheltering under her outside and one limp and almost lifeless on the ground. I've tucked it under my woodstove inside a slipper with some blankets as I don't have...

I noticed one of my Pekins had what looked like a large growth on her nostril. I got hold of her and it looked lik an extension of her beak. I gave it a bit of a poke and this horrible chunk of some thing fell out with the consistency of avocado. She now has a big yucky hold where her nostril...

I picked up two more today to add to the flick, gorgeous 16 week old babies. They are in a little makeshift run so the other girls will leave them be for a bit!

Here is my beautiful Henry penny. We lost our other silver laced lulu two days ago :( Henry Lenny is top hen in our flock. She loves treats and I'm pretty sure she knows her name now!

Here are my two barred rocks! One started laying three days ago , the other won't be too far behind. I love watching them, they come running like dinosaurs when I have treats!

Oh and thanks ridgerunner for your original feedback :)

We moved into a new place two months ago. The chicken coop was a shed missing a door with a broken roost inside. The run was pretty good but the wire was in base shape. We fixed up all of the wire on the fence and door, added our old front door to the shed, cut out a chicken door and added a...

One of my girls has been off for a few weeks. She has been gaping a lot, takes naps often and has a droopy tail. I first suspected gape worms so treated her, she perked up a little bit but then went down hill a bit. Next I tried antibiotics incase of a respiratory infection (no other sign of a...

I have a hen who keeps extending her neck and gaping. She is still free ranging but it slow and lethargic, I can just walk over and pick her up. Crop feels fine. All other hens are fine too. Ive tried to get her to drink with no luck. Left her sitting fluffed up in the middle of the run :/ have...

I've just moved into my dream Country property! There is a large veggie patch with coop already in the corner. It's shaded by an overhanging tree, not very stable looking and does t have a section for the birds to be closed in properly at night. I'm considering building a run outside of the...