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First off, I routinely deworm every Dec and June, using Wazine because I read that roundworms are the most common worm for a hen to have. So when I saw a pile of wormy poop in my driveway, I was horrified! I believe these are roundworms, based on looking at many pictures online. Am I correct...

So my Light Brahma chick is now crowing and is huge! (Supposed to be a girl!) My question is, I have 11 hens with him but they are not Brahmas. They are Barred Rocks, EE's, Blue Ameraucanas and Faverolles. None of them will be huge like a Brahma. Is there danger of them getting hurt when he...

One of my 4 1/2 week olds, a salmon faverolle, looks like she has wry neck. When I checked on the chickens after work on Wed. evening, I spotted her in the corner with her head at an unnatural angle. I had read about wry neck here at BYC, so I knew that was probably what was going on. My...

My rooster, Kono, is almost two years old. He has never acted aggressively towards me, but yesterday, out of nowhere, he came up behind me and spurred the crap out of my leg! Of course, I was wearing shorts (it was 85 yesterday) and have two bloody cuts on my leg! What gives? Is this likely...

I am planning to get a Premier Heat Plate for my March shipment of 15 chicks. I don't know if the medium (16x16) is large enough to accommodate them as they grow. But the large will take up a lot of space in the brooder. I keep my chicks indoors until about 3 1/2 weeks of age, then they go...

Hi, I've got 4 2-week old chicks, getting ready to put them in the coop add-on as soon as they are 3 weeks old (it's very warm here, 90's during the day, 80's at night) and also have a broody hen. Should I put her with them when they go into the add-on? Would there be any benefit or would it...

Hi everyone, Is it ok to leave the nutri-dench water in their water dispenser for a few days? Does it go bad? Their waterer is in the shade, but it is pretty hot down here. I like to alternate regular water with electrolyte or nutri dench water once or twice a month.

I have a 9 month old Ameracauna hen who was perfectly fine yesterday and last night, laid an egg yesterday, I locked them up in the coop at about 7 pm and all was well. This morning at 8 am, she is down in the corner of the coop, I thought she was dead. I picked her up and she was totally limp...

Ever since Kalani was a few days old, she wanted to always sleep under someone's wing. Usually Gretel would go along with this and put her wing over Kalani. Now that everyone is grown, she prefers to sleep under Kono's wing, I guess because he's so big? He is tolerant of this routine and...

Good evening! I have five hens, one rooster (unplanned!) and a peacock who tags along with the flock. This site is a wealth of information and I feel like I was able to avoid many mishaps by reading other members' posted questions and answers. I got my chicks from Meyer Hatchery, all very...