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When I went out to gather eggs today my EE is bleeding from around her vent. It's hard to tell where it is coming from though she obviously layed her egg after it happened as there was a little blood on the shell. She is at the bottom of the pecking order and we have had issues with the other...

Next Saturday we are moving from Colorado to Kansas. It's about a 500 mile drive. Our plan is to close the coop up (with the chickens inside), load it on trailer, and take them with us. If anyone has ever done this before, I am wondering how the chickens will react and what we can expect. They...

This is the first time I've ever had chickens and we have been anxiously awaiting eggs. My 20 week old EE has just started laying. We have gotten 1 egg everyday this week until today. After inspecting the nesting boxes I discovered there had been an egg. There was just a broken membrane and yolk...

My chickens are all about 10 weeks old. They are out in the coop and get out into their run everyday. There is a lot of little gravel and rocks in their run, but no grass. If I throw down some scratch or treats will they still need grit or is the gravel enough? It is very small

After looking through some of these gender post, I am worried that one of my EE's might be a roo. Is it true that white and black EE's are almost always boys? I know you can't see the legs in the pictures but they are a little green and pretty thick but my EE's are 2 weeks older than the rest of...

I had a chicken, 4 week old Australorp acting strange yesterday so we seperated her from the rest of the flock. She was tucking her head under her chest and falling over. I gave her vitamins and hand fed her all day, making sure she drank plenty of water. Today she is acting perfectly normal...

Got up this morning to find one of my 4 week old Black Australorps in rough shape. She is having difficulty holding up her head, keeps somersaulting over forward. She seems to have mild tremors and is just laying around. I have separated her from the rest of the chickens but am not sure what's...