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    Emergency! Lethargic Hen, bubbly diarrhea

    My 4 year old hen became quite lethargic this evening, she was perfectly active and normal for most of the day and all of a sudden she lost interest in moving around and eating in the evening. Her poops began to turn like the one in the picture shown, she still reacts to treats though but she...
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    Urates in poop questions

    My hen seemed to poop out a poop with pink urates that looks like coral coloured urates in the middle of the day, it felt heavier and thicker than usual. My other hen pooped out this this morning, is this normal? It was quite slimy to pick up They are eating, drinking and wandering around...
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    Wrinkled skin

    Hi, I didn't know where to post this and this might sound like a silly question, but is it normal for chickens skin to feel and look flabby/wrinkly? My 4 year old Australorp has this loose, wrinkly skin particularly along her keel.
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    Bumblefoot treatment questions

    I suspect that my 2 Australorp hens have early signs of bumblefoot, they both lift their legs close to their bodies sometimes and they stand still for long periods of time, they have red marks on the soles of their feet with very small lesions. I wanted to treat right away but I didnt know what...
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    Hen all of a sudden laying small,pale, thin shelled eggs!

    Since the past 2 days, one of my 2 hens I don’t know which is laying eggs as described in the title, they break once lightly squeezed. They are getting enough calcium in their diet and I very occasionally had this problem in the past but those were only once offs. They don’t look sick at all...
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    My chickens poop is really odd(picture)

    My 2 chickens poop abnormal poops on and off for their whole lives, both are healthy, eating,drinking normally. Sometimes they poop out dark runny poops first thing in the morning and it would return to normal for the rest of the day, or it would continue all day! Their poops vary heavily, they...
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    Is this safe to put in planting beds where chickens scratch and forage?

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    Worm in chickens poop

    My 3 year old hen recently did a poop containing a small worm around 0.8 mm in length, she seems healthy and is acting normally and herself. I felt her breast and I can clearly feel her keel bone all the way down her stomach. Her poops are quite smelly and a little bubbly. A few weeks before she...
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    Questions about RIR x Black Australorp hens

    1. What is their egg production rate 2. How long do they live? 3. How resistant are they to the common poultry diseases? Thanks to anyone who answers
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    Other hen pecked my hens comb, bled a little

    Yesterday, I was feeding my hens some mealworms and the matriarch pecked the underling violently, i separated them but the hen had a very small peck wound on her comb. I cleaned it and a few small drops of blood came out. The wound looks sealed this morning, is there a chance that this wound can...
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    Scaly leg mites?

    Hi, I believe my chickens might have scaly leg mites, their legs feel and look rough to me. If I rub downwards on their legs it feels quite smooth. but if I rub upwards it feels very rough, is this normal? If they do have scaly leg mites, it might be a small infestation. Can anyone share their...
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    Chicken house build quality

    Is this chicken house good enough quality for my 2 Australorp hens? There is enough room for both of them. However there are no roosting perches, and this is also the place where they lay their eggs. The bedding is shredded paper and newspaper and is changed weekly. It used to be an old worn out...
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