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I've found it troublesome that where ever I throw my feed mix. Organic scratch grains, sunflower, and egg layer mix everything dies. My hens are laying terribly this summer as well. Makes me wonder if the food is intentionally being altered to make things harder for those of us wanting to live...

Hello we have a hen that constantly goes broody so decided to try letting her hatch some eggs, she was not able to but stayed broody after 21 days, we put some eggs in the incubator and only 1 ended up hatching out of the 3 eggs. The baby does still have an umbilical scab. After the first day I...

Hi I've had an isa brown hen who is showing signs of eggbound. Checking the coop today I found who looks like a yolk and something I thought was slugs but looks like a tumor maybe aninfected egg?.was hoping I can get some opinions.thanks

Curious if anyone had an opinion on my buffs eye / area around the eye. First I've seen this. See was pecked last week on the top part of her eye lid. Is this a peck or worse?

Hello one of my buffs eye / near the eye is swollen today. Any ideas what this is? She was pecked last week near the comb and it drew blood, could this be a peck that's swollen or an eye issue

Hi one of my bard rock hens woke up today to the sniffles and congested breathing. This is the first I've had a chicken show these signs. I have her isolated in the house. So far I bought some vet rx for respitory issues and have put some on her head, in water and on her mouth. I just did this...

So might sound like a weird question. I'm composting chicken poop for fertilizer. This year is filled with big grubs, they are the same kind I feed them from my vegetable compost. Any thoughts on feeding them chicken poop grubs. Just sounds kind of weird giving them as a snack

Hi I recently heard of Bumble foot. I had chickens as a kid but we never looked for it or it was a non issue. So I decided to check some of the girls. My older hens who are a year old all have scabs on their pads. I cleaned them with Epson salt but was not comfortable cutting into the foot...

Hi I have a 3 month old blue andalusian. I noticed today that she is closing one eye. She still opens it, don't know if she scratched it. I got a good look in her eye and there is no swelling or redness. Had any of your chickens ever favored one eye? Is it OK to rinse with saline solution that...

Curious your thoughts. I'm building another coop out of normal untreated wood. I wanted to finish and weather protect it with Australian timber oil which I've used on my deck before. Will give the coop a nice dark finish as well. Any known safety issues?

Hello I posted a few days ago about one of my babies being noisy. The noise has stopped today I've noticed my welsummer looks like she's burping on occasion. It's not like open mouth breathing, looks like a big yawn from time to time. Anyone familiar with this? They have food, water, and...

So grabbed a few babies today. One of the barred rocks though won't stop chirping. The others are fine and content and sleeping right now the other will chirp like it's distrssed as soon as I leave the room and it's pretty non stop. It stops when I reenter the room. All the other babies I've had...

Hi everyone heading to tractor supply as they got babies in. I was wondering if anyone can make a suggestion for best breeds to get. Need to be good layers, and nice temperament for and one that can free range. If you here is what they have. Production blues Buff orpingtons Rhode Island reds...

Hi, I'm new here. Hate to join and ask questions right away but may be in a chicken emergency. One of my 25 week old Isa brown has been out of sorts last couple days. She didn't come running for treats one night and was alone outside. I brought her to her coop and put her to bed. Next morning...