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Hi, I have a 10 week old who has been chirping up a storm, about every 30 seconds, day and night. The other day I noticed her left eye was totally grey, like a grey sac of fluid had just latched onto it. I came back awhile later and the grey was gone, but she was trying to close her eyelid, and...

Hi there, we have 11 new ladies (hopefully), from 1.5- 2 months old. For the last week, one "lady" has been letting out a squeal, (or loud chirp) oh, about every 20-30 seconds, including through the night. No clue what that means, but it is acting normal, eating, drinking, running around like...

Hi, I just noticed that two of my white leghorns head/neck feathers turned dark purple overnight. We have 8 chickens, and these two are still bearing the brunt of being the two newbies, bottom of the pecking order. Is it just that they are being pecked? Or is this avian flu? They still act...

I am new to owning chickens and have a flock of 6 pullets, aged 11 weeks now. They have grown up together from being shipped to our house. A week ago a friend desperately needed to get rid of two of her white leghorn "chicks", aged 7 weeks. So, we agreed to take them, though they are quite a...

Hi, I am in the process of building my chicken run and need advice. As of now it is all dirt, and after reading many posts I think I will add sand/gravel to it. My question, however, is if I need to line the entire bottom of it with hardware cloth to keep out predators. We have skunks...