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I'd love to get together with some chicken folks.

oops, hit send too soon. That's $540 worth of eggs from one skinny little chicken who has never been sick or hurt or needed anything in particular. She's my super-heroine!

Hello all. Just reporting in that my five year old Leghorn has just started laying again! Same thing happened last year - one month after the solstice - days getting longer and ... eggs! Last year I also had my blind (or something) Brahma who I lost this summer. Good ol' Pinky is the last of our...

Thanks. Already did that. Unfortunately the KS thread seems to not get much use lately and I thought people might not even know about it, especially new chicken people looking to expand a flock.

I am trying to help a friend who has to reduce her backyard flock by 10 chickens by tomorrow. She is in Lawrence Kansas. These are all young, healthy, people-friendly backyard chickens. The owner does not want them to be eaten. Lawrence has an "urban agriculture" ordinance that allows chickens...

Hello Dani, I'm writing because I know you are in the KC area. I am in Lawrence and am trying to help a friend who has to get rid of 10 chickens by tomorrow due to neighbor complaining to police. Not sure what breeds, but I think orpington and barred rock and others. I think they are all young...

I've had two chickens necropsied at K-State in Manhattan, KS. Both times I was able to observe and learned a lot. Great service there.

I'm curious which breeds are incapable of flying over a four foot fence, if any. I know a Leghorn can easily do fly even higher than that and that there are some breeds that aren't supposed to be able to fly very high, but I once saw "feral" chickens (i.e. that just ran around loose...

Give away. They are all young I believe.

Hello NE Kansas folks, I'm posting on behalf of a friend here in Lawrence who needs to give up some of her backyard chickens after repeated complaints from a neighbor. I believe there are Buff Orpingtons and Barred Rocks and ? They are not show chickens, but have been well-taken care of, are...

Alas, final update on the flystrike victim. As I had posted, Blinky's wound was completely healed and she seemed like her old persnickety self so I put her back in the coop with no problem. On the 4th of July I found her dead on the floor of the coop. We put her in a plastic bag on ice in a...

Final update on the flystrike victim. As I had posted, Blinky's wound was completely healed and she seemed like her old persnickety self so I put her back in the coop with no problem. On the 4th of July I found her dead on the floor of the coop. We put her in a plastic bag on ice in a cooler and...

Happy to post with some good news since I usually just post with problems! Our hen RIR Blinky, afflicted with flystrike and under care since the beginning of May has actually recovered! 10 days ago there was just a small open wound area and what turned out to be old skin around it. I trimmed...

Happy to post with some good news since I usually just post with problems! Our hen RIR Blinky, afflicted with flystrike and under care since the beginning of May has actually recovered! 10 days ago there was just a small open wound area and what turned out to be old skin around it. I trimmed...

Thanks ellend. Flies are under control. Have been using betadine.

I just think it's strange that in an agricultural state at an agricultural university they view chickens as "exotic pets".

In other words, you can't just take you chicken there and say you want it euthanized. The vet has to agree.

No you're right about the fee. But for backyard chickens they require that you also see the vet first in the exotic pet section of the vet clinic. That runs $70.

Thanks everyone. In the city's "urban agriculture" policy (that does allow goats and sheep, besides poultry!) the do not allow for "butchering". Though not technically butchering I just hope no one sees this happening (if I do it) and calls it in!

Thanks all. The curious thing is that this all started before the weather got hot or even before I saw any flies. I suppose they were in the warmer coop, though I keep that fairly clean. As for the molasses and oil, that comes from something I read about somewhere and it really helped nurse a...