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Howdy BYC, One of our fine hens, Dorothy, a suspected Rhode Island Red hen who is 1 year and 3 months old, was spotted having an abnormal right eye recently. It appears there a cloudy and hazy spot bordering the bottom of her pupil and iris along with some fluid discharge. We noticed this...

We've started her on Calcium Citrate + Vitamin D as recommended and overall her temperament seems to be the same for the most part. She's still penguining and lethargic, but there were moments where she moved and ate some feed and vegetables. We caught her poop in the picture above and it was...

Hey BYC! One of our fine hens, Lagniappe, has been acting a bit off for the past couple days. She's 9 months old and has started laying, though we don't know when she last laid. In the coop, we've noticed her droop and sort of penguin, quite unlike herself previously. When we placed her in the...

Hey BYC, Our trusty alpha rooster, Big Red, has a comb that usually runs purple at the tips and the back. We are not sure of his breed, but we believe he is at least 2-3 years old. We have suspected this may be due to some circulation issues, but this has never hindered him. We have not noticed...

Thank you @Tookie and @Wyorp Rock for the timely responses. After a thorough discussion, we decided to forgo the necropsy to cremate her. We don't suspect she had any contagious/infectious diseases given how she has been, though we have read online they can hide illness well. We thoroughly...

Hey BYC, Unfortunately one of our young hens, Squeeble, passed away suddenly today. Earlier in the day she was noticed to be a bit lethargic momentarily but she was otherwise completely normal. She was almost 6 months old, and was a sex-link chicken. There's no signs of physical trauma or...

Entry #4 - Squeeble (her nickname is Screechy, and I personally prefer this). She's quite the vocal lady and she loves having a chat with us! She is presumed to be a gold sex-link chicken and she will be turning 6 months old at the start of next week!

Entry #3 - Carrot, our lovely Easter Egger as a cockerel. This was taken when he was less than 2 months old, but now he's almost 6 months old! He's a mighty fine lad that's for sure.

Entry #2 - Lagniappe, a cockerel whose parents are Big Red (potential Maran?) and Ms. Frizzle (Frizzle). This fella is currently our profile pic!

Entry #1 - Regina, our lovely bantam Australorp hen, hanging out on one of the fig trees in the garden!

Thank you for the response! I see what you're saying, I assume this would be similar to the deep litter method? My only concerns for this would be if there is moisture in the coop/anaerobic decomposition.

Hey BYC! We moved recently, and the chickens moved as well into a new coop about 2 months ago. After the move, the older hens developed bumblefoot, which we believe is associated with the concrete pavers at the base of the coop. We provided a ~1-inch layer of pine straw on top of the pavers...

Hey BYC, We greatly appreciate everyone who chimed in and provided advice! UPDATE: Since there were several health issues compounding, we ultimately took Karen and Regina to the vet. Karen started hobbling on her right foot as she developed a nasty blister on her right foot, as the scales...

Hey BYC! First off, thank you so much for the advice! UPDATE: Since there were several health issues compounding, we ultimately took Karen and Regina to the vet. When discussing the potential lice, they were able to confirm that it was lice. Through research, we did find that there was a...

Hey BYC, As we were tending to our older hens' bumblefoot, we noticed what appeared to be small, round, white/gray beadlike clusters near the base of the feathers of Regina's head. We initially thought it may have been attributed to the feed splattering on to the feathers as she ate, but the...