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my brown leghorn 'Foxy' hasn't layed for two weeks and she's not acting normal. she's been fluffed up and slower than how she normally is. what can i give her to help her??? thanks :)

i have a delaware white about 5 months old and she is not really active. she just stands in one place and is all fluffed up and sleeps while the others are out and about. is there anything i can do or any medicine i can give her for? hate to lose another one. she is with 7 other hens. her weight...

Have been waiting what seems like forever but it finally happened yesterday. My fiance called me around 4:30pm and told me that Foxy Brown is sitting in the nest box and moving the shavings around. She went back inside the house for about 5 minutes to give her some privacy. When she came back...

mine is not white but brown and she is now 25 weeks and still haven't gotten a egg yet as well as the other.

I have been reading online and having the BYC family tell me that when the waddle and the comb is red and floppy its a sign that the hen is ready to lay. She is a brown leghorn named Foxy Brown and she is born on June 7th. she free ranges all day with her friends. I have been checking around the...

if its not a good idea what is the best way to satisfy the 6 month old and the 3 month old chickens? should i return the current feed and get a grower/raiser or a layer feed? will the layer feed impact the younger chickens?

I just ran out of grower feed and the gal at the feed store mentioned to me that I try Home Grown All Purpose Feed because we have chickens at different ages. I currently have 5 chickens born June 7th and 3 chickens born September 7th. Unfortunately, I am still waiting for my big girls to lay...

I live in Seattle WA. I have been checking at least 3 times a day. I think that's a good idea about locking them in for a while to see if they are laying.

Does anyone know when different breeds of chickens start laying? Currently I have 5 chickens born on June 8th and 3 chickens born on September 7th. They have been fluffing up the nesting box for a while but still no eggs. I currently have just shavings in there and thinking about adding straw as...

Hi All, I am running low with my current feed which is Payback Developer and need to know what feed I should buy next. I currently have 8 chickens aged from 5 chickens that are 25 weeks and 3 chickens that are 12 weeks. They are eating developer mixed with Purina #2 Scratch. They free range...

I currently have three chicks (Delaware, Blue Wyanndotte, Black Sex Link) born on 9/3 and the Blue wyanndotte is pecking at the butt of the Delaware chick to a point where her butt has no more feathers and it's starting to get really red. I separated her (Delaware) from the other two. Should i...

Quote: thanks Steve! The 5 current birds are 5 months old and the 3 new ones are 3 months old. Right now i have the 3 in the garage being quarantined. I take them out during the day in a fenced area for about one hour for them to graze and to see the other birds. i tried bringing one old bird...

I currently have 5 chickens that at are living in the coop right now and about to introduce 3 more chickens soon. The current coop has 3 nesting boxes and i was wondering if I need to add a couple more? if I do then the size of the nesting boxes will have to be smaller. How small/big can the...

thanks everyone!!! saves me some money

I just got three more chicks because we recently lost two due to illness. My current flock are all eating developer food and I was wondering if it is ok to feed the chicks the same food. The chicks are 2 months old. I ran out of the chick starter and don't want to have to buy a 25lb bag of chick...

Hi All, I recently lost a hen (20 weeks) and I wanted to get two more chicks (7 weeks) but wanted to know how should i introduce them together without any fighting. The farm where I'm getting them at said to divide the coop and put food and water on both sides and leave them in there for two...

Hi All, I recently lost a hen (20 weeks) and I wanted to get two more chicks (7 weeks) but wanted to know how should i introduce them together without any fighting. The farm where I'm getting them at said to divide the coop and put food and water on both sides and leave them in there for two...

Quote: She is 4 months old. The weather here in Seattle around 55 to 65 with clouds and rain. None of the chickens ever had any problems except back in July when one chicken had coccidiosis but the chicken recovered. She been eating chick developer. They go outside almost everyday to graze...

Came home today and saw one of my chickens lying on the ground in the run panting heavily. She's not really moving and don't seem to have any noticeable injuries nor blood in her poop. But her poop and like a milky substance. I put her In a tote and a heat lamp with new bedding. Is there...

thanks for the advice. I went to the local feed store during my lunch and picked up some Sulmet and went home to add it to the water. When I saw her she was tired with droopy eyes So hard to see her like that. But I picked her up and brought her over to the waterer I put in the coop and force...