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Thanks so much. I did as you said and found a ton of information.

My easteregger started with what looked like a blister on its toe but is growing. I have been soaking in epsom salt and wrapping with neosporin. She doesnt favor it nor has it slowed her down. Im going to call the vet unless I can get some good advice here. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the support and suggestions. The article was quite enlightening and reassuring. With everything I've read it does seem like old age is taking its toll. She still eats and preens herself so she still has some spunk left

Thanks and that makes sense. She shows no other symptoms. It's not easy seeing her like this and it doesn't seem right to put her down. I'll keep an eye on her until she gets worse

Wyorp, thanks for the info. She is almost 8 years old There is no evidence of mucous or respiratory issues. There was no injury that I know of. I'll try to get some pics tomorrow. She's looking pretty bad and I don't want her to suffer much longer

a month back one of my hens developed a crooked neck to the left. Additionally her face on the left side is droopy. She continues to eat and groom herself byt her walking in wobbly. I'm considering putting her down but would like to know what this is. I've considered wry neck but not all the...

I was reading the package and there are no warnings of toxicity. I will be calling Scotts today for more information. This fertilizer had no pesticides or anti-fungal treatments so I am hoping that the four weeks will suffice. As a side note - the run is closed, the door was not latched and the...

Yesterday my flock of 10 RIR's broke out of their run and wandered over to an area I had just fertilized with Scott turf builder. I never let them graze in this area. By the time I realized they were out and got to them I saw that they were eating the fertilizer pellets. My first worry was for...

Thanks All.....It must be the rain. I'll certainly look for mites as well and if that doesn't work I'll look for one of those buckets....lol.

I have a brood of 10 RIR and have consistently gotten 7-8 eggs a day since September. They are only a year old. Now that spring has sprung I am now getting 4-5 a day. It has been raining a lot could that have anything to do with it. I've got customers that I might not be able to supply. Any...

I've been feeding and watering them outside for the last week and they are doing fine. I tried to tempt them inside with Gro-Cal mash which they love with no luck. Feeding them outside isn't a big deal until we get a storm or worst come the winter. Hopefully they adapt. The coop is clean, no...

Quote: What do you do in the winter.......(snow filled run.....frozen water..etc..)

I have a new flock of RIR (15 weeks old). While in the temporary coop the food and water were inside and they ate and ate. Now that I have prepared the larger perm coop with water and food inside. Food in is a trough-like tray (actually a gutter screwed to the wall). It took a few days to...

So at least I'm not the only one..... My guess is that they are molting or at least some of them. Now I just gotta figure out when they'll start laying.

I have two questions: I have 10 RR and they are about 15weeks old. There are feathers everywhere in the coop and run. At first I thought there might be some bullying going on but after watching for a couple days that is not the case. Could they be moulting already? Also, at what age will they...

The problem with raising chickens is that we get them and call them pets and treat them as such but in reality we are small scale farmers. The fact that vets will not handle them as pets now categorizes them as livestock and need to be dealt with this way. In the last two months I have had the...

The young ones (10 qty) are now about 12 weeks old and are living in a temporary coop attached to the same run as the three older chickens. I have kept them divided but recently started to mix them but the older ones as expected are going after the younger ones and sometimes actually keeping...

The sun was a little strong yesterday so I set up a tarp on the side of the run to cast some shade. A few hours later my wife tells me that one of the chickens has a blue strand sticking out of its mouth and it won't come out. After investigating it appears that she (the chicken) had found a...

Thanks everyone for the quick responses. I guess I'll take up my brothers offer.

I am in need of expanding a my coop for an additional 10 birds. My brother was going to sell me his Storage Shed (the type you buy at Home Depot). It appears to be a hard plastic and I am unsure if this is enough protection from the cold in the New England winter time. Does the coop need to be...