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At the far end of the grazing area for our big girls, we have a chicken wire fence that separates the old from the new flock. The newbies have a small covered coop, but during the day both groups spend hours checking each other out through the chicken wire fence. After about 3 weeks, we let...

I would love to see a picture of your set up! I don't raise meat birds but would love to, but space is limited.

I have the EXACT same problem with one hen, started very suddenly this week. A veterinarian is speculating Marek disease, but the same veterinarian (without examining hen) said the same thing about one of my chickens before that had a broken leg. I think she's Marek-disease on the brain. All...

Realizing this thread is a couple years old, yes, the big established chickens will kill the small chicks/pullets. We put a chicken wire fence between the older & young ones until they get used to seeing each other (we have a temporary coop for the young ones). On merge day...

It was suggested to try using vinegar 10:1 solution, so that is what I am doing this time.

I am MASSIVELY IMPRESSED. I see the cord, so is it a pump that is pumping water through the PVC pipes?

All the other chickens eggs have hard shells, I will see what she does tomorrow .

I have had chickens for about 4 years, welcome. Every year it seems we get a "new" problem with one chicken that we have not had before. They keep us hopping!

She was laying normal-sized eggs, then last week she had 2 very long torpedo eggs, good sized, on back to back days, three days no egg and now one today is very tine, torpedo-shaped, and only 1-1/2 inches long and the shell is fairly fragile. None of the chickens are acting sick, lethargic...