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She has a commercial layer feed and they have oyster shell mixed in and in cups around the area. I also give them yogurt. She only lays eggs once in a while. For a time last year she layer eggs without any shells at all. This year they had shells. The doctor said her abdomen is empty of any...

I have a 3 1/2 year old Barred Rock. She has always been a bit on the heavy side. A couple months ago she began walking funny. It's hard to explain. She takes little mincing steps, almost stepping on her feet. It seems uncomfortable for her, like it hurts a bit. I took her to the vet and...

She is now having a hard time breathing when she tries to lie down. She has to keep getting up because she can't seem to breathe well except when standing. When she lays down I can hear the rasping. This is driving me crazy! What can I do for her?

I started her on a wormer last night. I hope this works as i have no idea what else to do. Looked her over and don't see any external parasites. Does anyone know how long to give her the dewormer in her water and about how long it takes to see any type of improvement in her?

I have a 2 year old Barred Rock. One of thirteen. I noticed 9 days ago she didn't come out for treats. She was hiding and looked like she did not feel well so I isolated her. Over the past nine days, she has barely ate. I have managed to get her to eat egg, grapes, soft stuff only, no...

They are in a moult right now. I've put vitamins in all the water and some DE around in case of any mites or such.. Thanks!

I have a one and a half year old Barred Rock. She has always been my girl with the biggest crop every night. The last few nights she has had absolutely no crop at all. Flat as can be. Tonight it felt like there was a bit in there but it was squishy. She has been eating and drinking and...

I just wanted to post in honor of my Cornish Rock Little Mama, who died today just 5 days short of one year old. I never thought I could love a chicken. She was the funniest, smartest, sweetest baby I ever had. We didn't realize she was a chicken only supposed to live 12 weeks when we bought...

She is on Purina Layena Pellets. They were eating the crumbles but I switched them to pellets about a month ago. Is there a better food I should get for them?

I have found these eggs a couple times this summer but didn't know which hen. She felt bad about 3 and a half weeks ago, which was when I brought her in and got her to lay the dried up egg. She has been laying a shell less egg every few days since then without laying any other type of egg.

I give them crushed oyster shells, yogurt, spinach leaves, their feed and they free range. All my other hens are laying great eggs. We are getting cold here and are down to about 10 hours of daylight. Could that be the problem or could it be something seriously wrong with her? She's one of...

I have a nine month old Barred Rock who has been laying eggs without shells. I am talking it is just the white and the yolk laying there. She wasn't feeling good a few weeks ago and I thought she was egg bound. I brought her in and managed to get her to lay a wrinkled up dried up egg. Since...

She finally pooped. Looks normal and is now hopping around eating. Doesn't make any sense to me.

She is an 8 month old Barred Rock. She is on Purena Layena feed plus they free range and get greens and such from me. They also have grit and calcium to eat. She is eating and drinking but not really doing much else.

I had a hen Monday that was just standing there in the yard and seemed off. She could not go to the bathroom. I brought her in and managed to get out a shriveled up soft shell of an egg.. She was doing pretty good and seemed perky so I let her back outside. Tuesday evening she did not have a...