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I have a 10 year old (yes 10!) Buff Orp. I noticed some blackening and scaling at the base of her lower beak. It looks almost like a scab. The beak is slightly discolored, but it looks like the bump is getting a little bigger. She is eating fine and pooping fine and doesn't feel like she has...

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Thanks very much! I'll take the flea mist back.

Over a month, believe it or not! Then she was out one morning and back to normal.

My 6 yr.old Buff Orp has pretty much stayed in her nest box 24/7 for the last couple of weeks. I get her out, make sure she drinks, eats, etc. Her poop appears normal,little runny. She'll eat and drink like she is starving and thirsty. When I get her out of the box, she fluffs way up and cluck...

My small 4 hen flock just turned 5 years old. I had my first hen that is egg bound and am wondering if there is something other than laying crumble I can give them for daily feed? They still lay a couple of eggs a week right now. They get greens, little bit of fruit, pasta, etc. I don't want to...

Great information. Thanks very much. I like the idea of the broody jail. Mine are pretty strong minded also. Thanks again!

Will she stop on her own without fertile eggs though? I travel for work and am not able to take care of baby chicks, as much I would love to!

My Buff is 5 years old and has been doing the same thing since Friday night. I do not have a rooster and there are no eggs in the nest She fluffs up, "growls" when I come near. I have taken her out a couple of times and she eats like crazy, not taking in too much fluids though. I have gotten...

Thanks for the info. I think she broke it off from the toe itself, but it hasn't fallen off. Her nails are pretty trim and short. It is blackened from dried blood from what I can tell, but I don't think it is bleeding now. She just sits all day or stands on one leg holding up the injured foot...

I read more than I post, but I lost my precious Reddi last week after taking her to the office with me for 5 days to medicate and feed. Now, I am over worried, I am sure. I came home yesterday after being gone a couple of days and my Buff Orp (4 years old and very healthy) had the outside toe...

In No.Calif. the heat is incredible this year, along with smoke. When they are not out and are locked in the very large pen, I have a 6 nozzle mister that hooks up to my hose . I bought it at Walmart for $6.99. Best money I spent. It is only a gal an hour, but it reduces the temp. in the pen by...

Okay, now I am freaking out. I have had my mixed, full grown flock in a dog kennel for 2 years. I have coons in my area. The chain link goes down into hard ground about 3 inches with large rocks topside all the way around. I have heard stories about coons reaching through, but I have only seen...

Mine love just about anything, but won't eat anything bitter, like radiccio, escarol, mustard greens, etc. If I have a left over cantalope or watermelon, after cutting out the good stuff, I put those in there. They pick away all day and when they are done, all that is left is a piece of green...

Cricket, what a terrible thing.So sorry to hear of your loss and of the little hurt ones you also now have. I have lost some (once only though) to racoons, but they don't leave much, but blood and gore. Now I have my little feathered dolls in what my husband refers to as the state pen. We...