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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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

Today I noticed that my poor baby Screechy has a cracked beak with bruising along the lines of the crack. I don't know if she is able to eat and drink as normal because I was only able to look at her for a short time, and I didn't dare touch it for fear of hurting her further. Does this warrant...

We recently moved the garden to a more central location in the campus, and our chickens were moved as the new garden was finished in June. It has been quite busy at the garden, but the flock has settled into the new coop for about a month now. The two black hens with the presumed bumblefoot are...

Hey BYC Community, We are members of the Rice University's Holistic Garden and we currently have a flock of 9 chickens. There are 4 older chickens: 3 hens and 1 rooster. 7 hens were provided with the establishment of the flock in early 2020 along with 1 rooster later. Unfortunately, some hens...