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I have given my girls baby vitamins. The kind that comes in a dropper. I think they are usually grape flavored or something like that. Its just a general vitamin and it really seems to help them. I just drop it in their nice clean water container, and let them drink it up. I had a hen once that...

Our pens are built out of treated lumber as well. We have this same problem. I have heard that this type of bee doesn't sting people, but Im not sure. I know I dont like them buzzing around my head when I am trying to tend my birds. And I dont like them eating up our hard earned money that was...

It's been quite a while since I've logged in< But I am still a chicken lover! I have read just about this whole thread and figured I'd add that I'm from the Colquitt County area. I'm right where Thomas, Colquitt, and Mitchell counties all meet. I'd like to meet up with anyone from around here...

AWWWWWW! I have no idea what sex they are but they are soooooooo cute!!! awwww i just love lil silkie babies!!!

Im no chicken expert at all . . . I was just thinking that maybe an egg was broken inside of her. I have heard that this can happen but im not sure how it looks or what happens when it does happen. hopefully somebody can help her!

Chances are if they are old enough to be laying something is getting them. I had 9 hens in my coop and had been getting 9 eggs everyday . . . then one day I had only 7. . . then the next day only 3. I was thinking well maybe they are taking a break or something. Then I went out there an there...

A friend asked me today if I had ever heard of a way to make an old rooster be more fertile. I dont think that there is anything that can be done to help him out but I just thought Id ask. Anybody got any ideas? He said this rooster was a great one and wants offspring from him so he will try...

A guy that I work with told me to do the same thing. I havent done it myself yet, but he says it works great.

I was in a hurry earlier when I checked back in to let everyone know what was going on. I forgot to mention to everyone that answered my post how much i appreciate the help and advice. This website is so so very help. This is where i come for advice before I ask anybody esle usually. Just a big...

well I think that I have found the answer. Last night when I went to the coop to feed up, I turned the light on as ususal everybody got off the roost. The rooster ran over to that hen and grabbed her by the neck slammed her on the ground and bred her. So the answer is: the rooster is doing the...

Quote: i dont think there is anything for her to be stressed about. They always have something to scratch and eat. There is always plenty of food. She gets along with everyone else. I dont ever see them chasing her or pecking her. I jus dont have a clue whats going on.

I dont know if anyone has checked back here or not ? my hen is getting skinner. . . maybe I should separate her from the flock?

But what could be causing her to loose weight? Is he upsetting her by doing this (if it is the case) and making her not want to eat?

Here is another photo of her.

yes i have one roo in there with 8 hens. she also appears to be loosing weight. i forgot to mention that. I can see the shape of her wing now where i cannot on the other girls and couldnt on her last week. she doesnt look pitiful, but i can tell she is thinner than the other hen just like...

one of my hen has been loosing her feathers out of the back of her head. I dont think anyone else has been pulling them out because she doesnt have sores or bleeding so im not sure what has been going on. The problem is jus getting worse. She is getting a little more bald every day. this has...

A few weeks ago I noticed one of my hens eating a feather that was laying on the ground. I thought she jus happened to see it and picked at it then jus ate it for no reason. Then 2 days ago I was in the coop with them when the rooster bred one of my black orps. and he pulled out like 6 or 7...

my soon to be husbands name is cornbread at work. somebody just called him that one day and it stuck! (we do construction work and those guys will say anything!) we met there and so everybody just started calling me lightbread. 48 is just a random number i picked.

My hen was trying to fight another hen though the fence a few months ago and messed up her bottom beak. I thought it would heal up and return to normal. That didnt happen. The bottom half of her beak is nearly flat and a little shorter than it should be and the top part has grown longer and is...