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You mentioned a map with cities that allow chickens in the original post. Would you mind sharing that link? I think it would come in quite handy for me. thanks, Brendan

Thanks to all that replied. Turned out that it was a prolapse. We isolated her, cleaned her up and started on the prep-h right away. We kept her in an isolation cage, in the garage and kept it as dark as possible, hoping she'd stop laying and give herself a break. She refused... laying one...

I see in other threads that we should try to "push this back in". It's kind of stiff or hard. I don't want to hurt the hen. Should we be pushing it if its hard?

Well, I brought her in and cleaned her up a bit and this is what it looks like now. I don't know if that's better or worse than it looked at first, but at least it's clearer. Somebody please help! She doesn't seem to be in any pain (except when we sprayed her rear, which she didn't much...

I went out to gather eggs today and found one with a LOT of blood smear on it. I check the hens and one has a vent that looks pretty nasty. This is the first I've noticed it but we were low on eggs the past few days, so I don't know if she layed any the past few days prior to this one...

Quote: I was thinking I would hammer in a 2x2 corner stake at each corner of the coop, then hammer some 1/2" plywood about 3-4" into the ground and screw it to the corner posts. Would that be deep enough to avoid digging? The coop will be located in an already fenced in area of our yard -...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm TOTALLY new... been thinking about it for a while... caved in over the weekend. Now.... to learn about keeping chickens. This is not to say I've never been around them... as a kid, our family kept 3 hens and a rooster in the...