My lovely chickens are getting older and have stopped laying eggs. I have been giving them layer pellets. Is there a different pellet food that is better for them now that they aren’t laying?
Also, what protein content is best? I think 16% and 18% are the options at my shop.
Thanks so much!!
Our beautiful chicken has a very poopy bum. She seems to be still moving well and scratching in the soil during the day.
We would love some advice about what might be causing this and what to do!
I’ve attached a photo.
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My lovely chicken has been steadily losing her feathers all summer. It started on her neck and vent area as it has done in past summers but now she is losing them from all over. She has almost none on her back now and has lost some on her wings.
She doesn’t appear to be growing them back as she...
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I have a chicken who is just over 1 year old. She lives with 5 other hens and has access to a large garden all day. She has been sleeping in the nesting box at night and throughout the day unless we bring her out. Her feathers are very puffed up all the time even when she is out...
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My lovely chicken who has a cross beak is normally very healthy. She lives with 1 other chicken and in the city.
When she drinks water, then pecks the ground right after, the water drains out of her mouth. This does not happen every time she drinks. I believe this started more...
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One of my dear chickens has a cross beak. She does fine usually and is just over 2 years old. The tip of the beak occasionally breaks off and it doesn’t bleed.
However, this morning when I went out, her beak tip had broken off and there was blood everywhere. She seems to eat a little...
My dearest chicken is not well. Panting with her mouth open, closing eyes, not moving a lot, head retracted. She hasn’t been eating much and is dehydrated. Pale comb. She eats when hand fed and likes when the pellet food is mushed with water.
I took her to the vet and they did a poop test too...
I found long white worms and a bit of blood in my chicken’s poop this morning. I have 3 chickens and am not sure which one has the worms.
What do I do? Here is a picture of the poop...
WARNING: poop picture
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My lovely 2-year-old girl was sick back in March. I took her to the vet and she pulled out an egg membrane that was stuck in her vent. She has been slowly getting better ever since and seems back to normal! Except.. she is losing feathers ever so slowly on her neck. It started...
Yesterday, my chicken cut the tip of her crown on the hutch. It bled over her face. I cleaned it up and put on anti-septic ointment.
She was a bit quiet yesterday in the yard, sitting more than usual and not as interested in food. She is quiet today too, sleeping in the nesting box. Is...
Would love to advice about our wee little chick. Not walking well, lying down mostly, eyes closed, breathing about twice as fast as the others, poop clear, not eating or drinking. Don't know what to do. All other chicks seem well.
One of the eggs in the incubator pipped last night. This morning there was a dime sized hole in the egg and the chick's beak is sticking out a little bit. It's been about 11 hours and it hasn't started to unzip. I know people say to wait for a while before helping the chick out. How long...
I would love some help!! I am quite worried about my lovely girl. There are so many symptoms with so many different treatments I can't figure out what's wrong overall.
- poop sticking to feathers under her vent for about 3 weeks
- 2 days ago her poop had long red stringy things in it. (worms...