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I was having some concerning issues with our Black Australorp (Emily Chickenson) over the past month + and a little. I'll include links at the bottom to the threads of trying to figure out what was going on if anyone wants the full history, but in short: -started with a pale comb and loss of...

Does this look like roundworm? We're treating the flock anyway because we have an anemic looking hen, but I finally found evidence of worms after looking through many poops, and I'm just wondering if that is in fact what we're dealing with.

Howdy and thanks in advance to anyone able to give their thoughts on this: The patient: Emily Chickens, 8mo old Black Australorp The symptoms: -Pale comb - first noticed yesterday -Head shaking, occasional - first noticed today -mild nasal discharge, clear, very little - noticed about an hour...

So we've been using water cups on a 5 gallon bucket to water our flock since we got them in May, but after running a kettle out to melt the water several times a day during the cold snap, I decided to switch to the freeze free nipples and throw a de-icer in the bucket. The problem is that the...

Hey y'all, from the Bronx! Looking for other NYC area chicken keepers (and gardeners and whatever-else keepers) to lament the total non-existence of feed supply in the area, and swap city chicken/garden/whatever-else tips and stories! If you're in the area or know someone who is, say hey...

Our black Australorp, Emily Chickenson, has lost feathers around her vent and around her crop. Her crop is on the very full size, but it tends to be for her, and it's very malleable. She's otherwise normal in temperament, eating and drinking normally, and impossible to catch, as usual. I...

I did a light cleaning of the hen house this morning and decided to finally take some photos of our finished chicken coop to share here. I've never really built or designed any sort of shed or building before, and this took me a good portion of the summer to actually finish all the details on...

Moving a thread about laying over here because we know from a vet visit that our girl is eggbound. 20 week barred Plymouth Rock. On Thursday they did imaging that saw 3 undeveloped eggs inside (she's a new layer and had been laying weird eggs, finally two incomplete at once). We took her to the...

Our Barred Plymouth Rock, Jane Aust-Hen, is 19 weeks and started laying this week. This afternoon she was unusually lethargic. Finally she climbed into a nesting box and laid an egg with a very thin shell, and part of the shell missing. She kept moping around until she finally laid "the other...

Yesterday our Black Australorp, Emily Chickenson, became the first of our 5 hens to lay, but she did it from the roost mid afternoon. Luckily we'd decided against a droppings board and it landed safely in the bedding on the floor. Today we took the roosts out in the afternoon but Emily seemed...

We woke up yesterday to a droopy wing on our most skittish hen. She seemed otherwise fine (until we tried to catch her) and when I was able to look at the wing there was no blood and the bones felt intact. We have tried wrapping up the wing with varying degrees of failure. She manages to wiggle...

I'm putting in a few windows in my coop that will be closed during the winter to prevent drafts, but I'm having a hard time finding a recommendation on the thickness of the plexiglass to use. 1/8" would be most convenient to construct (the blade on my table saw is 1/8" and I can easily create...

Hey there! My wife and I are brand new to raising chickens, though we've wanted to for some time. Finally pulled the trigger and our 5 baby chicks arrived almost 3 weeks ago. We have: 1 x Rhode Island Red (Birdadette Peters) 1 x Black Australorp (Emily Chickenson) 1 x Barred Plymouth Rock...

Hey everyone! We're designing a coop for our first ever chickens. We're starting with 4 but I'd like to build big enough to expand to 8 or so. Because of work schedules, I can't count on free ranging them regularly, so we're building as if they'll be in the run most of the time. We're...