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Our hen was attacked by a raccoon last night, the emergency animal hospital doesn't have a bird expert. So we are treating her at home.
It was pretty bad, lots of blood around her face. We cleaned her up as much as we could and set her up in the bathroom with a heating lamp. I...
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We have three hens left. Our oldest hen also the top of the pecking order) passed about a month ago of old age very peacefully.
One of my girls, Moonie started molting about a week after that and this week Little Red went broody for the first time in her life, she is three...
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I have four hens in my backyard. They have a little playhouse for their nests and bedtime roost.
They all have northern fowl mites(I am almost positive). They have little dark mites running around their vents and basically around their bodies, they also have some red...
I am concerned about my hen because this morning a small amount of liquid drooped from her mouth. This was the first time that I noticed it, and it was not very much, but I know that isn't normal. I've also noticed her doing a little thing like licking her lips or kind of clicking her beak...
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I have a 1yr old White-bearded Silkie Hen that laid a REALLY large egg four days ago. I check my girls' crops every morning and every night, I have three hens so this isn't very hard to do. She acted normal that day. The next day Miss Presley (1yr old White-Bearded Silkie...
1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We have had chickens for about 3+ years
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
We have three hens , Happy Feet(Black Langshan) 3yrs old, Miss Presley (Silkie 8months old) & Nuggs (Silkie 8 months old)
(3) What breeds do you...
Hi there:) I have a 3-year-old Black Langshan (I think that's her breed)"Happy Feet" that lost her "sister" hen Blue due to illness on June 16(10 days ago). Our neighbor gave us her 8-month-old pair of silkies along with their own little coop. Our Backyard is the perfect size for three hens...
Our hen Blue (2yrs old) has suffered slow crop issues that caused her to stop laying eggs three times in the last year . Each time seemed to get worse and needed more treatment, 1st time just vomiting her and yogurt, 2nd time vomiting her and stronger yogurt type drink and the 3rd time...
Our hen "Blue" had a bad case of sour crop, her 2nd case but this one was worse. We cured the last case with just helping her vomit, yogurt and BioK(probiotic drink from health food store). But this time we had to use the miconazole just as described in the big thread all about sour crop &...