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Have you tried digging in the local dumpster...chickens love all the thrown away food

Did you find Lady Grey

My six pullets

Thanks for the reply...I overreacted...I think she just over ate ...that mass must of been her crop ...kept her isolated overnight she’s fine today

Thanks for the reply...I over reacted...I think she was just over fed ...kept her isolated overnight...she is fine today

I have a chick with an infection...she definitely has a fever because she is shivering and she has a soft mass that developed quickly over a couple days ...do you suggest draining the mass also can you give chickens antibiotics

They got me with the Health codes that state no poultry....

Thanks! She made it through the night. She is still eating and drinking. Hoping for the best.

No flies yet. It was a cold winter in Chicago. It is under her wing so it is covered a bit. Thanks for the reassurance!

Our Little hen was attacked today. Likely a dog. She was wet. A large tear in her skin ~3cm x5 cm with two puncture wounds causing a 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm by 0.5 cm muscle injury each. We closed her skin with sutures and washed with diluted betadine. She is limping. Her breathing is regular, panting...

Thanks all for the greetings!!! The Hens finally learned to drink from the Nipples yesterday! Now I don't have to worry about a frozen water supply for the winter. I used the double bucket heat tape method.

Legal- I think the municipal codes states that You can't have Pigs, sheep, cows, goats or any wild animal with the exception of reptiles or birds. Last time I checked Chickens are Birds! Of Coarse, I will not be going to the village hall to ask. Figure if I don't ask they can't say No!!!

Hello, I am new to keeping Chickens! I am really enjoying keeping them. I have a trio of Hens. Two light Bhramas (Sali and Sally) and a partridge Cochin (Coach Hen). They are enjoying the Mild Chicago winter so far. It is great that there is a place to talk about chickens. A place where...

Thanks, I was surprised to see that, tomato leaves and stem( friends told me chickens love them) are toxic, along with lily of the valley.

Any harm in feeding my hens the extra "spiders" from a spider plant?