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We noticed one of our hens limping a few days ago and when we picked her up, it was bumblefoot. We had dealt with bumblefoot a few days earlier with another hen so we knew what to do and brought her inside. After a 20 minute epsom salt soak, we got her into 'bumble removal position' and...
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I noticed some swelling in the right foot of one of our hens and quickly identified it as bumble foot (we have had a lot of rain recently and its pretty muddy). We treated it yesterday afternoon in our garage with a 25 minute epsom salt foot bath, then using tweezers to pull the scab/plug...
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2 of our hens (H and F, opposite ends of pecking order) are really close, and at night they always roost together. for a while I have noticed H putting her head under F's breast/stomach and wriggling around. It's pretty cute, but I was wondering if this is normal? Thanks!
One of our hens has bloody feet. her left foot is worse than the right, and I have no idea what happened, but she's acting normal. I was going to go out and attempt to clean it/put Neosporin on it, but I'm not really sure what to do. she is almost a year old, and we live in Massachusetts and...
when our chickens were just moved out to the coop, they would sit and cuddle a lot during the day (this was 60-70˚F days), but they never really sat down in the winter unless it was raining or snowing. they would always peck around, or just stand all poofed up. It's getting warmer here (50-60˚F...
one of our chickens Katinka didn’t get off the roosting pole today and we think she is sick. We don’t know what to do but she won’t eat or drink and keeps closing her eyes. Please help
One of our chickens has something on her beak that looks like it could be a bruise. It's been there for a few days, but she has been pecking around just as enthusiastically as she was before it appeared. I'm writing about the pink thing higher on her beak, pretty sure the brown thing is just...
One of my chickens has been very loud lately. We think that she is a snowy easter egger (we were told she was a white rock, but she has green feet and lays green eggs!), if that has to do with anything. She started laying a few weeks ago, and sang every time she laid. It would start with...
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We have a hen who just started laying 4 days ago. So far, she has laid 2 eggs. Today I noticed her in the nesting boxes and knew she was laying. I came back outside half an hour later and checked the nesting box. There was no egg, but the floor was wet. It looked like gooey fluid. Like an...