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I have been talking about her this past week, everyone seem to think she was egg bound. I checked her and felt her belly but it wasn't hard, so maybe if she was egg bound the egg may have broke in her because when I checked I had to clean the poop off of her, her vent was plugged up like they...

Here are some pictures of my sick chicken. I am not sure what is wrong with her but here is some problems I have noticed about her. She always seems cold, she use to get up on the roosts every night until just the past 3 days. I have to help her get on the roost. She also you get up on the...

I have this 1 leghorn that shivers as if she is cold. She sits by the heat lamps when she comes off the roost. I think she eats and drinks because when I take treats to them she comes to then she goes right by the heat lamps again. She gets on the roost every night. Just sits there shivering...

I have this buff orp that went broody on me again, I thank, for she sits in the nesting boxes all day long. Which I don't have a problem with that, but I got these 2 leghorn hens that just will not leave her alone. They just attack her to the point that her comb is bleeding. Today when they...

After my chickens were attacked by neighbors dog, I have this one buff (approx. 8months old) she would still come out of the chicken coop to feed. But on 11/22/10 she came out to feed as usual, but one of my Red-sex link hens jumped on her back like a rooster would, so she ran straight back to...

I just lost one of my buff orpingtons which was only about 7 months just starting to lay I believe its my neighbors dog again, because I also lost a leghorn and I have another one of my buff orpingtons (7 months) that is injured. and from looking at the injury its a dog attack. It always seems...

I went to index and looked in the FAQ on "Chicken First Aid Kits" my question is what do you use each of the medicines and supplies for. I am not very smart when comes to medicines because there are so many I get confused: example of what I mean about the lists are: sulmet which I have on...

Okay, I have a barred rock hen around 2 years old. She has been sneezing, sounds like wheezing, but maybe its rattling, and some difficuilty breathing. I gave my whole flock Textroxy HCA-280-Antibiotic for 14 days 8/27/10 to 9/9/10 when I heard a couple of my hens sneezing. Well, my barred...

I have a barred rock hen who has been sneezing for at least 12 days now, I know that if chickens get a draft they can catch a cold. I have been giving her and the rest of the flock gets it to in their water I have been giving them teroxy HCA-280 antibodict. She has been sneezing and when I...

I just noticed it yesterday that one of my leghorn hens is hopping on one foot, not sure if its broken leg or what may be. It is not swollen, she can get up on the roost okay, but I am not sure how to or if it can be fixed if it is a broken leg. Want to know if it is a broken leg can a vet fix...

I have 8 leghorn hen about 2 years old, they all use to give me eggs everyday, then they started molting, which I know they quite laying when the hens do this, and I know it takes sometime for them to start laying again. What I am wandering is how long before they start to lay again its been...

Got new buffs, they are approx. around 4 months now. But I have 5 roos, 2 of them have finally started to attack my older hens, so the flock isn't laying eggs as good as they use to. It is also very hot and humid lately and I know that can stress them also. And when they get stressed, the...

I was wandering if anyone could help to try and figure out how old this hen is. My husband got a flock of chickens that they no longer wanted from a guy he works with, this guy got this hen from someone else that no longer wanted her and when he got this hen she was already an adult hen. They...

I will adding my baby buffs to the flock soon, there are 5 roos and 7 hens. And I have 16 hens, I am new to having roos in my flock, because I didn't want them around my kids. But, I have such a predator problem that I thought I would add some roos to help take care of the flock since I keep...

I just added 4 new black silkies to my flock, 2 hens and 2 roosters. They seem to be fine with my hens that I had, but I was wandering how aggressive are black silkies rooster. I have 2 kids (4 year & 2 year old) and the roosters didn't seem to aggressive until today (5/19/2010) . We just...

I live in Shippenville, PA. Just wandering if anyone else lives around here raising chickens. Would be great to talk to you. Or lives anywhere close to Shippenville, PA. I would like to hear from you.

There was a guy at my husband work place had some black silkies, 2 roosters & 2 hens. He did not want them for some reason, I don't know why because he raises chickens himself, so we took them. But, I was wondering how well will my 8 leghorns, 5 barred rock, and 4 red sex-links will get along...

I have a chicken that lays a softshelled egg at least once a week. My questions are: How do I figure out which chicken it is if at all possible? How and why is this chicken laying softshelled eggs? And I have a chicken that seems to breaks the egg when it goes into the nesting box and eats...

My husband and I have been married for 11 years now. We have 2 kids one is 4 yrs old and the other is 2 yrs old. We both like to do farming. So, when my first daughter was 2 years old we decide to hatch baby chicks ourselves for her to see them being hatched. We didn't have very good luck...

Hi, I am new to this site. I have had chickens for going on 2 years now. But I am having a problem of getting all my chickens to lay their eggs in the nesting boxes. They are free range chickens. I only have 17 right now, but I just got 13 new baby chicks and I want them to want to lay their...