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So I noticed some tapeworm like looking segments in an outdoor chicken poop. I took the sample to my vet and this poor girl has tapeworm, roundworm, and coccidiosis. I'm not overly worried about the coccidiosis, as I haven't seen a lot of diarrhea in the coop recently, so I think it is an...

One of my young chicks has weird looking legs. I got her as a day old from Meyer. About 2 years ago I had a brahma that had scaly leg mites, and this does not look anything like that. It started by the ankles on both legs, I noticed it about 3-4 weeks ago, and has progressed since then. It...

I'm hopefully worried about nothing, but I want to be sure. So this morning on my droppings board there was a soft shell, looks kind of like wet paper with a tail, see picture. On another part of the board there was also evidence of a slightly yellowish liquid that was dried. These things...

I'm new to keeping chickens, and want to do it right the first time. My coop is built and quite secure with 19 guage 1/2 hardware cloth covering the windows and vents. Now I need to build the real run (temporary run is in the picture below). This weekend (labor day) is the scheduled build &...

My first chicken injury :( ~5 week old silkie was attacked by my 11 week old chickens. They got almost all of her feathers from her head, there are 3 places where her skin is peeled back about the size of a pencil eraser on her head. Some of her feathers are missing from one wing joint, but the...

I'm new to chickens, and the answers don't really matter since I <3 all my girls (hopefully all girls), but I'm curious. I have 2 chickens that were sold to me by my normally very reputable feed store as Ameraucanas, but I'm really starting to think they are EEs. Which is fine because I just...

I'm a newbie to chickens (9 weeks), so want to get advice on how to proceed. I have Corid liquid but don't want to use in case it is just a case of one too many blueberries. First I'll answer the important questions, then tell the story lower in the post. 1) What type of bird , age and...