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Mine got their last round of Zyfend drops (natural dewormer) for a week beginning 3/3.

I had the same issue...noticed her looking egg bound (feathers puffed and isolated standing around) yesterday and immediately gave her a warm bath, Nutri-drench and isolated her in a dark quiet spot. She passed away today. Yesterday I also noticed another one acting similar, not as severe, and...

New post on an old topic that has returned. 10 week old (hatched 9/28) black copper maran. I'm thinking that the name Dorothy just won't fit any more...is this a cockerel?? Color, saddle & hackle feathers, even comb?!?! Just want to be sure before I start calling Dorothy Hercules!!

The latest on our girl...it's not looking good. She isn't drinking water, nor is she eating the eggshells/tums combo. I tried giving her some scrambled eggs today (saw on a post somewhere to try) and even that didn't do it. At this point I don't believe it is egg binding because I feel no egg...

Update on our sweet Cali... This morning when I checked on her her vent was closed. I went ahead and gave her another Epsom soak for 20 minutes, then turned her over and massaged around the vent and felt no firmness at all...nothing that would indicate an egg pressing near the vent. I did go...

She is pooping. It looks like that but firmer and more round.

How long do I let her go before I cut it out? Oh my goodness. I'll grab her and try the Preparation H...The protrusion does seem the right shape for an egg but smaller. My son actually asked if she was laying a red egg. I'll try the Tums too, crushed up. Poor girl. Hopefully tomorrow she'll...

I have a hen that today when I was checking for eggs stood up and had a red, bulbous portrusion from her vent. I let her be, and came in to research. It looked like pictures of a prolapsed vent. So I isolated her and watched her a while. She was squating in a nest in her isolation crate, but...

Thanks...Here are some of the smaller spots on a couple of the girls (hard to get a good picture when they constantly are moving those heads, lol). I never see them pick on each other- we only have 4 in the coop right now, but a search online for black spots on chicken comb turns up pox or...

I saw another thread regarding fowl pox and it looked much more severe than what our guy and girls have, but I wanted to be sure...Our fabulous rooster Zoltar Rex has the worst of it thus far. The girls have much smaller spots that are barely noticable, yesterday was the first day we saw...

Thank you!!!!

So the title tells the tale...we are wanting to hatch some offspring of our EE Rooster, Zoltar. He is a magnificent dude, if I do say so myself, but since he is a "dude" we aren't getting the colorful egg variety we had hoped for (the only EE chick we got). Our hens are buff, RIR and...

I'm going to borrow a friend's incubator. My hens aren't broody at all! BUT, just cracked a couple to make waffles and neither were fertilized, so my Roo's fertilization rate may be low. He's working hard at it but may be missing the mark.... I've seen a few that were, so I'm hoping for a...

I'm interested to hear as well...I have seen some changes in my flock ranks and we are about to try hatching some of our eggs (we're in the south, I figure we still have time) as we recently lost a beloved hen. The babies, when feathered, will be the first "additions" to our small flock of...

Thank you so much for the information. We're mulling male names and this morning when I went out to say hello to the "girls", I caught myself as I said it! Looks like we'll have to get an incubator and hatch our own female EE's in the next couple years! And for now, 4 hens will be enough for...

Well, now its 4 hens and to one roo...Thank you TheCrazyClucker for the info about the EE roosters. Is there any space requirement difference? Our coop is 4 x 4 with a run that is 4 x 15. They always have access to the run (we live in GA, so unless its really cold, their door will be open)...

Oh no. I was so looking forward to some colored eggs too....I have an aunt who wants a rooster, I guess I can give him to her if he begins to cause issues. Are there downsides, other than the lack of eggs and the morning wake up call, to having roosters? I only have 5 chickens because of...

I am new to having chickens, and I have a hen whose tail feathers are a little longer and have some beautiful irridescence to them...She's an easter egger though so this may be normal. Her comb is a little more red and fleshy than the others as well...and then there's her beard (hahaha). They...

Fantastic Coop...Wish we had seen it before we converted our doghouse! Wonderful!

Thank you...I have checked Meyer and they don't have the ones I'm looking for until MAY! So I guess I'll see if they can stay with my aunt (who has chickens of her own) for those 4-5 days in her brooder (with a lid)! They need to be 8 weeks or so before they're ready for the coop, right? Or...