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I've got a RIR who has this weird habit of pecking the white cap off dried poop and eating it. I'm very much "honey, that's gross", but how dangerous is it? I thought she might be mistaking the white for calcium or chalk, but she's not touching the oyster shell in the run soooo... Yeah. Is this...

Update: I went in the morning to take a picture, and it had healed already! She didn't lay an egg yesterday, which probably helped. She laid an egg today, and there was no tearing. Blimey, chickens heal fast don't they?!

My salmon faverolle has an injury to her vent after being mounted a bit aggressively by my cockerel. It's a cut in the corner, a little bit on the inside. I've cleaned around the area (and separated him, which he's not happy about!), but she's always had quite loose stools so I have no idea...

I can speak some chicken, but I do not know what this means. What does it sound like she is saying here? I thought it was "I want to lay an egg" but she makes this sound in the evening sometimes too. Anyone more fluent?

Lucozade is a good alternative to Gatorade on this side of the pond.

I've been concerned about my girl Ames since March. She's a Buff Orpington, just turned 2. I noticed her sitting down a lot more than the others a few months ago. I found a lash egg in the coop in April, then took her to the vet. After suspecting some kind of infection, she went on a course of...

Could it be sour crop? Have you checked the smell of the water coming from her mouth?

Are there any exercises or activities you can do with chickens to improve their beak dexterity? I've got a nine week old (I think pullet) who struggles to target things on the ground. She tends to peck just below whatever it is she wants. I can't exactly take her to the optician to see if she's...

Oh, that's good to hear. Thank you so much!

I have an 11 month old Orpington cockerel who is pretty much fine, behaving normally, but has an odd growth where his comb meets his beak. I've tried to feel it (he rarely lets me) and it's not bone but it's not soft either. I want to be sure it's not something I have to be concerned about, and...

UPDATE: Yup! A rooster and a very lovely one! He crowed for the first time on Sunday and I was able to get it on camera this morning. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Ztuq8nLNu/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Thanks so much everyone.

I'm growing increasingly suspicious that Elizabeak here (perched on the door frame) is actually a rooster. Pointier and shinier feathers than their sister, only one with a comb and waddle coming in. They are 3 months old though, so I'd have expected it to be more obvious by now if Elizabeak was...