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This is an interesting situation. Here is my experience. 3 years ago, I had some sort of respiratory illness in my flock. None acted sick. All continued to eat and act energetically. However, much coughing in several of my birds. Took one to the vet who gave me very little hope. However, I went...

This is an interesting situation. Here is my experience. 3 years ago, I had some sort of respiratory illness in my flock. None acted sick. All continued to eat and act energetically. However, much coughing in several of my birds. Took one to the vet who gave me very little hope. However, I went...

In the 30s all week. My favorite Dom, is so bald, she looks plucked. She waits till now??? My hens started molting about 3 months ago. One or two at a time. Right now, I have 5 in a disreputable state. The Dom is the worst! I wish they didn't wait until freezing weather to change their clothes...

I would not make a guess without further information. My advice for now, seperate, ASAP! It maybe nothing, it could be something bad, so remove her from the flock, put her somewhere warm and quiet. Give her extra attention and monitor all signs of illness. How old is she, what has she been...

Does she squat when approached? Are her comb and wattles red and waxy? What breed is she? Some breeds lay sooner than others. Some come into maturity quickly and some slowly. I have 24 weeks old hens of different breeds. About half started laying 3 weeks ago. The rest, well, we're still waiting...

I have seen a bobcat....once. Never has bothered my chickens. Of course, I'm overrun with rabbits and other small furry animals, so that could explain why I've never lost a chicken to one. They don't like people at all, so I have to agree, probably just a quick visit. However, if I found tracks...

My EEs are 22 weeks. Been getting light pink eggs for a few days. I think these eggs are from just one of my three. So, I'm still holding out hope for one to lay blue or green eggs.

You could have a 'roo in the mix. That said, Doms are easily sexed, so your culprit is probably not a Dom. I will add, I have a GLW hen that occassionally makes a crowing sound, but it is far removed from a real doodle. She only does it once in a great while. She sounds terrible when she does...

Quote: Sounds like 3-S is the way to go. For those not in the know, 3-S is: Shoot, Shovel and shut up. Also agree with previous post, "If it's near my chickens, it's bear season."

I've been so lucky. I have only had hawk attacks, which stopped after we covered our run with netting. However, I still remember finding my poor Sue chicken, ravaged and eaten. I cried like a baby. Hope you catch your predator! So sorry for your loss.

Chickens are the perfect picture of human behaviour. Sometimes, you just get a crazy one! All my chickens are docile breeds. I have one Americauna that we call "Crazy Train", because she acts just like your SS. She is a beautiful bird, but skittish and weird as heck. She was handled gently as a...

How sad for you and I'm very, very sorry. I would be devasted becuase my hens are pets too. However, I would just hope these people did this only because they were hungry and desperate for food, not out of meanness. That said, I would definately get motion cameras set up, a sign letting people...

I also live on 7 acreas. However, I have coyote, bobcats, opossums, skunks, neighbor dogs and raccoons. So, I only freerange when I'm home and only for a few hours at a time. Because the dogs or coyotes may run through the property at anytime with no real notice, I needed a way to call them and...

Did you clean her comb? In my humble opionion, it looks like she was eating some egg, and since she was sticky, she has gotten 'gunk' in her comb. To me, it doesn't look like maggots, just 'gunk' stuck in a crevice of her comb. Maybe it is an injury with stuff stuck to it. Anyway, the only way...

There are several links to chicken diseases, causes and treatments on this forum. Most of the diseases are scarey! However, this is my story. Well over a year ago, one of my GLW started doing the same thing. Took me a couple of days to figure out she was sick. By that time, several were...

Wow, I'm sorry! I have had this experience, and the Duramycin cleared it up. Your chickies should respond soon, however, you will need to treat everyone, not just the obviously sick ones. Trust me, if several are sick, they have all been exposed and are in different stages of illness. Consider...