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Hi, My girls have been struggling with scaly leg mites and lice for a few months now. I had two 7+ y/o hens die a few months ago and now I have two 3 y/o and a 8.5 y/o. One of the 3 y/o’s has had a bare inflamed butt for about a year now but other than that has been fine. I have treated the...

I have an 8.5 y/o leghorn and two 3 y/o sexlinks. They recently have had an outbreak of lice, I treated the coop with permethrin and DE and it seems to be much better. They had scaly leg mites and mite bites on their combs as well but I have been doing foot soaks and applying petroleum jelly or...

My 7 year old hen appeared to have an impacted crop for the last 2 weeks. I have been trying the stool softener method and only giving her water and some apple sauce or yogurt. It seems to have gone down some since I started with the stool softener and massages. This is actually when I noticed...

Hi, My Martha is roughly 6.5-7 years old (I’ve had her for 6 years). Over the last few weeks I’ve noticed her crop has been huge. But didn’t think anything of it. Recently when researching some other topics I came across info on an impacted crop and it got me thinking. I decided to quarantine...

Hello, I have 4 hens, two 3y/o and two 6+ y/o. A few days ago one of my hens died, she was close to 7y/o maybe older. Before she died I noticed she was acting a little odd, I went to check to make sure she had food late at night and she was standing up in the corner instead of roosting or...

Hello, I have been researching what to do with my chicken run for the last year on and off and it all seems to be a bit overwhelming... I have had chickens for 8 years, currently I have 5 hens ranging from 2-8 years old. I have a small run that they spend most of their time in and then a...

Hello, So its spring cleaning time and I am getting ready to give my coop a good cleaning! Although I’m not new to chickens, the last few years I have been learning so much more about truly caring for my girls the best way (much of what I have learned has come from you amazing chicken lovers...

I recently bought 2 10month old hens from a breeder who had a farm with 60+ chickens. I am planning on adding them to my current flock of 3 hens. I kept the 2 new hens in quarantine in a large pen in my garage with a perch for a few weeks. We assembled a new coop to be placed in a pen adjacent...

hello, I recently adopted 2 hens that are 10 months old. They are in a quarantine pen now with an egg crate nesting box. One of the girls laid an egg on the ground next to the nesting box and is protective of it. She’s not sitting on it but she goes about her business until you go near the...

Hello, I currently have 3 older hens (range in age 4-6.5)and I will be adopting 2 10month old hens. I have never quarantined before and never had a problem, but I know I got very lucky and I don't want to chance it again. I now have a coop that can house 6 with a 2 part run that can be...

Hey fellow #crazychickenladies! I know there must be loads of you out there like myself, who love your flock so much that you are running an Instagram dedicated to them! I thought it would be fun to start a little follow train for those of us looking for followers and/or people to follow! I...

So I started fermenting and although it's a pain, I do like the idea. I make a wet mash for my girls since I have a few that I adopted with clipped beaks, one of which has not been able to maintain a healthy weight without wet food. That's how I came across the idea of fermenting and I have done...

Hello, So I have 3 hens, 2 that are probably about 4 years old (I think they’re red sexlinks) and 1 that’s 6 1/2 (white leghorn). For the last year or so Martha (1 of the sexlinks) has been very concerned with food. The last few months it has become pretty bad. She is always eating, she will...

Been doing this for about 6 hours at least. She's less than a week old. Rhody red-white rock cross.

Not sure what breed she is She was in a big tub of hundreds of chicks at the store I work at. She is about 4-5 days old She's not eating or drinking She is pooping solid with some runny mixed in She's been acting like she's dry heaving with no more than a sec or 2 in between each time...