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My 3 month old pullet was sitting more than usual. My flock free ranges all day. I noticed her limping and her foot was turned under. This happened rather suddenly, I suspected a foot or leg injury. I checked for bumblefoot. I saw some minor swelling by a tiny cut but that is all. I separated...

On Mother's day I noticed a chick, now 11 weeks old with a hurt wing. ( I have 2 the same age) I brought her into the house, checked her out and wrapped her wing to her body. She wasn't attacked by a dog or anything. We assume that she may have been handled to rough by one of the grandkids. It...

Don't know how to treat this, when I let the girls out this morning they were all ready to go out.I saw a decent amount of blood on the roost.The top board was loose and it looks like my Cochin caught her toe in the crack.One of her nails is torn off.The bleeding had stopped and she wasn't even...

Hi, this is my first winter with my 3 girls. I have heard my girls are cold hardy. 1 Buff Cochin,1 Delaware and 1 Easter Egger.The thermometer in the coop read about 35.They always roost at night and usually lay in the morning. The coop could be insulated better. But it is dry.It is an 8×10...

Hi, this is my first winter with my 3 girls. I have heard my girls are cold hardy. 1 Buff Cochin,1 Delaware and 1 Easter Egger.The thermometer in the coop read about 35.They always roost at night and usually lay in the morning. The coop could be insulated better. But it is dry.It is an 8×10...

Waiting patiently for my first egg. This morning when I let the girls out I found my first egg broken on the coop floor. I prepared the nesting boxes in advance and could see where someone had been sitting in one of them.They free range all day so I have been searching the yard just in case. I'm...

Those few of you who know me, I am in Utah, I haven't had chickens in ages. I bought 4 tiny chicks from IFA. One turned out to be a Bantam and one turned out to be a rooster. The roostereo was adopted out to protect my grandchildren and dogs. The kids were nervous around him so I thought it...

I have purchased my little flock. A Delaware, Buff Cochin, Silver Laced Wyandotte and Ameraucana. The Delaware seems to be a few days older than the others and the Buff is tiny. I thought we might lose the Buff, she wasn't thriving. I fed her cottage cheese and it was a life saver. They are...