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A few days ago I had a hen appear not to be feeling well. I assumed it was heat stress and soon I found her dead in the coop. Now a couple of other hens in same group look to not be feeling good. One worse than other but they appear to be suffering from same as one that died. They don't move...

A great way to start the morning! Found one of my hens running around with a dead sparrow in her mouth. Everyone else was trying to get it from her of course! Head was gone. Most of body still there but very mutilated. Some of the entrails were likely consumed already Ok, so I know chickens eat...

I have a 3 month old pullet that got sick yesterday. I found her having difficulty walking but she was unsteady equally on both legs, not just one as is often described in common symptoms of marek's. Initially I thought she was having a heat stroke because temp was near 100. I ran some cool...

I had a big healthy 5 mo old barred rock pullet die unexpectedly today. A couple hrs earlier all were alive and all morning all had been foraging normally. I found this one in a dusting hole about 6 pm. I had been out about 2 hrs earlier and had seen a live bird in this same hole. May have been...

I hatched some rhodebar eggs about 5 wks ago. There were those that were obviously male, having that big spot on the head and the very light body and then there were those that were obviously female with no spot and the darker color and dark lines around eyes, just like they should be but then...

I had a chick just hatch today. A beautifully marked Swedish flower chick. Beautiful and healthy in every way except one eye appears too small and while the other eye is bulging out. I don't know anything that could have happened to the chick as it is still in the "hatcher". I am thinking it...

Hi everyone. I'm so glad I found this place to get information! This is a fantastic resource! This is my first post and this is my first hatching attempt! Learning so much day by day but hoping not end up gaining knowledge at the expense of any chicks! Hoping for some good advice here! I have...