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Can anyone tell me what this is? And what do I do to treat it? 3 of my 4 pullets have it. My 3 adult hens and the newly laying pullet don't.

Hi all, I have a question. In March we adopted a few 2 year old laying hens from a friend that could no longer care for them. At the end of April we bought 4 day old chicks. Raised the chicks in a brooder in the house and garage until they were 8 weeks old and it was consistently wa enough at...

I am hoping you can help me. My RHode Island Red is acting strange. Yesterday she was laying around a lot and her comb got very pale, almost white. She also had a really bad pasty butt and has a "bulge" under her vent. I was certain she was egg bound. This morning got up, brought her in...

So, today my hubby and son are taking down our existing run to allow for our expanded run (a dog kennel). The littles who have been in a grow out pen just a few feet away from the big girls run for several weeks now are in a pen in the shade in our yard today, and the bigs are free ranging...

I am very thankful for websites like BYC, Hencam.com and chicken chick so that I know how to treat my Dixie.

Please please don't laugh. This may seem like a stupid question, but it is something that I want to know. This morning I let me 7 week old pullets out of their grow out pen for some "free range time". They never left the edge of the pen, and one of my big girls was pecking them and had them...

"The tributes" (our 4 6 1/2 week old BSL chicks were moved to a grow out pen next to the big girls run last weekend. We put a roost in there for them to start training them up with it. For the first 2 days they ignored it, they actually would scoot under it to get to the other side of the pen...

I have 4 2 year olds and 4 6 1/2 week pullets. I have been letting the little girls (aka the tributes as my kids call them.....yes, a reference from The Hunger Games) go out into the yard in an xpen that my dogs don't use, but I'm wondering if it is ok to let them completely free range in our...

Well, it looks like we are starting off June with a BANG this week (beginning today) we are looking at at least 7 100+ Degree days in a row with our nights only getting down into the mid-60s. This weekend will be 108-110 for 3 days. Our 6 week old chicks have only been outside for a few days...

And they are crying and carrying on like crazy!!!! They have been in a too small brooding pen in the garage for a week and half to 2 weeks now. We fashioned a grow out pen next to the "big girls' " run and put them in it just before dark and now they are freaking out!!! Is this normal?

Hey all, I need help! Our little girls have really outgrown their brooder an we have not built the new coop yet, and don't have a ton if space in the current run for a grow out pen. I have pallets and x-pen panels and chicken wire to fashion a temporary grow out pen to use until we can get the...

Good morning BYCers. I am hoping that I put this in the correct forum. I am a new chicken owner. Adopted 4 two year old hens a couple of months ago. Fell in love with one of the particular breeds and with living in the city and NOT WANTING ROOS the black sex link was very attractive to is when...

Good morning BYCers. I am hoping that I put this in the correct forum. I am a new chicken owner. Adopted 4 two year old hens a couple of months ago. Fell in love with one of the particular breeds and with living in the city and NOT WANTING ROOS the black sex link was very attractive to is...

I need help! I have 4 2 year old hens that I've only had for a few months. Their previous owner had them in an air conditioned coop. Today was our first (of many I know) 100+ degree days. My ladies are not doing well. They are all panting, at least 2 of them have had VERY WATERY diarrhea...

Good afternoon everyone and Happy Mother's Day! I have 4 black sex link chicks that are almost 3 weeks old. I currently have them in a clear plastic 115 quart storage bin with an open air lid. They are tall enough now that when they "fly" they can almost get out. They are on a countertop in...

Good morning everyone, I have a question for you all, and am looking for honest answers. Hubby and I will be building a new coop in a couple of weeks that will be just large enough to accommodate our existing flock of 8 birds (when the chicks are grown they will be 8 full size hens). Space...

Hi all, hubby and I are planning to build a new and larger coop (to accommodate all of our girls instead of building a 2nd coop like we had originally planned). This plan will also allow us to extend our run (which is necessary). So tonight he and I will be discussing our plans and I have...

Good morning everyone, I am a new chicken momma. Adopted 4 2 year old hens in March and have 4 two week old chicks. My question is this, everything I've read in the books say that it takes 26 hours to develop an egg. But so far haven't really seen 26 hours between eggs. Eggs get laid around...

Look at these beautiful girls..... They were, not 2 minutes ago, fighting over a piece of dog poo. Is it normal for them to do this or is there something lacking in their diet?

The other day I posted a question about worming my adult hens and when I should worm my (now one week old) chicks. One of the responses that I got said that if they don't have worms don't worm them. My problem is, I don't know if they have worms or not. If they do have worms and I don't worm...