Recent content by Lindsay Jane

Thank you! We were thinking of getting two more but we’re also concerned with getting additional chickens and them not getting along. But Pepper certainly needs companions!

I can home from work yesterday to bad news... my husband went out to the coop that morning to find one of our hens had died. We had two chickens: Phoenix, a Rhode Island Red, and Pepper, a Plymouth Rock. Phoenix was found in the coop on her side, clearly dead, right under the pole where they...

Thanks for the advice! I haven't heard of roll-away next boxes; I will start doing some research on it!

We collect eggs daily. My husband and I each check once a day- he checks mid-morning and I check around 6 in the evening when I get home from work. I misspoke when I said eggs (plural).... we will find one egg at a time broken... eggs (plural) over the course of months, as in, this is a...

There is a scrub jay pecking holes in our chicken eggs in the coop. Our chickens spend their days generally in the run, scratching around... and almost daily the scrub jay flies into the coop and pecks holes in the eggs, eating the yolks. We have two chickens (black barred rocks and Rhode...

Hi, all! We have two chickens, Pepper (black barred rocks) and Phoenix (Rhode Island red), both are about 9.5 months. Phoenix has spent the last two days in her nesting box inside the coop. Today, my husband physically picked her up and set her outside of the coop. We collected the two eggs from...

The farm that we got Rosie (and our other girls) from vaccinates for Marek’s disease. Can chickens still get it even wth the vaccination? And if so, will the vaccination help the other girls have a stronger immunity? We will be taking Rosie’s body into a vet on Monday to get some answers...

UPDATE: Rosie has passed away. I am concerned that is this was Marek's or another disease if the other girls will fall ill as well? They are quite healthy now and have never had any issues.

1) What type of bird, age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Rosie is an 8 month old New Hampshire Red. She is smaller and thinner than the other girls. Weight is unknown- a pound, maybe? 2) What is the behavior, exactly. FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS...

I don't think that we will be taking her in for testing at the vet unless I see some definite outward symptoms or injury. We have reached out to the farm where we got her, and hopefully can get some feedback, or, a the very least, alert them to a possible issue. Thank you!

Here are two picture of Rosie: The photo of her on top of the food bin is at 5 months, the other at 7. Her comb is paler now than it was at 7 months.

Hello! I am new to this community, but I've already found it to be super helpful! (I also got a bit ahead of myself and posted in a forum this afternoon before introducing myself. Oops!) I discovered BYC in looking for information and advice on our girls, their coop, and run. My husband and I...

Is there anything that a veterinarian would do to diagnose and treat? We got her from a family-owned chicken farm that specializes in backyard chickens. We also got our other two girls there at the same time. There are chickens in a neighboring yard (a few houses away) but our chickens have...

Eyes are both the same color and are clear. It does seems like she doesn't focus on things- or like she is confused.

I have three eight-month-old chickens: Pepper (black barred rocks), Pheonix (Rhode Island red), and Rosie (New Hampshire red). Pepper and Pheonix are each laying (we get 2-3 eggs a day). They are very vocal, alert, and social. I'm beginning to really worry about Rosie. Rosie has yet to lay...