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Tippy has had a bare bum for about a year; we aren't sure if it is due to her being obese or nesting instead of roosting, but the skin is pest-free and healthy, so we didn't worry about it. I found her walking around the run on the morning of July 4th with something dragging behind her...

I'm having a similar experience. We have 4 black australorps who are 6 months old, and still not laying. The one we had before was terrific, so when she passed, we bought these four. So far, no luck. The black star we bought at the same time started laying about two weeks ago. The 4yo...

Our 3yo Black Australorp, Petunia, died this evening. She had been lethargic for a week, and her comb had shrunken and faded. I thought she was going to molt. This morning she wouldn't come out of the coop. When I took her out, she sat down and the others started picking at her. I put her...

I will look for these-thank you!

Normally I would have looked at her myself, but the creepy crawlies were just too much. I just looked at the NC Ag website, and I could have taken her to the closest lab for $15. Wish I had thought of it, but in my rush to clean up and get to work this morning, I did not. That would have...

Yuck-o! But thank you. That's what I saw, plus a bigger grey worm. It almost looked like a tiny slug. Her butt had been poopy a few times after the sour crop, but I was keeping up with it. The other four are fluffy and clean. I think the prolapsed oviduct was the last straw. We have had...

My 2yo Buff died this morning. She had developed sour crop June 8. I had vomited her a few times and given her a week of monistat, and she seemed to be recovering nicely. She was just starting to eat again, have solid poops, and was moving around and acting like a chicken again. Then this...