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We have had a tremendous amount of ice and snow this year. While my chickens are kept inside of their coop during this weather, I need to find something to get the ice down. Is there any options for something to use similar to salt that is safe for my flock that I can use in their pen. thanks!

My hens have been living together for two plus years and all of the sudden, some of the more dominant have become so aggressive with my other what I would say easy going hens. While they have been nasty in general, they are really aggressive towards one chicken who is not sick - just older...

I have been trying in excess of two to three months to help my chicken walk and stand. I have given supplements, made a sling, built a wooden path to help her sit up, etc. with no success. She has been living in different dog kennels to protect her from the other chickens so she is living in...

I have a full grown hen who stopped walking and now she won’t stand. I have her on supplements and I made a hammock to help her stand. She still eats, drinks and poops well. Any ideas on how I can help her regain her balance. She is so sweet so I am hoping to get her well again.

My chicken has lost her ability to stand. I have been working with my vet over the past month and because of the timing and lack of other symptoms along with no other chickens have symptoms, they do not believe it is Maersk's. She is eating and drinking; she is able to move herself around the...

Hi! Not sure if another bird can mourn the death of another one so I thought I would reach out to see if anyone else seen similiar things. About a month ago, our RR Rooster died. He was getting old and starting to show his age and honestly, I just think he died of nature causes. We have one...

Hi! Hoping someone can help. I have mice in our chicken house that I have been really struggling to get rid of. They are multiplying faster than I can kill them. Poison is off the table and I have been having nightmares about setting traps even though I can put them back in an area that it...

My flock has slowly decreased and I am looking to get some babies this year. I was considering getting some bantams but was not sure how the would fit in with the other standard size ladies? I have one RR bantam now that I got in a group of other chickens on accident. And let me tell you, she...

OK, strange question - can chickens eat peanut butter? Here is why I ask - I am a co leader of our 4H Club and I found a Christmas craft for our party to make Christmas cookies for the birds. This would include whole grain bread, seeds and peanut butter. I have a bunch of kids who show...

Hi! I have a group of old ladies and an elderly rooster who are molting. They seem like they are moving slow and "tired". Can the molting be hard on the elderly? I see in other posts to begin feeding more protein but cat food can be higher in salt. So, any ideas other than mealworms to...

Hi! At our county fair, I had a family tell us that they bathed their chickens with vinegar to kill the mites so I wanted to see if anyone had experience with that. I believe (my memory can be lacking ) that they bathed them with a vinegar/water combination and then put them into another...

Wondering if anyone had a shampoo that they would recommend to bath the chickens. I have a large group competing at the 4H County Fairy and because of all of the rain that we have had, they are having trouble controlling the mites, etc. with just the dust and are concerned about...

Hi! I have an older Leghorn that I have often wondered if she is blind. I have watched her eat and she will peck missing the crumbles or seeds on a few tries. She also likes to take treats from my hand and will often miss on the first try. Does not matter to me one way or the other - she...

Hi! I live in Minnesota and to say our winter has started out strong is an understatement. We are supposed to have -56 degrees windchills tomorrow. We have an insulated chicken house and a few brooder lamps, but I am hoping someone can share some ideas to help stregthen or improve their...

Hi! Wondering if anyone has seen the same things I am seeing in my flock. I have some chickens who are losing feathers but the rest of my flock appears to be fine. I have been treating for mites, etc. and have not found anything anywhere but still using dusts and sprays as a preventative. I...

I just wanted to take a minute to vent to a group who I know can sympathize. I had two roosters who were fine together for quite some time when one day, they decided they were not going to get along. I had made efforts to separate them but I felt I was not being fair to one of them who was...

Hi! I have some hens who love to break the eggs and I have no idea how to stop them. I have a large coop and it would be challenging to separate them. Plus I am not sure who is actually breaking them. Wanted to see if anyone had some successful steps on how to stop this annoying habit :)...

Hi! We have had our baby chicks for about 10 weeks and they have recently moved into our chicken house with the old ladies and roo. However, they are in a pen sectioned off so while they can see each other through the wire, they cannot get to each other. At what point can they fully move into...

We have two roosters that have gotten along since the beginning. But this winter, one of them was sick and I had to quarantine him. Now the other one has an "attitude" so I am waiting until Mother Nature takes a pill and releases Minnesota from the longest winter ever to associate them back...

Hi! We have ten baby chicks that we have built a separate pen in our insulated chicken house so they are separate from the old ladies. They are two months old and getting quite big. We still have the brooder lamp on them but the old ladies are telling us it is too hot in there for them . How...