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Back in August i posted about my hen i thought was eggbound. She had a swollen belly sat down a lot and walked like a penguin. After 2 weeks of warm salt water baths and no progress i figured ill let nature work its course. Well now 2.5months later she died. I opened her up and she just oozed...

I have a hen who in every way is acting eggbound. Swollen belly, waddles when she walks, not laying. I have done the baths with Epsom salts for over a week. Hasnt helped. I stuck my finger in there and its clear, cant feel an egg. When i massage her belly i feel two hard eggs in there but shes...

Black goo coming from chickens eye, lethargic, skin and bones help!. My chicken basically fell out of the coop this morning and hasn't moved all day. Her eye is closed with some black gunk underneath and he body is skin and bones. This is all very sudden as she was freeranging like normal up...

This was our first year doing meat birds. We have a few chickens left to process and a lone BBW Turkey that we plan on having for Thanksgiving. My husband and I are both wondering when we should process the Turkey to have it ready for Thanksgiving? We found with our meat birds that it took some...

We butchered our first round of chickens this weekend and I'm worried about busting open the intestine or poop leaking from the vent. On a few birds there was some sort of greenish/brown liquid, a bit textured that either came out of the chicken as we were processing or after gutting it. We did...

Our broody hen has been sitting in 4 eggs for the last 15-0 days. This week two of the eggs completely disappeare . Yesterday one of the remaining eggs started piping through. This morning i found the chick in the middle of the coop but its not fully develooed yet. Its eyes arent open and its...

We have our first batch of Red Broilers. They are 5 weeks old. I have been feeding them regular Chick Grower/Starter as we also had laying chicks at the same time. Obviously the laying chicks will stay on that feed until they are ready to lay, but what I'm having a hard time finding is when and...

My roosters comb is turning black and scabby looking. It's been cooler here but it's not been cold enough for frostbite. It's the same on both sides of it. He won't let me catch him to get a better look. He seems to be normal in every other aspect. He eats, drinks, does his rooster business...

We have 2 year old chickens in the coop with 4 babies in the brooder in the garage. When the chicks turn 5-6weeks old and we start to integrate them into the big flock, how do you make sure the chicks are still eating starter/grower and the layers are eating only the layer feed. Do they have to...

So we are refurbishing our old Corn Crib and making it into a Summer coop for our meat chickens this summer. The corn crib has some heavy gage wire fencing that we want to reuse. However, it is a rectangle pattern about 2"x4". I dont think a coon could stretch it out enough to get in, obviously...

My husband and I decided to do meat birds this year and having never done it I'd love some advice on tools, equipment, etc.. that you need. I know the "Cone" has been suggested but dont know anything about processing equipment. I've seen kits on various websites. Are these the best way to go...

My husband and I want to try Turkeys this year and would love some advise from some turkey raising experts. Here are some questions: 1. What are good meat bird breeds? (we had Cornish X chickens and it was a horrible experience. I'm a bit tainted from getting fast growing big birds) 2. If free...

This is our first rooster and his first winter here in Wisconsin. I'm not sure if this is frostbite or not. We've only had a few below freezing days, the coop has been dry and ventilated well. But his waddles are purple and look swollen. He was hen raised so he is very cautious of us and I...

I've seen many ideas for automatic doors in the coop and with the time change this weekend I won't be home before dark to close the doors anymore. I would love to do an automated door on a timer but all mu doors are swing doors on higes.does anyone have any advise for getting my doors automatic...

My weslumer hen is a looking at bit rugged around her beak and the feathers on her head. She and the rest of the flock are a year and 2 months old now. There are feathers all over the place but nobody seems to be bare or visually missing any. This hens comb seems to be less full less bright and...

We just picked up a rooster to add to our flock of hens. We have 12 year old hens and the rooster is a 5 month old Welsummer. He was raised by a broody hen in a large flock with very little human interaction. My hens were all hand raised and are very sweet and friendly. The rooster is in...

We had an instance with a Red Tailed Hawk this weekend. It almost got one of my hens. Thankfully the dog was on guard and was able to scare it off and find our lost scared hen in the woods. This led me to some research and some people suggested getting a rooster. Our hens are free range on our...

My chicken was attacked by a racoon!I washed her with warm water and hydrogen peroxide then put so ointment on her. This is my first chicken with injuries like this. Do I take her to the vet? Please Any help would be great!

Back around Christmas one of my Weslummer chickens started getting the "curled toe paralysis". I took her to the vet, we tried Vitamin B complex shots, put her on chick feed and she never regained her reflexes and use of her leg. We ended up putting her down. The vet was 50/50 on giving her a...