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This chick is going on four months. She didn't start out this way but it developed relatively quickly and gotten worse as she's grown. She has kept up with her fellow newbies but is now starting to trail them in terms of weight and size. She must be able to eat but I'm not sure how much and I...

I've always used shavings. I'm worried that the pieces are too large - fine for horses but maybe not so much for chickens. But yes, I have it so may as well use it. Way too expensive to use in the horse stalls but could be okay for coop. It has to be fluffed so that might pre-empt the...

Raccoons usually remove the head completely (and maybe some neck, too?) so may be a hawk. They usually hold the head in one talon while eating. (Yes, I've seen this. Awful but informative.)

The hole looks kind of small for a raccoon. Maybe a weasel? They tend to rip and shred birds.

When you say outside, do you mean your coop floor is dirt? Either you need a way to drain water from the coop and run or you'll not be able to hose down the coop anyway. You might could use harder chips in the run but I would definitely use soft in the coop. More absorbent.

Has anybody used this? I got a bag of it to try but didn't really know if it made sense in the coop. The threads I've searched haven't given me any answers.

No problem Atalantis - your laughs made ME laugh. All my girls are full-sized; that's why I was a little concerned. I kind of want to crack the egg and kind of not. I think I like the term "fairy egg" best, but really, bloop describes it better. Thanks all!

This is the first time I've ever had one of these. New-laying hens, about two months now. Surface is rough. Is this indicative of a problem or just a bloop? That's a quarter for reference.

You can get it from Amazon but it will ship from Revival Animal Health, which is where I get it from. You don't need the activating crystals.

I use fly predator wasps around my barn and in my pasture and around the manure pile. I also put some in the compost pile near the house/coop. They work wonders. If you put them in the chicken yard, though, the chickens will just eat them.

After free-ranging for years, I finally had enough of the predators. A bobcat killed off my entire flock, over several months, except one. I now have a large chicken yard that I'm putting the final touches on - aprons and electric wire. Mine isn't covered, too big and too difficult because of...

You could also add a little Oxine AH to the water each time you refill. Does wonders for keeping buckets/troughs/pipes cleaner longer.

That's just a different kind of chicken talk but nothing unusual. To me, it's almost like they're talking to themselves when they make that sound. She looks like she's just checking things out.

I have an Austrawhite, an Exchequer and a brown Leghorn. The two Leghorns are flighty little nutbags. My Austrawhite is quite vocal but hardy as can be (she survived a bobcat attack), curious, and lays an egg just about every day even during the winter. She's only two though. She squats for...

Sounds more like IB based on symptoms you describe. She has no mucus discharge and she's drinking about as usual. What do I do for IB?? Different antibiotic?

To me, one of the joys of chickens is to watch them and listen to them. Sometimes it's nice whiling away an hour or so near them. It's soothing unless everyone's egg-singing at the same time. I also like having all the above-mentioned amenities close at hand.

May as well try that. I remember being under a tent with a vaporizer as a child. I quite liked it! Thanks for the suggestion.

I told them everything I've put in her. Thanks!

WOW!! What great service, ChickenCanoe! I called the lab in Gainesville and talked to them, answered lots of questions that they will give to the vet, who will call me maybe today, probably Monday. The person I talked to said he hoped she didn't pass BUT IF SHE DOES, here's my cell phone...

I have my hen in sick bay in the house. The first night I really assumed she would be dead in the morning - open-mouthed gasping, but she was much better next day. She's had six of ten Tylan shots, Vet Rx in her water, Nutri-Drench down her throat. I wondered if her crop was involved and that...