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  1. Michael Propst

    Comb is bright red and laying to one side

    Omelet is a 7-1/2 Buff. 2 days ago she started acting a bit lethargic and then yesterday her comb turned bright red and laid over to one side. This morning it is slightly purple on the back side and she is still pretty much standing in one place. I know she is a old hen but any thoughts on...
  2. Michael Propst

    Feather Pecking

    I have searched this forum and could not find an answer to help. I have one chicken a 4-year-old Easter Egger that for the past 2 years has been the sole recipient of feather pecking on her head. I have 9 adults ages 4-7 and 5 new hens age 18 weeks. This has been going on with my one Easter...
  3. Michael Propst

    White Rock Suddenly Passed Away (Necropsy Pictures)

    I had 2-1/2 year old White Rock (Dottie). She has had some on and off reproductive issues over the past 1-1/2 years, several lash eggs, several thin or no shell eggs, and she has also laid normal. Monday evening when I put the girls up she appeared fine eating, drinking, and moving around with...
  4. Michael Propst

    Broody Hen just wont break. Any other ideas

    I have a 15 month old Golden Wyandotte that went broody 6 days ago. I have had her caged now for 5 days and every time I let her out she runs around the yard for about 10 minutes and then heads right back into the coop. In the past I have had hen's go broody and the method I use has broken...
  5. Michael Propst

    RIR with bare red belly

    About 2 weeks ago I noticed one of my RIR having some feather issues around her neck and belly at the time I assumed it was a weird spring molt. After a week her belly became completely bare and started turning red. I had already looked for mites and found nothing but still treated her for...
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    Reintegrating after illness

    I had a hen acting a little ill this past weekend so I separated her and gave her some TLC. She is now looking and acting much better and I would like to reintegrate her back in with the other on Friday. This is not the first time I have had a hen separated and reintegrated them. I always try...
  7. Michael Propst

    Could Use Some Help Identifying This

    I was cleaning out the coop this afternoon and found this under one of the roost bars. It was twice the size, I set it aside so I could get a picture and my dog grabbed it and ate half before she dropped it. I clean the coop everyday so this is from last night. Interesting enough I...
  8. Michael Propst

    Broody Question seeking some advice.

    I have a 17 month old Buff Orpington that has went broody. I noticed it couple days ago. The first day I would just open the back door the nesting box and she would hop out and go back to running around the yard for a couple hours, and then ended up sleeping in the nesting box all night. The...
  9. Michael Propst

    Coop/Run Project Complete

    This project started back in December originally as just a coop addition. After the addition was built int he garage changed paths and decided to scrap the entire current coop and continue building. Built 2 additional piece to created a coop that is 12x4. The coop was moved out of the garage...
  10. Michael Propst

    Fluff Feathers are Matted. Advise? Bath or Not?

    Here in the midwest we went from the 60's to the mid 90's in a week last month, just skipped spring and went straight to late summer weather. We are still having the mid to high 90's with high humidity. Hitting heat indexes around 110. The extreme shift to heat caused my most of my girls to...
  11. Michael Propst

    ACV added to water in the summer

    I have read many conflicting articles on the use of ACV in the summer. I have been adding ACV to the water since I have had my girls but now reading some articles stating you should not do it in the summer warmer months. Specifically these 2 articles from the Chicken Chic, she specifically...
  12. Michael Propst

    Pecking Order and Integration Question

    I am wanting some feed back on pecking order behavior. I have 6 hens that are 14 1/2 months old and and also have 5 that are 7 1/2 weeks old. I moved the new chicks out of the garage 2 weeks ago and into a temporary coop set up next to my main coop this allows the 2 groups to easily see each...
  13. Michael Propst

    Coccidiosis or just shedding stomach lining

    I have 5 new girls that will be 6 weeks old this coming Wednesday (5/16/2018). Yesterday and today I found something in one of the Black Laced Golden Wyandottes droppings. I have read how chickens will shed some of their stomach lining. I started introducing them to some native soil when they...
  14. Michael Propst

    Soft Shell Eggs in the middle of the night. Now getting worse

    I originally posted this in the Chicken Behavior and Egglaying thread but the conditions have worsened and I believe my girl is really sick. Here is a history. I have a 14 month old White Rock (Dottie) that in the past 4 weeks has started laying soft shell eggs in the middle of the night. This...
  15. Michael Propst

    Soft Shell Eggs in the middle of the night

    I have a 13 month old White Rock that in the past 3 weeks has started laying soft shell eggs in the middle of the night. This started just as spring start to set on. She does occasionally lay a normal egg during the day but for the past 2 nights I have found a broken soft shelled egg under...
  16. Michael Propst

    New Coop finally moved out of the garage

    My winter project was to build my girls a new coop. Originally I would just going to build a addition to the coop I inherited when I got the girls last summer. After building the addition and then looking at what it was going to take to attach it to the existing which after digging more into I...
  17. Michael Propst

    Is this molting?

    This is my first year with my girls. They are currently 10 months old. My Buff Orpington (Omelette) started molting in early December, it was not very severe she dropped her tail feathers and a good amount of feathers around her neck. I noticed last week one of my Barred Plymouth Rocks...
  18. Michael Propst

    Frostbite Prevention and Treatment HELP

    I am looking for any information and assistance on frostbite. I am including several photos of what I have done in prep for winter. This is my first winter with chickens. We just finished a week long of sub-zero and single digit temps here in Kansas. I could use some advise as I had 3 of my...
  19. Michael Propst

    I have already lost 2 hens. I could use some advise, recommendations from the more experienced.

    Introduction I am still new at raising backyard chickens and learning more every day, this community has been such a valuable resource for me and a true gift of loving, caring, knowledgeable, and helpful people as I have tried navigating raising my small flock of backyard chickens. I truly...
  20. Michael Propst

    My Chicken Story

    Introduction I am still new at raising backyard chickens and learning more every day, this community has been such a valuable resource for me and a true gift of loving, caring, knowledgeable, and helpful people as I have tried navigating raising my small flock of backyard chickens. I truly...
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