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The girls brought me this chicken a moment ago with this large mass hanging from her vent. They put her in a cage separate from the other hens while I tried to place a call to the vet. I couldn't get through so Iwent to look at her again. And the mass is gone!! What is this? A bound egg...

We have 10 hen's who haven't laid since mid December. 7 are approaching 2 years old. 3 are approaching a year old. I got one egg on January 24. That's it. Nothing more. The flock looks healthy and happy. They're well fed and always have access to fresh water. I thought that maybe it was the cold...

I have a a buff orpington who has gone a bit broody. On sunday, i found her sitting on her own eggs as well as the eggs laid by a few of the other hens. Then she left the nest for a while so we collected those eggs figuring that she wasn't truly broody yet. Today, we again found her on 3 eggs. I...

We got 8 chicks mid June 2014. 2 were EE. One turned out to be a roo. All the hens began to lay the week before Christmas, and we were delighted that we were getting a green egg a day from our EE (so I assume). The other hens are buff orps, australorps, and barred rock. However, we haven't had...

This may not be the right place to post this question, but I have a 13 week old rooster who is missing both his sickle feathers. I don't know if they fell out or were pulled. He seems fine otherwise. We have 7 pullets with him. They seem fine too. Haven't noticed anyone picking on him. Any ideas?

We're newbies and don't know, but this EE looks different from our other EE. Redder beak and crown. Longer tail feathers. Hoping it's a girl as[/IMG] we have 4 young daughters who think this is the sweetest of our 8 chicks. We got these chickens as day old chicks on June 16, making them about...

We're new to chickens. I have eight 3 week old chicks. They've outgrown their homemade chick feeder, always tipping over their feeder and spilling the feed. Tonight, my husband made me a pvc style feeder. We put it into the brooder (a dog crate). I watched the chicks for a while while my...

We've been researching several different feeders for our soon to be baby chicks, and have found 3 we like in various places, but wanted some feedback and opinions. We are also considering transitioning to a treadle-style feeder once they get bigger, or maybe sticking with the PVC type. The...

We need some advice because we've been reading many articles that seem to conflict. In order to use deep litter method, does the coop have to sit directly on the ground? If so, how do you predator proof from digging animals? Should the hardware cloth cover the entire bottom or just be tacked...

We're new to chickens. After some research,we are considering easter eggers, australorps, barred rocks, golden comets. Which of these types would be economical, best for newbie, great with small kids, free range with coop for night, lay well for many years, as I'm sure they would become pets =)

I'm a mother to 4 young daughters ages 8,5,3,1. We live on 5 wooded acres in rural NE ohio. We've been considering getting a small flock of chickens for eggs only. The girls become VERY attached to animals and would never consider eating what would become their pets. So we would like a chicken...