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I did my first successful (I hope) bumblefoot surgery today. I want to thank all of you on this site for all of the great information you post and for your encouraging words that give wimps like me the courage to deal with things like this. Below is a picture of what I took out of her foot...

Please see information and pictures below. I first noticed my hen had swelling around her eye when I let her out of the coop this morning. When I got home from work it did not seem any worse, so I decided to just observe to see if it clears up on it's own. Other eye is normal, no other symptoms...

I now have 3 hens (1 Production Red, 1 Rhode Island Red, and 1 Easter Egger). I am thinking of adding four more layers (chicks) this spring: 1 Production Red, 1 Black Sex-link, 1 White Leghorn, and 1 Araucana (which the feed-store gentleman swore was pure breed but which I am assuming will be an...

I just had to say that and most people I know wouldn't understand. Thanks for listening!

I have 3 hens and 3 nest boxes. Every day all 3 hens lay their eggs in the same nest box. The box they pick varies from day to day. Today my son snapped this shot of 2 hens crammed in one nest box. The third was waiting impatiently in line for the same nest box. Gotta love those strange chicken...

Hello, all. I noticed today that my son's 10 week old EE (rooster??) Marty has red areas around both eyes. My son tells me he has noticed the redness for about the past week. Marty has no other symptoms. It's been hot here - high 90's to 103 degrees during the past week, but aside from panting...

Hello all. I posted pictures of my son's EE chicks several weeks ago for a gender ID. They were too young then to tell much, so I am hoping now that they are 9 weeks old (approximately) you experts can tell us if at least 1 is a pullet. We were told they were both pullets but I'm thinking they...

Hello all We received 2 chicks from a friend. She didn't know their age and was told they were "araucandas" (her pronunciation) and both females. We believe they are both EEs and estimate they are about 5 weeks old now. The smaller brown acted older from the start and was quick to grow...

So I let my three hens out of the run today. I was supervising them (as I always do) and I noticed that as they all walked by this one area, each one of them stood and looked at the ground and made a low cluck noise. It lasted a few seconds and then they went back to foraging. I walked over to...

I got 2 of these chicks from my friend today as a gift. she said she got them from a farmer down the road. They look to be only a few days old. Do they have to have medicated chick food? Right now I am feeding them mashed up pellets. Will they be OK in a 20 gal aquarium w/ wood chips as a...

Hello everyone. I have 3 RIR hens who love their grit, and I wonder if they are eating too much of it. I've read many of your posts about offering grit free choice, so I bought some grit (granite) and try to keep some in a dish in their run at all times. But, whenever I put grit in the dish...

..and she goes wild when she sees it coming.. She'll stop at nothing to get her share before anyone else.

Got 1 chicken in October before I had a coop or run, and I've been designing and redesigning since then. I needed a coop fast for my chicken so I bought one:(. Got tired of dragging a tarp on and off (on in rain and snow, off when sunny), so this week I bought Tuftex polycarbonate roofing...

...am new to chicken ownership. Had no plans to to own chickens, but several weeks ago a Rhode Island Red hen adopted our family (wandered around our neighborhood for several weeks first). Then, I read that it isn't good to keep just 1. Fearing she would be lonely and cold as winter...