Hi everyone! I am feeding a friend's guinea hens while she is out of town. The guinea hen has been sitting on eggs for a while (not sure how long). I have no idea if these eggs will hatch while my friend is gone! What do I do if they hatch? They are in a coop and kept up out of harms way. Will...
Hi everyone! Our chicken coop is on "stilts" and sits up off the ground. The chickens have lots of room underneath and around it to run around. We have had heavy rain and storms every afternoon for 2 weeks. The ground has gotten moldy and very muddy in one area under the coop (It's about 3 feet...
Hi! I have a 4 week old chick. She has a very enlarged crop that never seems to ever really get smaller. She's been using the bathroom as normal, eating like normal and acting fine. However I woke up this morning and she has a large bulge (same size as crop) beside her crop. This chicken is much...
We got 6 chickens from Tractor Supply 4 weeks ago. All the chickens are doing great except this one. She is eating (A LOT!), drinking, having bowel movements, but her crop is huge and it never empties. We have massaged the crop, given her olive oil, apple cider vinegar, etc. and nothing is...