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She was limping a week ago. I’ve been soaking her foot daily and treating it with betadine, vetrycin and antibiotic ointment. I’ve been wrapping it up and she’s been kept in the dog kennel. She’s no longer limping but I don’t think it’s looking any better. It was never swollen or red. It went...

She started limping some yesterday and today it was more obvious limping. I saw a little black spot on her foot and soaked her in Epsom salt and managed to get the top of the scab off. I couldn’t get anything else out. I used betadine and Vetericyn and some neosporin. I wrapped her foot and have...

Our neighbors two dogs came into the yard and got a few of our chickens. Thankfully none died but some look pretty rough. One has no feathers on her thigh but the worst is this one. She’s eating and drinking and doesn’t seem to be in shock. I cleaned her wound with betadine and she was not...

I’m writing this for a friend. She has chicks that are 5-6 weeks old. A dog bit one of them and there is a puncture wound in it’s back. What’s the best way to treat this? Diluted betadine? Thanks!

We’ve got a broody hen sitting on 4 eggs. I made the mistake of not candling them and none are fertilized! 😩 I’m in Jackson, GA. If anyone has some babies, I’m happy to come get them.

I made the mistake of not candling the eggs and today is day 22. I decided to candle them today and none are fertilized. She’s sitting on 4 eggs. Will she give up in a few days or do I need to intervene? Or should I stick some new eggs under her?

We have a cockerel who was hatched by one of our hens in early May. I just realized he was a rooster a few days ago. The hen was a very good mama and protected this cockerel up until about a month ago. However he still follows her around very closely. I feel bad for him because he’s always by...

We had a hen sitting on three eggs. Two hatched on Friday and there has been one left. I was getting ready to throw it out this morning, but saw this crack. I’m not sure if it’s a pip or if the egg is bad. I tried candling a while ago, but the shells seemed too dark and/or my light too dim. I...

I free range all my chickens and we live in 30 acres surrounded by woods, so I realize we have predators. When I counted them all last night as they were on their roosts I realized 4 were missing. We’ve lost chickens before, but not four at a time. We’ve had a raccoon coming around the coop at...

I have a broody hen and twice she’s gotten confused and started laying on eggs in the wrong nesting box. I found her laying on the new eggs and her old eggs were cold. I finally stuck her in a corner with her eggs and she’s been sitting on them since, but I’m wondering if they will hatch since...

I’m not sure if this is the best forum to ask this question, but does anyone spray their yard for mosquitoes? Our mosquitoes are awful this year. The chickens don’t seem bothered, but I get eaten alive unless I douse myself in Off, which I don’t like to do everyday. Obviously, I want to keep the...

I had a broody hen that I let sit on four eggs. Three were fertilized. When they were hatching I was checking on them every few hours and there were definitely three progressing normally. This is a first so I’m not 100% sure, but they all looked like they were hatching in the same manner. When I...

We have a year old Rhode Island Red who started loosing her back feathers in the fall. We kept her inside during the colder days of winter for probably 2 weeks until she was going stir crazy. We were then putting her in an isolated outside pen and then putting her inside at night. Her feathers...

We’ve got a broody hen. We are on day 18. I just checked on her and her comb is very pale. I’ve been getting her out to eat and drink a few times a day as it’s been super hot here in GA. Is this something to be concerned about? Should I bring her inside the basement with her eggs?

Update- I have her separate and cleaned her wound. There’s a flap of skin that’s come off from under her wing. I’ve left the skin, but she keep picking at it. How do you keep them from picking at their wounds? Also, if this is from the rooster (he’s a good rooster and is not rough with the...

We’ve had a hawk get two hens in two days. I hate it and I hate leaving them locked up. But our rooster, Beef Supreme, a large beilefelder has fought off this hawk three maybe four times this week. His comb is a little beat up and he has saved his hens 3 out of the four times. I’m locking them...

It seems like our chickens have been having a run of bad luck. We are first time chicken owners and have researched a lot, but they’ve been getting sick more often than I’d like. This one looks like she was molting above her tail feathers for a while. This morning I came out and saw this. She’s...

We have 11 hens and they are almost a year old and two roosters. They are all free range and locked up safely at night. One of our Rhode Island reds has been staying by herself in the run and roosting in the middle of the day. When I brought her on the porch to check her out she just wanted to...

This is the first time owning ducks. We have a female Pekin that stopped walking today. She was 100% fine this morning and by the afternoon she wasn’t walking at all. When we tried to get her she was able to run away but she’s dragging her foot and not trying to put any weight on it. I tried to...

I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this question. One of our white amber star hens died in the coop last night. She’s about 9 months old. She was acting perfectly normal yesterday and I did not notice anything off with her. We got our normal number of eggs yesterday. I didn’t see...