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Bumblefoot. One of my hens has it. I have 11 hens in a pretty big co...op/run. Their area is 8 foot wide by about 75 feet long. Within that is a brand new Amish custom shed 10x6 with gigantic windows. Their area is a combo of dirt, a little bit of gravel (under the shed and on one side for a...

This morning I found the strangest thing in the coop. I can't tell if its a poop, an egg gone horribly wrong, or something else. I have five mixed aged RIR/comets. My best layer, who is a year and a half old is going through a major molt and was lethargic yesterday with all sorts of poop on...

Here in NYC you can legally keep hens. The whole green thing is growing and folks are writing about it. Perhaps this article will help someone: http://www.silive.com/westshore/weekly/index.ssf?/base/news/126469530758580.xml&coll=1&thispage=2 or dis one...

The Department of Health is looking to revise it's health code again. Here is the nuts n bolts: Please find attached the Health Code changes. The public hearing is February 3rd 10 AM at 125 Worth Street. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE BOARD OF HEALTH NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND...

This time of year, with the days dark and short, I get home from work shortly after darkness has fallen. After I change and go potty, I go out to the coop to check on the girls and close them in. My coop is a small Rubbermaid type shed, three foot deep by 7.5 feet wide. For the winter it is...

Hello All. Am looking to increase my tiny flock, one or two layer hens wanted. Want to do it and get them settled after quarantine before the worst of the winter sets in. New Jersey would be ideal as it's close to me and I could drive right down. Wanted at least six months old pullet, but not...

Let's assume you have a sick pullet, about 1.5 to 2 lbs. and you have to force feed it water/electrolytes/vitamins and cream of wheat/oats. It's skinny and not only do you want to keep it alive, but you want it to get strong enough that it eats on its own. How much is enough to shove down it's...

I'm currently using two coops for my 3 healthy hens. Two RIR fatties live in a Suncast (like a rubbermaid) shed. I lock the doors at night and open up in the day for them to run around the yard. Another is in a typical backyard coop, but I'm thinking that for the winter I'll put the two next to...

I've written in the past of my sick hen Stella. Well, she's still hanging in. Today is day 5 since the vet visit, and a little over a week since she began to act sick. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=257590 As I wrote in a prior post, we tested for worms (negative but...

Okay so hen is in bathroom and this morning laid what I believe to be a shell less egg. It's an inch long, egg shaped, brownish egg color and holds its shape when squished in between fingers. A few other brownish/fleshish color yuckies were on the side. Now what? Have called every vet in phone...

My hubbie is taking great pleasure providing my hens with leftovers. He's actually at the point where he's buying things he knows the hens will like to eat after he's done with his part. So, for the past 10 days or so, he's consumed melon after melon. Watermelons at first, now cantelopes. He...

Okay so I got my new coop. It's very nice, but the inner sanctum isn't very tall, so I don't think it's conducive to having a regular light bulb for light/heat in the winter. Not enough head room. I started thinking Xmas lights. Like a string of 35 of those little white lights. I could staple...

I am amazed that so many municipalities don't allow chickens!! Here in NYC you can't have a rooster, but hens are fine. Here is the copy of our code: (11) Birds and Fowl (Aves): All predatory or large birds, including, but not limited to, eagle, hawk, falcon, owl, vulture, condor, emu, rhea...

Hello Fellow Feather Fans!! I'm writing to you from one of the boros of NYC. Waiting for my new coop to arrive, watching my two hens graze in the backyard. Always wanted chickens, had a hen when I was kid. Got an urge, went to a nearby horse auction, picked up two adult red hens which I...