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Hi friends - It's been quite a while since I've posted, but I'm feeling discouraged and a bit sad. I suspect that my flock has a problem with Marek's. It started with my hen, Thomas, going blind. She progressively went blind, with a narrowed pupil. I just thought (I was less informed then)...

I am very concerned about my Easter Egger. She has always been a sporadic layer and her eggs are always a little bumpy/gritty. My husband has been feeding and watering them lately. He told me he thought she was acting broody. Yesterday was a nice day so I let them out to free range. She wouldn’t...

My little silkie, Jingle got pooped on today. Bad. I only bathe the girls when absolutely necessary...but man do they love it. Jingle was falling asleep wrapped up in the towel after. The things we do for our chooks...

SweetPea, our Olive Egger, has been broody for over a month. At first we were just going to wait it out. Then the other day I saw her attacking one of my silkies in the nesting box trying to kick her out. So I made a chicken jail and have it elevated about 3 inches from the floor of the coop...

My olive Egger sweet pea I noticed today has a bare spot on her belly near her vent. There appears to be some scabbing and some small wounds. It looks pretty sore and the feathers are very fine and almost falling off. It looks like there is some bedding stuck to her feathers near this area. I'm...

I wore gloves. Old clothes. Apparently I needed a face mask too. Thomas (who is getting picked on and sustained injuries to her head) gave me a dose of my own medicine today. I'm not sure what to do with her. But I do know that Gojo, although it hurts on your face, will remove the stain!! Sigh.

I have a finicky scissorbeak black sex link hen named Thomas (my two year old named the poor girl). Shortly after acquiring her she ran away and evaded us for about a month before we captured her and introduced her to the flock. She's the black sheep of my flock of 7. Never really "made friends"...

Yes or no? And why? TIA!

This summer our flock went from 4 to 2 to 4 to 7! Needless to say we need more room. We are essentially doubling the coop size to about 55-60 square feet. I hope to put in nesting boxes accessible from the outside and a dropping board under the roost, which will be longer. I have to decide if I...

I posted a thread previously about this. About three weeks ago, I brought home two 4 month-old chickens. They didn't know my property or us very well yet and four days after getting them my husband lost one of them in the large pine tree near our house. We looked and searched and never found...

Eggs? Meat? Sunflower seeds? What do you give your girls to boost protein? I think I may have one in molt, which is surprising in July? Maybe I'm wrong about that though. One of my girls is losing feathers on the back of her neck (I'm assuming molt) and I suspect she may be eating eggs. I don't...

I'm pretty new here. I posted my recent losses a few days ago. About a month ago, 2 of my remaining 4 chickens were taken by raccoons. A friend gave me two girls, and my hubby lost one a few days later. I was ready to just throw in the towel. But yesterday for my birthday he got me three six...

Currently have a new chicken in quarantine. How long should I quarantine? Opinions seem to vary from a week to a month. It's been a week so far. No sign of mites, disease or the like. Also, best practice for introducing her? I have a small run that is attached but separate from my run the ladies...

I've been raising chickens for a few years now. Unfortunately this spring, I lost two of my flock to raccoon. We fix that problem, and a friend of the family gave me two hens about four months old on Tuesday. They are currently in quarantine but I put them in a temporary run near some tall pine...

I'm new to this site, however I have been raising chickens for a few years now. Whenever I first started, I never realized how addicting chickens were or how attached you get to them. It's been a fun and sometimes emotional run so far. I'm happy to join you guys!

Hello. I'm happy to join as I've been stalking this website since I started raising chickens a year and a half ago. I was the proud owner of four Production reds, until recently when a raccoon murdered two of them. We've taken care of that problem, and now Big Red and Samantha will be introduced...

I'm new to this forum but have been raising chickens for a while now I've only stalked other peoples threads until now I unfortunately lost two of my year and a half old hens to raccoons recently. About six days ago, a friend of the family gave me 2 four month-old Hens who are about ready...