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The breeds are Rhode Island Red (she is the second oldest at 3. Our oldest is unknown, re-homed to us 2 years ago, Easter Egger, gave us a few blue eggs, then stopped. The two younger are a jersey giant (although I think that's wrong. She is not that big) and I forgot the other. She is blond...

Back in December, my hens stopped laying. One of the hens is about 3, the other two are just over a year old. We are in Phoenix, AZ, so the days don't get that short, it doesn't get that cold. We did not change food or anything. We did get 3 Austrolorp pullets just before Christmas (2019). They...

I asked a farmer at the Farmer's Market today how long chickens live for. He said 3 to 5 years. One of the two last remaining of the original flock died over thanksgiving. We were shocked because although she hasn't laid eggs in several months, she was alert, running around, and fine on...

Mine has the eyeliner of the pullet. But her comb is getting big. And she isn't as sweet as the other babies (a mix of everything) She is just over a month old. Verdict?

Following this thread, my EE stopped laying in November. Almost lost her a few weeks ago (January 6) but she is on the mend. Took in 2 older EEs that needed to be re-homed. They haven't laid since November their former owners told me. It's almost February - no eggs from these three. And we're in...

Had her out in the yard today, everyone together. Her sisters stopped being nasty @$$holes and Flopsy was protecting her. Seems all is getting right with the world. As for the 2 new comers, they come together. Someone in one of my FB groups is moving and needs to re-home his girls. They...

UPDATE - She is doing better and better although still somewhat uncoordinated. She is gaining weight. I dropper feed her tertracycline as well as dropper feed a combination of fruit and vegetable capsules and some nutritional yeast. In addition, I have been hand feeding fruits and veggies and...

Thank you all. I have been doing anything and everything for Bunny. This morning my husband handed me a cracker (zero nutritional value, I know) and he said "try it." She couldn't chew down. So I crumbled it, added water and put it in a dosage cup. Put the dosage cup to her beak and she ate. I...

The whole treatment and supportive care story is long; I'm a nerd and so documented every aspect of everything I tried, all the effects, all the successes and failures and stupidities ... I'm considering putting it all together in case it helps anyone in the same boat. But that's for another...

UPDATE - Bunny is hanging in. We put her outside and away from her sisters for a day. But when I lifted her mini-cage, she ran out and up into the coop. So we left her overnight. Next day she was out of sorts, so back in the house she came. She lost 2 1/2 ounces since Sunday (went from 2 lbs 7...

Hello all - I could not find my thread so I just wanted to post an update. Bunny seems to be doing better and I think it is a scorpion bite. The confusing part was that her symptoms were totally different than when another of our hens was stung a while back. She is eating, but still a bit...

Does anyone know how much tetracycline to give a chicken? The container I purchased contains 250mg of tetracycline but the dosing info is for fish. Got it as a "just in case." Also picked up vitamins. She seems better. The owner of the feed store looked at the videos I took and says it seems...

The girls are fed organic feed with no soy. I cannot have soy so I would rather be safe than sorry. We had to go to the feed store a few weeks ago and get pellets, also organic, because the co-op delivery was late. In addition, they have eaten moringa leaves (we grow several trees) basil...

Peanut was lethargic just a few days before she died. She did eat some and did not show any of the same symptoms. My husband looked out his office window and she was on the ground. Died in my arms a few hours later. Bunny is very uncoordinated. She hasn't been moulting...they did that earlier...

She didn't eat the lettuce I left in her box overnight. But I just brought her feed and she is eating it, although she struggles to "find" the food. I had no idea what the crop was, but after YouTube, I did try to find it. I don't think it is impacted. Although I did massage it just in case...

The redness on her beak was before I gave her the essential oils. The little bit of essential oils that I put into her mixture our food grade. It is from a practitioner who has the equivalent of a master's degree in essential oils. She creates her own blends and is very very good at this. I just...

Just brought her into the house. Gave her a version of golden milk - coconut oil, turmeric, black pepper and I added a b vitamin and a few drops of an essential oil called thieves. I have a friend that blends her own. Video tomorrow. But now I see she has weird redness around her beak.

My Easter Egger seems "off" today. She hasn't laid an egg since mid-November. (today is January 5) But she has been healthy. And, she suddenly didn't like me petting her. She always jumped up on me. Today, she was struggling to find the water nipples on the water bucket (I put out easier water...

About 3 weeks old. Male or female?

She...I sure hope she is a she!