Hello, we just got a new batch of chickens and they threw in an extra for free, so unsure of the breed of this one. She is 8 weeks old, we’ve had her 2 weeks, and she is hesitant to walk on her right leg for the past week or so. She lays down most of the day. She is able to stand, has full range...
Help! Raccoons are eating our chicken feed every night. We first started noticing a disturbance around the coop a couple weeks ago, put out a trap, and have been catching 2-3 raccoons a week. I stopped putting food scraps in the chicken run to avoid attracting predators, but that didn’t seem to...
One of my 10 month old brown leghorn hens just literally dropped dead. She walked over to me, opening and closing her mouth repeatedly. I noticed her comb was flopped over, though still very red. She seemed out of sorts and allowed me to pick her up (which my hens never allow; they are usually...
We have a Best Nest Box for our small flock of 6 chickens and are having the hardest time getting them to lay in it! They’ve been laying for about 4 months. We have tried putting hay and ceramic eggs in the box and blocking off other areas where they like to lay. They are mostly all laying on...