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My hen 4 1/2 year old Road Island red Lola has a very large and very hard abdomen. When I palpated her abdomen she was very unbalanced, it didn’t feel like there was water. It felt more like a blown up foot ball that was almost about to pop. She had around a golf ball in her crop of mushy food...

I have a 2 year old hen and she has sour crop. I’m treating her with womens anti fungal yeast infection cream but it’s not working. Her crop still feels like a huge balloon and it’s been that way since Thursday. I’ve given her more than I should because I figured it wasn’t enough. I almost think...

This is my hen Missy she is a road island red 2 years old. She has this lump on her leg, and it showed up over night. It has stayed the same size for a few weeks but recently has grown a little. She is holding it up when she stands and she’s not running to me like normal. She is still eating and...

This is Lola’s foot she’s 2 road island red. They free range all day and I noticed her foot this morning. She is NOT limping or holding it up, but she is running, eating, drinking, laying being herself. There has been no change from this morning look wise. My mom said it felt firmer but it has...

My hen missy has this swelling at least a week ago it appeared over night. It started on the side of her leg and now her toes are slightly swelling. She doesn’t have a cut or puncture she’s walking just fine, eating, drinking, and laying. She just had this firm lump. My mom said it doesn’t feel...

This is my hen missy I just noticed this today was not there yesterday. There is no puncture, and she’s acting fine walking wise and does not act like it hurts when I press on it. She is 2 she free ranges most days when it’s warm. It’s not really red / it’s spoty but it’s the same on both legs...

I have 9 road island reds, and they are around 2 years old. In the summer and even during the winter they produce about 4-6 eggs a day. I noticed they lay better when they have the all flock feed at 20% protein. I had no issues with egg eating or production after I switched from the layer feed...

This is my dominant hen sweet pea. I do not have a rooster, but she makes this sound when she sees “danger”. Usually it’s more high pitched like a really fast purring sound. She saw the neighbors and I thought this was a danger call but not I’m not sure. I’ve been listening to YouTube danger...

I have a hen she almost two not problems with eat before until about a week ago. She wasn’t interested in the food I set out. She would eat the sunflower seeds and corn. Other than that she’d pick. She will eat grass and wet pellets but it’s 7 degrees this morning so they are inside. She has...

My hen got over sour crop a few weeks ago but she’s starting to walk funny sometimes. She has not been eating regularly and not very much she is also molting. It looks like she just leans to one side hard when she walks. Sometimes back and forth and she gets really low to the ground. It started...

My hen who is almost 2 had sour crop last Sunday. We got that all cleared up and Sunday was her last day of meds. She really didn’t want to eat when she was receiving treatment. And now she’s eating about a golf ball size a day. Now a whole lot but enough to keep her going. She won’t eat when...

My chicken woke up with a good sized watery crop this morning. She is still wanting to act like herself. She went outside and started to scratch but what do I do? Is this an impacted crop or sour? I just noticed it today but she could have had a little in the yesterday morning. Please any...

It’s hot here like 98+ and it’s stressing me hens. They are a year and four months road island reds. I’ve read that stress can cause fairy eggs but I’ve gotten 4 in 2 weeks. Is this normal? The weather is hot and cold every other week, and usually I don’t get any one every couple months. Second...

I have this hen she’s usually chatty and and active and now she’s not. She’s lethargic and somewhat eating drinking more. She’s cleaning herself and still chatting a little I just don’t know what it is. She’s sitting and standing alone under shaded areas when the others come running to me. I...

Hey y’all I’ve seen this happen 2 times in the past few weeks. The first one looked underdeveloped didn’t think a whole lot about it. This morning I woke up to my chickens fighting over a shell and a broke egg on a roost. I let my 9 road island red hens (just hit a year) out every morning an...

Hey y’all I had found this egg on one of my roosts this morning. It’s a lot lighter than normal I have road island reds, so I get a nice deeper brown. Also the egg whites where completely runny. I busted it out, and the shell was really trying to hold on. Otherwise everything looked normal my...

My smallest hen is a road island red she is sassy and it took a long time for her to let me pick her up (she’s been that since she was little) she also thinks she’s top hen she has gotten mean with the other hens but she normally doesn’t ruffle her neck feathers at me she just talks and walks...

Hey by y’all just wondering if it’s normal for my road island reds one year one month to grow feathers on their face and also some of my hens have white on the tips of their ear feathers the bottom chicken sweet pea has the most they are all healthy eating like crazy drinking lots as it’s hot...

Hey y’all just wanted some ways to keep my hens cool I already have 4 gallons of cold water outside (different buckets in the shade) they get a frozen snack at the hottest part of the day and when I see them holding their wings out I pour some cold water on their bellies I have 9 road island...

This is one of my hands belly’s she is a year road island red she is the one one who has it she has a history of picking her feathers out rolling in rocks dirt really anything I don’t have mice I just deep cleaned my coop and I saw no holes no poop no nothing lice is the other thing I was...