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Hey Flock! I am leaving for two days for a band gig, and am wrestling with what to do with my flock. The two options I have are 1 leave the coop doors open and make sure there is plenty of food and water for them, or have my friend care for them. Problems with option one are: there have been...

Hey Flock! I found my silkie hen hunched up in the coop, and sure enough egg is running out her backside... Epsom salt bath first right? I have pencilin, but I’m not sure if that would help. Should I scramble her an egg? Should I reach inside of her to try and retrieve pieces of eggshell? I got...

Hey Flock! My mom is a realestate agent, and recently sold a house to a acquaintance, (they are friends now) and the home owners left their pre-fab chicken coop! The lady is giving it to me, and I’m pretty exited, but I’m wondering what I should do to it. I’ll get pics as soon as we get it, but...

Hey flock, Unfortunately my 9year old polish hen Tina has minor bumblefoot. I know how to cure it, but I’m really frustrated... would an old hen be more susceptible? Their run and coop is kept darn clean!!! Always fresh pine shavings in coop, and fresh dried lawn clippings in run 1 or 2 times...

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Hey Flock! I'm curious on the penecilin dosage for a EE hen, she prolapse this winter, and got what seems like a fungal infection, and I was told on here to treat with penecilin. I have the penecilin, needle, and syringe, but I'm not sure on dosage, and how many times to administer... I'm...

Hey Flock! My Rooster is being way too rough on his 9 hens, and he's going to spend some alone time in this (just ordered it) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OVUBOAK/?tag=backy-20 I will put him in the coop with the girls at night, and remove him during the day so my hens have some time to...

Hey Flock... My flock has recently started pooping orange foamy poop, but no other symptoms... Is it Cocci? Is it worms? There are no visible worms... I have just been researching, and there are so many things that can cause orange, foamy poop! Sorry for being so unschooled on the subject.. i...

Hey Flock! I am kinda worried, because I have 3 hens with large, squishy abdomens... I have been trying to research acites, but I cannot find much... Please help!

Hey Flock! Me and my Father have just about finished a new chicken tractor, but are having an issue with the door... The coop part of the tractor is raised off the ground about 3 ft high, and the coop is 2 1\2 x 5' and like 3 ft high... The pop door needs to be on the bottom of the coop, but the...

Hey Flock! As some of you know, I have had a sick\injured chicken for a couple months now. Junie baby (Juniper) has expirenced many symptoms including: dizzyness\loss if balance, loss of appetite, facial swelling, drowsiness, and depression-like attitude. Over the last few months she has been...

Hey Flock! I was checking my birds tonight, and Juniper has a swollen eye..well, above the eye, and only on one side. I also noticed that her body temperature seemed really high. She was super hot to the touch. Is there anything I should do?

Hey guys... The devestating truth is I took the gamble, and ended up with a cockerel... It's all a very pitiful story, but at short, I have a year old, rough, unfriendly, and potentially agressive buff orpington rooster that I got from someone, and I have a young, 10wk old, sweet, cuddling blue...

Hey Flock! I had originally posted for this bird at 8 weeks, and everyone had said that May was a Pullet, and that wyandottes pink up early....I was extremely thrilled, because I have no more room for another rooster, and I only got one, in hopes that it would be a Pullet... May is super sweet...

Help! I have a hen that was seeming alot better after having symptoms of merecks, but now bubbles are coming from her eye... Resperatory? Help!

Hey Flock.... My sweet Junie baby is super unbalanced and wobbly. I have checked out her entire body, and I cannot find anything wrong on the outside... Which worries me.. please help ASAP! Thank you all In advance, I really hope that she doesn't have something serious :( .....the first thing...

Hey Flock! I have a light brahma "sexed pullet" (I know there is still a chance she is a he.) that has me a bit worried.. her wattles are pinking a bit and her face, but not her comb, is too..... she is around 8 wks old. I can't post pictures because I can't find my uploading cord:lol:

Hey Flock! I am becoming very interested in becoming a Vet Technician, and am curious if any BYC'er has taken the course? also, what age should you be at the youngest to take the course?

hey guys! im curious if anyone has ever built a tractor this big, and if so, do you have pics? I am planning to make it large, because my run attached to the coop isn't properly sized to my coop... the current coop size is for up to 20 hens (8x10x7) ,and the run is 8x10x6... I want to make it...

Hey Flock! I have a big issue... My 5 week old Light Brahma Pullet has become extremely aggressive this week... Not just with the other chicks, but with me too! I stick my hand in the cage and she runs up and attacks me like a rooster, and chest-bumps me! I'm not sure what to do to correct this...