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She survived the episode, though I'm not sure how it would affect her long term health. I was amazed how calm she was - as if she knew she needed help - and how the prickling didn't seem to hurt her at all. Actually, I'm not sure all that prickling helped - the needle seemed too narrow - but I...

Thanks. I think it is subcutaneous emphysema. I read about this somewhere else here (I think you even contributed to that thread). I went out and poked it with a needle and it seemed to have helped. I messaged the ball (more like balloon) and it got smaller. Little chick was strangely calm about...

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone here know what is ailing one of my five week old chicks. I noticed it first yesterday that she had a little area by the shoulder/upper breast area) that is bare. Today, while holding her, I noticed that the spot is now much larger and noticeable and that there...

Ok! Thanks for the advice!

Hi, We have decided to cull all five of our girls. Though they are not yet two years old, we haven't gotten a good and consistent egg production from them the past three to four months (zero to one egg per day for the last two weeks). It was like that early in the year and we thought it was...

I have the same problem. I have five hens (one and a half years old all of them) and we get perhaps one egg a day these days, down from four on average. At first, it seems like only one was greedy for eggs. We bought fake eggs and it confused the hen (or hens) enough to get us back to two to...

Hi, I just saw your reply. How is yours doing? Mine is almost completely blind now I think. I was away the last two weeks and coming back yesterday, I notice that the other chickens are shunning her and one even keeps her from getting to food and treats. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about...

Hi all, I noticed last Thursday that one of my chickens (a lovely Blue Laced Red Wyandotte) can't seem to see very well. I was handling out treats and noticed that she seemed very slow. I even thrust a piece of the croissant in front of her and she didn't react to it and even turned down to the...

My Wyandotte has been laying eggs with double yolks. She lays every other day and it has been - thus far - almost always double yolked. We rather like it actually, though I wonder when it would stop.

Thanks All. The roos are all rehoused at a farm. It was tough, letting them go. I didn't realize just how attached I would be to these guys. As to the fence, I got it from Omlet. http://www.omlet.us/

I should add that this is what they look like a few weeks ago: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/619009/five-chicks-six-weeks-two-days-old-can-someone-give-me-an-opinion-if-a-couple-are-roos

I posted about the gender of my chicks a few weeks ago. That time, the general conclusion is that I have three roos and two hens. Anyhow, they are now a few days short of 12 weeks and I'm pretty sure that is still true. The three suspected roos tend to bicker. We have even heard one crow. The...