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Good afternoon! I am a new backyard chicken owner, and my hens have had some abnormal laying behavior this past week. I have two polish bantams (7 months) who have been laying 5 eggs a week consistently since June. They have almost always used their nesting boxes with one or two exceptions...

Good morning! We have a 3 month buff orpington pullet who has just been struggling. We got her about 9 weeks ago, and she always just seemed off. She slept a lot compared to the other chickens, and her body just didn't seem to match our other buff oprington. She also didn't seem to really...

Good morning! I have two Polish Bantams who just started laying about 3 weeks ago. They laid for about 2 weeks in their nesting boxes with no issue. Earlier this week, they stopped and just started laying in the coop. I obviously want to break this habit ASAP for sanitary reasons and so that...

I woke up this morning to a very sad sight. Our 5 month olf buff orpington (Sunny Side) was laying dead in our sealed coop. There was a ton of blood (not splatters) on the wall - basically dripping down from the top roost where she normally sleeps as well as blood on the shavings. We looked...

Hello! I am new to the backyard poultry crew but have been using this site for SO MANY THINGS! We currently have a flock of 6. We have gotten 4 of the 6 from a local breeder and ordered them as pullets, as we live in the city where sadly roosters are not welcome. 3 of our originals are laying...