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I had just about the exact same thing happened to one of my Chickens about a year ago I was able to rinse her out with a antibiotic solution I made with water and then I was able to stitch her up with dissolvable stitches and she healed up really nicely within a week or so. I also put her on...

That sounds like they are going through way too much feed! When I had 14 chickens, they would go through one 50 pound bag every five or six weeks. I am down to nine Chickens now and a 50 pound bag lasts about two months. Sounds like something may be eating the food besides your chickens or they...

Try putting it in a bowl, mixed with water and made into a mash.

Definitely not a hen!

Hi there! This is sort of an old post, but she turned into a beautiful lavender Orpington hen with spurs! LOL!! She is a little over 4 1/2 years old now.

How big is your current run? If your run is small maybe you need to clean it daily.

You guys have always helped me in the past! I just want to know if I can put some kind of brace on her leg or if it is a tendon that’s probably not fixable, but can she live with just one leg?

Hi, if anybody out there knows what I can do for her or if it’s fixable? Please contact me! She is one of my favorites, silver gray dorking and she’s almost 5 years old. Her leg is just dangling there and it flops from side to side, she can’t walk! Does anybody out there know what I can do?

Speckled Sussex are a large breed chicken and they can take longer to lay, 22 weeks may be a bit young to start laying and they do not appear to have red combs and wattles yet.

Update on Cleo and her hawk attack. Cleo has fully recovered and she laid her first egg a couple days ago. Thanks for the people on BYC that helped me out and gave me recommendations! Special thanks to azygous and Eggcessive:).

I am in Santa Barbara and we get lots of of evacuations also, so I just keep dog crates and load up my 10 chickens into them, but I saw somebody mentioned wire fencing and tarps, I also have that so next time I will bring up the folded wire fencing and tarps that’s actually made for dog pens.

But the bad thing is a lot of times they taste the same and unless you can recognize the visual differences, you can get poisoned, so I don’t feed my chickens mushrooms because later on they can make the wrong decision when they are on their own. My chickens always seem to just take a bite out...

My buff Orpington is the loudest in my flock! She always is screaming as if the sky is falling! Whenever she gets upset she lets everybody know about it! I think it really depends on the personality of the chicken, not so much the breed.

Here she is tonight, she is roosting in a box with one of my other girls that I like to keep in the house at night. Cleo is a white crested blue Polish but her crest isn’t white right now because it’s stained with the medication I put on her head a few weeks ago when all her head feathers got...

Great, thank you! I will let you guys know how the story turns out whether it is good or bad. I will keep you updated and thank you for everyone’s help!