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I went to the feed store the other day- to buy feed and bedding- and passed by the area where they had leftover "easter" chicks. There were three of what appear to be Golden Comet pullets in one of the pens and two of them were really going to town on the smallest one. Her little wings and her...

Hi folks. There are NO vets in my area that treat chickens. I've got a little hen who has been limping badly for the past two weeks. DH and I checked her out. It is not bumblefoot, and there are no obvious external injuries to leg or foot or thigh. I know it isn't Marek's or curly-toe...

Hi folks. Sent someone ten eggs to incubate. Three hatched and died immediately afterward- he said they didn't even get a chance to dry off before they died. I think he put them in lockdown on day 18. I wondered if that made a difference, or if the shipping could have been the cause. Or...

Anyone else had this happen? Wonder if I should have a necropsy done. Are they expensive? If some preventable illness killed her I'd like to know so I can protect the rest of the flock. The others do have dry pox, but otherwise have seemed fine. I wondered if she had the wet pox that...

Hi folks. I am worried about my five baby Swedish Flower Hens. They are about two days old. They seem just fine. Mommy does too, but she has black lesions on her comb and wattles. I believe it is dry fowl pox. What should I do, if anything, for the little guys? Should I vaccinate? If...

Mites? Fungus? What to do? This is actually a roo I gave my neighbor, but I noticed this on my chickens' combs, as well. Also, his hens are getting strange patches with missing feathers/sores- see below. My chickens do not have the missing feathers.

Hi all. My friend's 9 year old son was diagnosed with leukemia and they just came home today after having been in the hospital for the past two weeks. I have been caring for her two dogs. Due to the son's compromised immune system, dogs must be re-homed. One (a Yorkie) is going to my...

My EE hen (three years old) has been sitting in the nesting box all day and not laying an egg. The only time she goes in there is to lay. Her mouth is open and breathing heavily. She appears to be straining- her tail moves from time to time. She has never done this before. I do not have a...

Anyone know of any treatment, no matter how "alternative", for a hen w/Marek's? I read about one where you administer St.John's Wort tablet mixed w/one T of distilled water, give approx 10 drops to chicken every 12 hours. Anyone tried this or anything else? Furthermore, anyone had a...

Loupan from New Zealand asked about keeping her five week old chicks outside at night (it is summer over there). It is winter here but I live in the desert- probably gets down to about 36-40 at night. Sometimes right at 32 degrees F. Daytime it is usually in the 50s, sometimes 60s. Anyway...

This has never happened before. One of my Easter Eggers laid an egg that was only membrane, and maybe the beginnings of a shell. It had the consistency of a water balloon, sort of. I cut it open and there was a normal yolk and white inside. Is there something wrong with the hen? My feeding...

Have been on the site and posted a few times before but never properly introduced myself. I have 2 EE hens, 4 Black Copper Marans (2 hens, 2 roos), and just ordered six Swedish Flower Hens from Greenfire Farms (so excited!) My household comprises me, DH, our two beautiful little boys (3...

My Brinsea just turned from day 1 in the 21 day countdown to day 0 this afternoon. Only one of my seven eggs has hatched! The one littel fellow looks fine. Two others have pipped but no chicks yet. Four w/no activity. I wonder if I killed the poor things- the directions that came w/the...

If anyone has one of these- this is my first time hatching. I cannot figure out the appropriate setting for large chicken eggs for the turn angle (I just set at 10 seconds and hoped for the best-range is between 1 and 20 seconds) and the turning interval (I set for 75 minutes at a range...

Hello all! Anybody have any idea who may have some Black Copper Marans chicks for sale? I am in southern New Mexico.