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What are these black bumps? My hen usually has one or two but they have multiplied overnight. At first I suspected fowl pox, but they were never yellow. Just black, and they appeared since yesterday. No other symptoms. Thanks.

In the early spring of 2016, I brought home three adorable days-old chicks. I raised them up in my dining room (yup!) and have taken care of and loved them for the past six years. Last November I lost my first girl, and yesterday, my second. Now only the Queen of the flock remains. She looked so...

My 6.5 yo Ameracauna began occasional mouth breathing a few weeks ago. I thought she was just hot or nervous (she is a very nervous nellie). Then she started with liquid poos earlier this week. I noticed roundworms in her droppings so I wormed her yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon she...

I have a very very skittish hen with roundworms. Giving oral meds would be quite a challenge. Is there a topical treatment for roundworms? I saw Ivermectin horse paste on Amazon; could I use this topically under a wing? Or put some on a piece of bread? Or is SafeGuard (fenbendazole) a better...

I have a six-year-old white Wyandotte. For the last few weeks, her poos have been very wet. Lots of liquid white with brown solid in it. No blood or yellow. Just liquid white and brown. She does have normal, though soft, poos throughout the day. Her poos are the most liquid in the morning. She...

I have a 5.5 yo RIR who started standing in one place, very puffed. This was on Thursday afternoon. Before this, she was perfectly fine. Very active, running about the garden with her hen buddies. She has been on the thin side for the past few months but she is at the end of her molt and she...

I have a 5 year old chicken who jumped off a step in a food frenzy and injured her leg. This happened about 10 days ago. We brought her to a vet who told us the leg wasn't broken but really not much more. So at this point I'm assuming she has a bad sprain. We caged her inside for 7 days but...

My 5 year old Wyandotte hen was fine all day until she came running after me looking for a treat. I was in the garage so I didn't see what happened but it sounded like she stumbled down our patio step (8" step). When I came out of the garage I noticed she was falling to her left side and holding...

I've been searching for a 16% protein feed with little or no calcium. It has to be crumbles because that is all my spoiled girls will eat. My hens are about 5 and are not laying as they once did so they don't need the extra calcium in the layer feed (they get oyster shells free-choice). I...

I can't figure out what to do to help my chickens. My beautiful white Wyandotte hen (5 y.o.) has been having chronic loose poos since last summer. For the most part, the brown part is solid (sometimes a little mushy) and the white cap is runny. I had her checked for worms in August and again...

So my dilemma is this. I really want to adopt a dog, but I own three pet chickens I am very attached to. I worry that no matter how careful I am, any dog I adopt is going to eventually get loose and eat my chickens. Do you think dog and chicken can coexist in a small backyard? I'd love to hear...

For the last few days my almost five year old Wyandotte has had the smelliest morning poos. They are not fecal poos, but large poos with a large white cap. Slightly loose. They almost smell like dog poo. I switched their feed on Sunday to all flock rather than layer feed because they won't lay...

I noticed my rir's butt was looking a little dirty. Upon closer inspection, I noticed what looks like a yellow waxy, crusty buildup on her skin just below her vent. Vent looks healthy with no sign of discharge or odor. Some of her pin feathers fell out and had the same waxy substance...

I need help figuring this out. I have a Wyandotte who is about 4 1/2 years old. For the past 2 months she's had a pattern of laying intact eggs for a two week period (5 per week). Then she will lay predawn, soft shelled eggs for about 3 days, then no eggs for several days. She also has looser...

I just noticed foam in my chicken's eyes. I read on this forum this could be the start of a respiratory illness and I should give Tylan? What dose should I give? Do I put it in her drinking water? I will isolate her. Anything else I should do?

All three of my hens are molting which means strange behavior. I never know what to expect from year to year. This year my RIR is bullying the Ameraucauna, who is in the middle of a severe molt. The RIR is chasing her around and not letting her in the coop at night. The RIR sits at the entrance...

I have three hens, each is approximately 3.5 years old. One of the hens lays 1 egg per week/month. She took early retirement I guess. The other 2 hens lay 5 to 6 eggs per week, when they're not molting. I decided to switch to an All Flock feed and continue to offer oyster shells on the side so...

My chickens have small, threadlike worms in their poo. My Wyandotte has had diarrhea off and on for the last few weeks, now the other two have it as well. How do I treat them? I thought I read certain medications only treat certain worms? Do I need to go to a vet to ID these pests? Also, I read...

My hen had very slight raspy breathing this morning. I used VetRX under her wings and on her comb and the rasps subsided after a few minutes. Now every couple hours I'm listening to her breathing. With my ear to her beak I hear her breath, but it doesn't sound labored. She is laying, eating and...