Recent content by Crazy4chickens2018

Thanks....it really is a gross virus🤢

Can someone verify if this is fowl pox? I noticed my one hen had a bloody comb a few days ago and thought she may have been pecked so I didn’t think much of it as she seemed fine otherwise. Yesterday when I let my girls out I noticed her eye was swollen shut so I started to look around at the...

Oh gee, putting a live chicken out for bait is not what I was hoping to hear, but it makes sense. I guess we may have to try that....yikes😳

My Neighbour just lost half her flock to a pair of mink last week. Our coops are close to each other and it was a miracle that the mink did not make it over and get my 15 chickens. My chickens have been locked up and secured in the coop since the attack and her remaining chickens in her coop...

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions, I tried a few things but sadly Libby passed away last night.

I pushed on her vent but she tightened right up and squawked and flapped. I have had chickens in the past with a stuck egg or an egg that broke inside and they always were flapping their tail feathers up and down and their vents would either be opening and closing or protruding. She isn’t...

I don’t give grit to my chickens as they free range. They eat a bit of pellets and either scratch or cracked corn and then they leave the run for the day and don’t comeback until bedtime and then they eat a little more before heading in to the coup for the night. I had kept a small bowl of...

I also forgot to mention that I felt under her belly where you would normally feel for an egg and it feels round like a grapefruit and spongy.

Thanks, I will try that. Her crop right now is neither hard nor puffy. It feels quite empty actually. She hasn’t eaten too much today.

Not that long ago. If it were worms wouldn’t the rest of my flock be showing similar symptoms?

Hi all, I am hoping someone can help me figure out what is going on with my chicken. Libby is a 3 year old barred rock. She, along with the rest of my flock went through a heavy molt back in the fall and stopped laying eggs. Libby hasn’t layed since early October and was laying well before...

I have two week old chicks that are being raised by a mama hen. We aren’t keeping all of them and the new owners are hoping to take them soon. My question is since it has been consistently hot here 80-85 degrees F plus humidity (Southern Ontario) will the chicks need a heat lamp without mama...

Thank you!!

Here are some pictures of the new Mama with some of her babies

My broody Orpington mama hatched her first little chicks yesterday. She has been a very dedicated mama since she first became broody about 4 weeks ago. So much so that I had to take her off her nest once a day because she was not leaving to eat or drink. She has been an excellent mama and is...