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I'm curious if anybody here has encountered this strange yet wonderful (at least I think it strange) phenomenon I've been observing for the past few months on my farm. Quick background...I am the sole caretaker of 50+ chickens on my sister's 50 acre NJ farm since May of 2020. I live in a cabin...

So, there are about 8 hens out of my 50 something (I think 57 now with this loss) that jump the fence by the wood pile and go foraging outside their enclosure. No matter what I do, they seem to find a way to get out. One of them, Rhonda, one of the nicest ones likes to jump over pretty late...

Hello! I am hoping for a bit of advice. The rooster in question, a 4 year old Brahma rooster named Dennis, became aggressive towards his fellow roosters about a month ago. He is one of two brothers (his brother's name is Terence) that came together as cockerels and all 4 roosters have always...

My most favorite girl, Bjork, is not feeling well. I knew immediately when she didn't dart out of the coop like a mad woman..she kinda sauntered and instead of going towards the feed door, she went to drink from a puddle. She did not eat, and now I think she had less if an appetite yesterday...

Hello fine people! This hen was left with me ( caretaker of chickens) at the suggestion of my sister (owner of chickens and farm) as I have treated injured chickens successfully before. (My sister's friend brought her and my sister agreed to get her checked out for me 🤨). Since she was...

Found this in the coop this morning, definitely the biggest egg I've seen in the year I've been taking care of my sweet girls. I don't know who birthed this giant but OUCH.

So, for the past week or so, I've noticed that my usually very sweet mild Brahama rooster brothers have been fighting. I've been letting them do their thing but the fighting got much more violent yesterday. I found the two of them covered in blood and mud, one seemingly worse then the other...

Good morning fine chicken people.. I noticed this hen was not eating in the morning two days ago, when I picked her up I felt that her crop was full and hard....very hard. Her crop is definitely impacted, I can feel a hard area, barely squishy and an area of undigested pellets that surrounds...

My lovely ladies (and handsome gents) were able to go out into the foraging field for the first time today since January (due to snow then flooding) They were quite ecstatic and I just had to share our photo shoot! Enjoy! Bird's eye view (pun intended) Life Lesson - A muddy puddle missed is...

Hello fine peeps! I have a bottle on Durvet Injectable penicillin (penicillin G procaine suspension) that I purchased back in July and used several times on a hen attacked by a hawk. I will be preforming severe bumblefoot surgery today and want to use this pen g afterwards as I believe it's...

Hello all, hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday and hope everyone's 2021 will make up for 2020 :) I was away for 4 days and had an a acquaintance who lives close to me feed and close up the chickens (he has done this many times previously for my sister, but only takes care of the most...

I'm not sure where to post this but really wanted to put this out in the universe somewhere. My hen Lily who is suffering from a sour crop just DEVOURED a 1/3 of a disgusting, waxy Monistat suppository. I was SO nervous thinking about how I'm going to get that huge piece in her, but alas my...

This morning I've found a bunch of these poops in the large run. I have seen these from time to time, in the fall, for a day or two then they would dissappear but there is probably 8 of them this morning. It has been raining here so it might have been happening for the past 3 days without me...

@cavemanrich Arg! I did provide all that info, I am not sure how I posted only a part of my post! Still learning the ropes! But here is the rewritten info. Ok, ugh, this is kinda hard to explain and I'm not even sure it's in the right place but....worth a try. Ok, so, about 2 weeks ago a...

Hello to everyone in this fine community! I have been posting in the Emergency thread for the past two weeks about a chicken who was attacked by a hawk and finally got around to introducing myself. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes! I took over my sister's egg...

Good morning fine people A chicken of mine was attacked by a hawk over a week ago and a large portion of her neck skin was ripped off (50% +). Here is my original post detailing the initial treatment and treatment a week later here. I kept her separated for over a week, kept her wound clean...

I do hope someone with more chicken and chicken wound experience than me can chime in with some wisdom or experience. This chicken (who I named Vulture or Vee for short yesterday) was attacked by a hawk late Monday night. I started a thread on Tuesday as to what to do, but eventually after...

Good morning all! This is my first post here, I have been meaning to post a formal introduction for weeks after I signed up and unfortunately have now been forced to do so under these circumstances. So, hello wonderful people! I am taking care of 58 hens and 4 roosters on a property I moved...