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My first through was umbilical cord even though I know they aren't mammals. So first should I be concerned about the chicken on going? All them seemed to be walking normal but half were already up ont he roost. I am pretty sure my only chickens laying are less than a year old.

So I have noticed a hen who is 4 years old who is slow to move. It is 9am and she is still on her roost. She does eventually come down, but last night she was in a nesting box until bed time. I pulled her out checked her legs and they were fine. She was breathing a little heavy but had been 90...

So our Moss Egger started making like a donkey tune this morning and is still doing it now. Is she sick? short video on the sound

Hello, we have 8 older hens (2-3years old), 5 young hens (8 months old) and 2 roosters ( also 8 months old). What I notice is all the youngins will go out every day and majority of the old hens will not. We think they do not want to deal with the roosters jumping on them and thus hide inside...

Ok, I realize it is a real bad idea, but what else is laying in the winter? I found the bottom egg in an open orchard (there are chickens 100 yards away) and we are considering trying to hatch it but we also know the danger of that. So the 3 eggs are top to bottom duck, chicken and ??. The size...

Went to let out my runner ducks and found they laid 2 eggs. They had not laid in 6 weeks, which has been how they have done it the last 2 years. I'm wondering if they will lay a few more before fully stopping for the winter.

My hen has these feathers on her back that are stuck together. We do have 2 Roosters and I am just imagining somehow they got her sticky, because I can't think of anything else in the space they roam that could cause it. We do not have trees with sap. Also she has been picked on as you can see...

We have 10 pullets and one of them got pecked at two weeks ago. Her eye was bloodied and we think she might a long term eye issue and she looks around like things aren't quiet visually right. Anywho we took a long time with her because we wanted to make sure she was in the best condition to go...

I let my chicks out today and all seemed well and then before I was off for the day I saw that one was acting dazed and I saw that she had blood running from under and over her eye. It doesn't appear to be the eye but around the eye. My wife thinks they don't peck another chick like that for no...

So I have this Rhode island Red that was acting different hiding under the ramp to the chicken house I got close and she got up but at bed time she was back under the ramp. So I picked her up and she was rail thin. I could feel her complete breast bone. Her vent looked a little clogged so I got...

I found this on the roost and it is the second one 7 days

Hey all a few days ago we saw that one of our chickens was egg bound tail tucked and trying to push a lot. My wife put her in a soak with Epson salts and she expelled a tiny it of egg shell. She did seem better and we have soaked her multiple times a day since then and done genital massages of...

hi I have 15 chickens ages 2-3 years old and the production has slowed to 4-6 a day. Also by egg color we can tell that really 6 chickens are doing all the work and I am noticing that most of the chickens still come in and nest every day, but leave without dropping eggs. Is this just habit/...

Woke up to let my ducks out and one of my runner's has a limp. I did grab her and feel for bumble foot but didn't seem that way it is really muddy and hard to visual check with one person. If it isn't bumble what else could it be and should I isolate her she she can recover if it is muscular...

This is the only chick I have seen this on but her butt is hairless. Is this ok? As far as I can tell none of the other chicks are having this issue. All the chicks are backyard mixes and she does seem to be acting normal.

We have 2 female Runner Ducks that both stopped laying late last week. Right before they laid late in the day (very abnormal) and then stopped the following. It has now been 5 days of no eggs at all. The ducks are 2 and 3 years old, but I thought it was very strange that they stopped together...

Most of my 15 chickens are molting right now and we are getting a max of 4 eggs a day right now! Anywho, randomly through the day I'll see all of the chickens inside and it usually happens multiple times a day right now. They do come out and run around their big roaming area. I'd think it was...

One of bard rocks I had noticed was hanging out in a nesting box for most of the morning and usually one they don't use. I picked her up and she that poop on the top of the photo. She endes up leaving the house and getting a drink of water and that is her drinking in the second photo. She is...

My black runner duck is 2 years old and she has been through a lot and this year I've noticed her upper wing feathers don't settle they stay splayed out like she is either wet or stressed. She does this all the time and isn't getting in the pool that much. Any got an ideas or if I should be...

Hey so our little lady here Dauphine has a dirty vent and I haven't seen any bad looking poops. I did refer to one of the articles on poops to make sure I knew what was a good poop vs not good. My wife is thinking a round of Corid to make sure it isn't coccidia. We did just have 115 degree days...