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Floppy is a 2-year-old Buff Orpington, overweight and prone to problems. One of a flock of three hens, all together since hatch. Lately she has been mostly sitting down, not eating constantly as she normally does, and generally lethargic. Sleeping in the nest box. Last night I noticed she...

I have a sick 2 1/2 year old Black Australorp named Pinky. Sick for ~24 hours now. Since last night she has been in a cage, inside, under a heat lamp. Symptoms: - Labored breathing, at times gurgly sounding - Sleepy, droopy eyes - Pale comb - Sleeping all the time, head down (sometimes on the...

I'm looking for studies, statistics and numbers of any kind that reflect the surge in backyard chickens over the past few years. Would appreciate any and all info. Thanks!

This was emailed to me earlier today: Marin Humane Society saves 140 hens from California factory farm Cage free at last: Hundreds of hens spared from slaughter (NOVATO, CALIF., December 8, 2008) — 140 hens – just days away from slaughter – arrived at the Marin Humane Society this weekend from...

Proud to say I (somehow) singlehandedly managed to look down my hen's throat. With my headlamp shining in I saw something that seemed strange: the opening through which she was breathing was a hole only half the width of her throat; the rest was closed and yellowish/off-white. Is that normal...

My favorite hen has changed personality overnight, it seems, and I'm worried it might something medical. It's been a week now and it almost seems like she has brain damage. Before she was a top dog, with an active personality and a voracious appetite. Now she stands in the corner, head withdrawn...

My favorite hen's personality changed overnight. I've read many other posts about weird behavior and none sounds quite the same as what's happening with her. Then again, I'm a first-timer, so I put it to the group. She's a Buff Orpington, just under 17 weeks when this began, and has never laid...

We're building our coop and need to secure the seams where two piece of chicken wire meet. How do we do that? Hoping for a way that's not weaving a kinky piece of wire through the holes all the way along the seam... Thanks!

I have one chick (2 1/2) weeks who is different from the rest, and I'm wondering if she (he?) might be a roo. (They were supposed to all be females, from My Pet Chicken.) Since day one this chick has been the most aggressive, though not bullying, just running toward everything that enters the...

I have a little Delaware (nine days old) who has been pasting up a bit. She is also smaller than the rest, though active and eating and drinking, etc. As a result, I've been watching her poop closely, and yesterday I saw one that concerned me. It was normal looking, but within it was a string of...

So many questions with my new chicks! The current one: How old must they be before I can start feeding them things other than mash/crumbles? For instance, I'd like to give them some clover from the garden (delivered to them--it's too cold yet to go outside). And... does this mean I should...

I have a lovely little Australorp, hatched on Sunday. She is active and healthy-seeming, though she doesn't eat as much as the rest and is smaller than everyone. What concerns me is that her poo is always covered with foamy brown liquid (bubbly like spit, to be graphic), and sometimes it's only...

I'm new to this, with six chicks (amazing) who are now three days old. A few have had dirty butts, one with a lot of sticking. I wasn't sure if she could poop, so I cut off some of the dried stuff to be sure. Now her vent looks big and red--maybe from having feathers picked out, maybe from...

We're about to get our first chickens and need everything for taking care of them, from chickdom to maturity. Hoping to find these things used: -Coop or shed that could be made into a coop [please don't try to sell us a new one if it is more than $150], for three chickens -Waterer and feeder...

My husband and I are starting our first chicken flock (hooray!), and because of timing we'd like to get chicks in the beginning of February. (We must go away in the end of June, and want them to be well established by then.) I've called several feed stores* and none will have them sooner than...