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I noticed mild bumblefoot on my 1 yr old Ameraucana and started treating it and it's now almost healed. While initially soaking her I noticed she has a very odd looking growth/formation on her other foot. I don't think it's bumblefoot and doesn't appear to be a sore or infection. Her footpad...

My 1 year old Ameraucana has had a sore (bumblefoot) on her foot for about a month. I've been keeping an eye on it but it hadn't improved and the round scabbed area looked like it was getting darker and more pronounced. Although there's no swelling and she's walking just fine and is completely...

I have a flock of 6 beloved hens. Here where I live, I can have up to 8. So I am wanting to get 2 to add this spring (well I want like 20, but 2 will have to do!). The dilemma is I don't know where to get them, etc. Please read on. Option 1: There are a couple of breeds I really want (a...

Does anyone have an Excel spreadsheet they use to track egg laying by chicken they can share with me? I don't need anything too complicated but thought someone might have a good one built so I don't have to make one.

We live in Seattle so it rains a lot. My 6 girls have a choice to stay in their covered run or free range in our backyard. They go in and out all day. Today I notice Finn (my 1-year old Easter Egger) was looking extra rough. Look at those cheeks, beard, and hair sticking up! :lol: Would...

I have a yard blanketed with beautiful Spanish Bluebell which is toxic to humans and animals (including chickens) when eaten. Well I have one-year old hens who are seeing it for the 1st time and I've seen them pecking and eating them fairly regularly! Fortunately after about a week of this...

Do all hybrids have shorter lifespans compared to heritage breeds? I know if varies by individual chickens and their environment of course. I am not talking about those hybrids bred for high egg productions, but those that are bred for other characteristics such as appearance/plumage, etc...

Hi. I have a good sized coop and run for my 6 (soon to be 8!) girls. It's secure and predator proof. But I didn't take rat proofing fully into consideration when it was built. The coop/run sits on dirt and this last spring we had a rat problem. It's under control now but I was thinking...

How do you diagnose a pendulous crop? Does my girl have one? (See video). Background: My 10 month old Bielefelder loves to eat! Last week she woke up with a full squishy crop. I withheld food one day and over the next few days it essentially resolved. Although now she seems to have what...

I have a 10 month old Bielefelder with a HUGE appetite. I could tell she had over-eaten yesterday and was doing a lot of crop adjustment before bedtime. Her crop had never looked so big and I've never seen her have to do crop adjustments. That said, she's never had any crop issues in the past...

I am getting mail order chicks for the first time. I’m getting the minimum order of 3 chicks from My Pet Chickens and they will ship Jun 10. I’m so excited, but already nervous and stressed about their well-being during transport from Ohio to Washington State. I have seen a lot of images and...

I got my first 4 chickens in Spring 2021. I had no idea how much I would love being a chicken mom. So I'm hooked, addicted, in love, obsessed! :love I lost 1 girl Dec 2022. Then added 3 baby chicks Spring 2023. So now I have 6 beloved girls running around all over my yard and life! I live...

I love the beauty of the blue lacing pattern. This spring I'd like to add either a Blue Laced Barnevelder or a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte. Any thoughts on which would be better for me? My most important criteria are: 1) friendly and docile (the cuddly the better!) 2) mixed flock friendly (I...

Came across this artists work this week and wanted to share with my chicken-loving community! Here's a sampling of his work. So incredible. He has high regards for them and gives them weight beyond just meat or egg producers. https://www.alextennapel.nl/portraits-of-hens-and-roosters

We have a Run-Chicken auto door we’ve been using for over a year and have been pleased with it. We use it between the coop and run. Now we want to add an auto door between their run and ‘patio’ which is a covered and secure yard they have access to when we aren’t home and they can’t free...

My 2.5 year old Olive Egger woke up yesterday with a small but impacted crop. I isolated her and brought her into the house. I gave her some warm water with olive oil and massaged it throughout the day. It loosened up pretty fast and became squishy and malleable (no sour crop smell) and I...

I give my girls their baked eggshells as a calcium supplement along with oyster shells. They love this stuff! However I noticed today a few pieces had mold growing on them as I got them out to bake. Right now what I'm doing is once I crack open an egg (and enjoy eating it!), I rinse the...

I have a Grandpa feeder and a Rent-A-Coop feeder for my flock of 6 hens. I’m on step 2 of training…where the feeders are set to where the top is still mostly open so the chickens get used to the step and lid movement before everything is closed up and they can’t see the feed. 2 of my 6 girls...

@TudyBOT Are any parts of Virginia Creeper toxic to chickens? How about grapes or passionfruit?

My sweet Willow who is a gorgeous blue Ameraucana just laid her 1st egg today! At 21 weeks + 2 days at that! It's a precious little egg. But it's olive green! I thought Ameraucanas always laid blue eggs?! She was sold as an Ameraucana and physically meets all the characteristics. What's up...