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Yesterday one of our hens didnt come over for treats and I found he sitting down panting. It was 97 degrees yesterday and just as hot today so I assumed it was heat related and brought her inside and gave he time to cool off. Shes back out now and seems to be limping around and sitting down...

I have a hen that at night she makes loud noises like gasps. She doesnt do it during the day that I know of but I hear it putting them away at night. She just started laying eggs. Any idea what it could be?

I noticed these above one of my hens butts today. Shes been having a messy bottom and we recently lost a hen to flystrike so I've been checking her alot to make sure that wont happen. I think these are mites, which is better than maggots. How do I get rid of them? I know elector psp can work...

We are introducing a flock of adults, 5 hens and one australorp rooster to our flock of 2 buff orpingtons, 2 reds, and a well summer. Our chickens seem hostile and three of them fought with the big rooster. The rooster didnt start the fight but he participated in it. It ended quickly all three...

a little over a week ago we had a fox show up and kill 7 of our 14 chickens. They were outside in their run and it happened past 7 in the morning which was a surprise. We had chickens for 3 years with no problems like this and it really was hard to deal with. The original run wasnt covered and...

Were introducing 7 week old chicks to the flock, but I'm not sure how to feed both because both old and young chickens have access to food. Right now were going to take out the layer feed the others use and put just chick food. I know that's not the best for older chickens but it is just...

Were introducing 7 week old chicks to the flock, but I'm not sure how to feed both because both old and young chickens have access to food. Right now were going to take out the layer feed the others use and put just chick food. I know that's not the best for older chickens but it is just...

I have a 3 year old buff orpongton that suddenly has started to sneeze and had loud breathing. It sounds like "hee" whenever she breathes and she sneezes every once in a while. Shes running around, eating and drinking so i dont know how big a deal it is, but the last time I pushed something off...

I have a hen who has been through alot. Shes gotten head injuries from roosters that we had to get rid of, and now recently it's been a hen that she hatched with that's attacking her. Her whole head is bloody and one eye is swollen. She looked like that before and has recovered, but it looks...

We had a hen get broody and raise 2 chicks that she hatched over the last summer. We just bought 6 babies from a store and brought the same hen in to see if she cared. She is just standing there right now not moving around them. One ran to her and she backed off and sort of bit at it. But other...

So this morning this hen was found on the ground of the coop, shes been through alot, recently we've gotten rid of 2 roosters we had that she had hatched after they started to hurt her, she has a small limp, and now this. Every night for the past few months shes walked up to me in the coop when...

I got a buff silkie rooster with a hurt leg. He got in a fight with his son before we were able to get rid of him, and I think the fight caused that. He has trouble walking up the ramp especially if its wet. I dont think it's broken because he stands on it easily, but when he walks he takes...

I have a 6 month old rooster that's a mix of our buff orpington and our buff silkie rooster. Hes alot bigger than his dad but doesnt bother him or anyone else but one orpongton we have who I think might have sight problems to begin with. Hes roughed her feathers, made her crown bloody and really...

So yesterday I went to clean our chickens and noticed some white stringlike stuff on some of the poop. It was really gross, it looked like some sort of root or worm or something. It was where a four month old buff silkie chick or our buff silkie rooster roost at night. They all are acting...

We have a broody hen who has been sitting on some fertile eggs for a while. Shes pale now which has happened before, and we see her up and outside some times every once in a while. Should her health be an issue?

Today I found bumble foot on one of my buff orpingtons. I had no idea what to do so I brought her inside and soaking her in Epsom salt. I have nothing else to help right now, no pain treatments or anything like that. What should I do?

Today I found bumble foot on one of my buff orpingtons. I had no idea what to do so I brought her inside and soaking her in Epsom salt. I have nothing else to help right now, no pain treatments or anything like that. What should I do?

I was cleaning our chicken coop today up where they roost at night and I saw some white maggots in some poop up there. I dont know if they came out of the poop if that's even possible or eggs were layed there, but in a few spots they were in poop. I hadn't cleaned the coop in a week which was my...

Last night our biggest hen fell from the very top of our roost and landed on her wing. She made a funny noise when it happened, and her wing was sagging down. She was able to jump back up where she fell but she didnt really use her wing. This morning she was the last one out of the coop, and he...

We live pretty close to some woods. They're still pretty far away, but today someone at my house saw a fox out in the field. Apparently it was so far away she couldn't see it to well and our neighbors have dogs so maybe it was a dog, but she said it was a fox and it got me worried. We haven't...