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    Egg Yolk Peritonitis. Can it be cured?

    Originally, I assumed my chicken was egg bound, but nothing has been helping. The warm soaks in epsom salts, the uptake in calcium, laying in a quiet place to lay, having plenty of available water. She seems a bit better after those remedies, but with the help of the knowledgeable chicken...
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    Egg Bound Hen

    Thanks for this information! She is 2 1/2 years old (along with the other 2 chickens we have). I will try to take a picture if I can and notice more of it. She's definitely waddling, enlarged lower belly, not roosting...yup yup and yup. I had heard some people try to feel for a stuck, but I'm...
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    Egg Bound Hen

    I'm getting a bit concerned about one of my hens. This is my first flock of chickens, have had them for about 2 years and I replayed in my mind one night of the chickens running to me for a treat. One of them was waddling and lately they had seemed broody - sitting on eggs in the coop for...
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    Chicken Died Today =(

    Okay. Thanks!
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    Chicken Died Today =(

    I'm also thinking if them eating trash would be an issue. We live about 500 yards within a gas station. The trash blow over is awful. We have a lot of windy days and a lot of trash gets stuck in our fence - most times it's plastic, Styrofoam cups, chip bags, plastic straws/lids, popped balloons...
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    Chicken Died Today =(

    We have always fed our chickens organic crumbles. Snacks that we have given them are usually veggies and fruits (carrots, watermelon, lettuce, etc.) and it's not every day. It's not like there would be anything stopping anyone from feeding them something through the fence, though. There's a...
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    Chicken Died Today =(

    We got them as chicks from TSC - they were the red sex links, I believe. They look like Rhode Island Reds. We raised them and have had minor things here or there like the chickens pecking each other raw, but that problem has been well solved for about 6 months or so. No feet issues, either...
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    Chicken Died Today =(

    I have heard about necropsies somewhat around these forums, but never knew where to take them. Thanks for the link. It seems the nearest one is an hour and a half away from here, though. How much does a necropsy usually cost? We took a look at the chicken, but nothing too in depth. It was kind...
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    Chicken Died Today =(

    We have two coops, but when I found the dead chicken in the coop was when I was going to shut them in for the night and that was a little bit before the sun was completely down. We did as much of a cleanup as possible with the other chickens in there not wanting to go anywhere. We completely...
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    Chicken Died Today =(

    I am stumped right now. This is the first chicken I have lost. I couldn't believe it. I was quite shocked. We have had them all a bit over 2 years. There was no blood or obvious injuries. All the chickens were eating and grazing just fine this morning. It was 97 degrees today (looks like...
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    Alternative Chicken Bedding?

    Do you just spray off the boards to clean the poop off or...?
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    Alternative Chicken Bedding?

    Been calling around to find some. So far no luck :( will keep searching, though, it seems like it'd work for us.
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    Alternative Chicken Bedding?

    :o Ooh, never heard of coffee chaff...but we do have a lot of coffee shops, both chain and independent in this town. I guess they may have some? I would rather my coop smell like coffee than yuck :D lol.
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    Alternative Chicken Bedding?

    Oh, I just remembered...straw are a product of grain plants...hmm...may not be able to use that. I can't believe I forgot that. Straw can come from rice, too, not sure if I'd chance it. We all have issues with wheat and one of my kids has bad issues with rye. This is so difficult...hmm...
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    How many hours spent with your chickens?

    Usually I try to aim for at least 1 hour per day whenever time I can get the kids out there with me lol. When the weathers real nice about 1-3 hours, but when it's nasty winter or monsoon weather, I'll pop my head out to check on them from time to time and make sure they get let out in the...
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    Alternative Chicken Bedding?

    I'll try TSC then since we have one and see if they have straw. I've never seen it, but then again, I've never looked for it, either :p The chickens loved the rice hulls. They would kick it out of the coop picking through it lol. We'd call it their "chicken party" every time we would change out...
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    Alternative Chicken Bedding?

    Trust me, the coop got gross. We had parts on the sides that poop was just sticking and not coming off with our old broom we use for only the coop. It totally needed the rinse. It was also a warm day with plenty of wind so I knew it would dry quickly and it did. Not to mention our humidity here...
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    Alternative Chicken Bedding?

    Glad to know about pine, but probably wouldn't be able to use it. Husband has allergies every time our huge pine tree sets off yellow clouds of pollen each spring. Otherwise, I think we'd get pine shavings since they are pretty good at odor control, too. I have heard of wheat straw, but often...
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    Alternative Chicken Bedding?

    Never heard of hemp bedding. I will look into that and see if we can get some here. Everyone here could probably tolerate that :) Thanks!
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    Alternative Chicken Bedding?

    For a while we were using rice hulls and they seemed to work great, but I ended up changing out all of the bedding in their coop so that I could power wash it all down since the weather has gotten a lot warmer. For the lighter coop cleans, I seemed to be fine. At first, it was okay, but then I...
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