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She sits in the eggs whether there are eggs in the box, and sleeps in there too. We pull the eggs every night, but can't pull them during the day because we work long hours and get home just at sundown. So what I"m reading is that we should be pulling her out of the box whenever we can? I can...

Hi all- I have a question, my crested polish seems to be broody-- with the exception that she's not aggressive at all. She is at the bottom of the pecking order ( I only have 3 ladies right now) and none of my girls are very aggressive in the first place. I feel like if she were sick, she'd...

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A new kind of egg! This one has the 'cooked' yolk in it and is very rubbery. What does all this mean!?!? Also, this is a good example of her green poos with the stained grains:

HI all- I need some advice about one of my girls, Mia. I'm usually good at figuring out what's up with my flock and fixing it, but she's had me stumped for some time now, and I can't seem to google/ search the right term to explain what is up with her. That basics: Easter Egger, approx 2.5...

About the 'Wind Eggs'- Every article says they're normal unless they lay more than a few- then there should be concern- but they **never** say what the concern is! Can you add any insight to excessive wind eggs?

The information about how to treat Sour Crop is very confusing. At the beginning of the post you said if there were no other symptoms treat with ACV and Probiotics for two weeks, but at the end you said nothing solid for two weeks. Should I still with hold food for 24 hours? If I can give them...

So my entire flock has sour crop- Luckily I only have four hens (One fat and dominant Barred Rock, One wimpy special needs Barred Rock, one 18 week old Crested Polish, and one sweet Easter Egger) and a bantam Mille De Fluer rooster. They free range all day in my small-ish back yard, and got into...

When I was reviving a sick bird that possibly had wry neck, I crushed a 400 mg B Complex pill and dipped various fruit in the powder and fed it to her. Sometimes it took some coaxing, and the fruit had to be fresh and tasty, but I managed it for about 6 weeks, so it's doable. And I'm sure she...

Thanks SpeckledHen- How about oregano? I have some growing in the garden- could I add that tomorrow with the ACV to help speed things up? I'm worried that she's literally starving. She's the only rambunctious bird I have (freaks out cause she can't see) And I hadn't realized that she was getting...

So I think this is definitely Bacterial sour crop, since I can get it to empty almost completely. She's floppy when she thinks no one is looking and does the tail drop and wing drop. She's been panting and I'm still getting a few sneezes. She had been roosting up on the folding table that is...

Any chance that this will run on a Mac Platform? I'd love to use this!

Just chiming in to say that Shrimp's doing very well! She's still not smart enough to get out of the rain, but her head is upright, and I haven't seen her twist it in weeks! Most of the time, I can't tell between her and my other barred rock. She was even accepted by the rest of the flock and...

This is sort of confusing. Charcoal? use/ don't use olive oil ( I would think if it's a bacterial/ fungal thing that would be bad as it would just give it another medium to live in.) How much food should I be feeding her on the second and third days? I feel like I'm starving her, she seems so...

It did smell sour until today. Today I don't smell anything, but her poo is looking worse. I'm worried I might have started her back on her feed too soon and might have to start all over. Her crop just now felt harder until I pressed on it and I seemed to break it up and felt the squishy crop...