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My chicken is dying and I don’t know what to do. We found her on the bottom of the coop, laying on her side. She barely seemed to be alive. I checked her over and she doesn’t have any visible injuries, but does have diarrhea and I removed a Bumblefoot corn. But she seems thin and won’t even open...

Hi fellow chicken people! I have a somewhat emergency situation that I was hoping to get some advice on. A local chicken mom is being forced to rehome her 5 bantams approx 5 months old each (she believes that two are not yet laying). Her town does not permit Chickens, and clearly there is a...

I'm fairly new to backyard chickens. I have my first flock as of April 2018. There are two ~9 month old silkies and three ~5 month old large fowl. One of my sweet silkie girls has gone broody. From everything I read, a broody chicken is mean and will 'growl' and snap at you. But this girl does...

I am looking to build a run to attach to my coop so my girls get a little more freedom during the day. I am thinking it would be about 4' wide and 10 to 12' long. I've looked at some plans online, and see that people are cementing the posts into the ground. I really don't want something that...

Long story short - I picked up 5 new chickens yesterday. Two are 6-month old silkies (they had a large run, but did not free range). Three are 9-week old large fowl (orpington, rhode island red, black star). They are currently in the coop. When would you say it is safe for me to let them venture...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New to chickens as of yesterday! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 5 (3) What breeds do you have? 2 Silky, 1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Black Star (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Google...