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Hi, I have a chicken (Rhode Island layer) who is lame. She doesn't seem in pain but isn't placing weight on one leg. The muscle may be a little withered on that leg. This happened once before to a different chicken: the muscle just withered away and had to executed. I don't want that to happen...

Hi, I have been incubating a swan egg that was found lying in the middle of the road. On the first few days there were blood vessels growing and everything was looking good. The air sac was getting larger. It was hard to see structure, though, since the shell is thick. Today, however, I've...

You'll never guess what? I was out walking the dog today and we found a swan egg abandoned by the side of the road. The thing is huge and a pale green colour. It was a sunny day so we took it back indoors and stuck it in an incubator. I also candled it and saw a dark circle floating around in...

I have this a home-made chicken tractor which needs a new home. It's made out of high-quality plywood and will fit 3 or 4 adult, full-size, chickens. Details: http://www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/~raac/chickenTractor.shtml You'll need a truck to pick it up. I'm on Long Island.

Hi, Earlier this year I integrated a new flock of about 12 young birds (mostly roos) into an existing flock of 7 hens. The roos have been eaten as they crow but one was a Wellsummer pullet which I'd like to get eggs from. The problem is that after I tried to integrate the flocks she became...

Hi, We have a characterful leghorn. Today I took a few photos of her eating from my hand. The best four are on Flickr. Enjoy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcampbell/sets/72157624763122981/with/4962164878/

Hi, I have 7 young hens and by October last year they were all laying. I was getting 5 to 7 eggs every day. I had a light on between about 7am and 9pm over most of the winter and they kept this up until about February. At that point I decided to give them a break so I started shutting off the...

The chicks came yesterday and because we're at work all day we rigged up a webcam to check on them: www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/~raac/chickcam.shtml

Hi, I have a question about how egg size increases as the chicken ages. In order to get larger eggs is it enough for the chicken to become older or is it also important for the bird to have a break from laying and then re-start. Rob

I have a orpington pullet, about 8 months old. Over the last two days she's been sitting in the nest box and not doing very much. Her comb feels particularly cold. She's much lighter than her sister, so she can't be eating well. No signs of injury. I don't know what her poop looks like. Not...

Colored chicks! www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2009/mar/17/nowruz-iranian-new-year-food-pictures?picture=344717722

Hi, This morning I found some weird poop. It looks rather too pink to be blood but I can't think what else it could be. http://www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/~raac/blood.jpg None of my 7 birds is acting odd although the oldest, whose been laying for a couple months now, has failed to lay for the last...

Hi, One my chickens is producing runny brown poop and has been doing so for about 3 or weeks. The poop smell bad but the bird is behaving normally. The bird is a female easter-egger. About 15 weeks old (I think). She's housed with the others and they eat unmedicated game bird crumbles. I've...

Hi, I got a couple of pullets from a farm yesterday. They're 10 weeks old and the farmer said they were Araucanas but they don't have the little tufts. To me they look like an easter egger I had recently. What I find really strange is how friendly they are. I'd have thought that farm reared...

Hi, I'm fairly sure something isn't right with two EE pullets I just bought from a farm. I've had them 24 hours now. They're 10 weeks old and were housed in a small barn with about 70 other chickens. Both have some feather loss from roosters but this seems ok. I am worried that they are ill. I...

Hi, My leghorn pullet is now very lonely because she's the only girl left from a flock of 7 (the rest were all guys). I'm looking for one or two females to keep her company. I don't really care what they are. Can pay cash and drive reasonable distance. Thanks, Rob

Hi, I have this lovely EE roo who's just started crowing. http://www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/~raac/boyOrGirl.html Anyone want him? Perhaps to trade for an EE pullet? Rob

Hi, I have this lovely EE roo: http://www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/~raac/boyOrGirl.html I can't keep him because on Long Island roosters are banned. If anyone would like him please reply. Rob

Hi, I have an easter egger bantam who's 11 weeks old. I was told it was a girl when I got it at 8 weeks. But right now it's making rather a lot of noise :-/ Could it be a noisy girl or a rooster? What do I look for to tell the difference? Thanks, Rob

Hi, I have 4 bantam chicks that hatched Monday and have been at home for 24 hours now. They all seem to be eating, drinking, and sleeping well and are all lively. However, whilst most of them produce fairly solid poop, one of them (I think it's always the same one) seems to have more liquidy...