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I HAVE A 5 YR OLD Sam Faver and lately she has been trying to pluck her beard feathers out (molting)???? Never ssen her do this before. Also she has a fleshy tube looking think on her back. The dirty dark flecks are from her dust bath. I lifted her out after noticing she was trying to reach...

I found this in my chicken coop after letting girls out this morning to free range Can anyone identify for me? The long piece is very hard and shriveled up. The end piece looks like mucus.

I find this site very helpful in the difference in chicken poop http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/02/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive.html It has helped me a lot.

Thank you, and what you have stated is kinda what I thought. She has not layed in over a year. Her tummy was real swollen when I brought her in. That's why I did the butt check. I think I messed things up when I bought feed store chicks last year and when they were combined with older chicks...

I have a chicken that recently began keeping tail down but eating and drinking. Stayed away from other chickens but her poo looked fine. About Friday she stopped roosting. It looks like a large bump on her back where tail droops. I have done butt check but do not feel any eggs. Since Friday Her...

It us very hard and kind if scaly. Noticed today and thought she had a twisted neck. She runs alot and doesn't like to be held so did not see it yesterday

I have just noticed on my 6 month old chicken she has a large very hard limp kinda scary looking on left side of neck. Not her crop. At first I thought she was holding her head funny. Thought this was an Easter egged but I have no clue. Golden colored with black tail feathers. Anyway I...

I have planted banana leaf plants on the outside of my run. I have small fencing wire that they can not peck through to keep them from trying to munch. They grow as tall as the coop so provide shade and when I water it keeps the ground cool. When they are out free ranging they don't bother...

I have a Buff Orpington that is acting strange. At first I thought she was egg bound. So have done the procedure to help pass an egg, three time now. Also checked for sour crop. She is puffed up with tail down. She is not loosing feathers, and her comb is not faded. She is responsive to my...

http://crazykfarm.mybigcommerce.com/birdy-bootie-hand-made-in-the-usa/ Help for the bumble foot. I just saw this and thought how nice it would have been to have when my Bama Mama had this issue. I am going to order a pair just n case it happens again this winter.

Her bumblefoot is now tiny and she is doing well. After looking at video's on the surgery part I almost lost it. Got Miss Bama Mama into the vet. He cut on scab at bottom and put a non needle syringe full of a blue liquid. He gave her a shot of antibiotics. Told me to bring her back in a...

Hummm my salmon wasn't mean. She came with some other flavors. My last batch I had a Sultan. Ordered to keep my silkies company. It was mean and beating up the others. I just thought it was dominant. When old enough to move outside, after a couple of weeks it started crowing. The company I...

Yes broody hens will sit in empty boxes. You have to remove them from any way to nest. I have a seperate 12 X 14 dog pen that I call the broody jail. They go in with all the comforts except no way to nest. Some take a week, some a little lonmger but they always come around. It also helps...

Very nice. I only have a Salmon one. Would love to have a whole flock of them. They are talkers.