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My two RIRs have some pretty bad scaly mites that have caused them to stop laying. I tried the olive oil treatment but it didn't really work. I was looking at Vetrx Poultry Remedy on amazon and was wondering if I should buy it for them and rub it on their legs as it says it can be used to get...

Hello everybody! Today I came back home from college for my week long Thanksgiving break after being away for 3 months. I was shocked to see how much my flock of four hens had changed since I was gone. They had lost a lot of weight, a lot of feathers, egg production was down, and they just...

Hi there, My Barred Rock is starting to loose some feathers on her head and neck area. Its not that much, but if you look closely you can tell she is missing some of that feather cover. I am not sure why she is losing those feathers, my coop is cleaned every week and we put a lot of...

My Silkie has been broody for 2 weeks now, and I have taken her out each day only to find her brooding back in the hutch again. I have tried taking out eggs promptly, but it doesn't really faze her, she is happy to brood on nothing at all! Its like part of my routine now: take her out, feed her...

Hi all! So as the title says, my 3 year old silkie has a cold. I'm in California and the weather here isn't as bad as the east cost but lately it's been rainy and in the mid 50's Fahrenheit. It doesn't look too serious, she is sneezing but she still is going around looking for bugs. It's been...

Hi all! So I just decided to add a new hen to my flock and I found a good breeder selling Amerecaunas, Red Stars and RIRs. I'm looking for a smaller sized hen that would not be too noisy, or aggressive towards my other chickens. Also a good layer is a must. What are your experiences with the...

Hi all! So my Rhode Island Red hen (Named Akaki) is around a year and a half and has started balding. Just a couple weeks ago she had the most glossy feathers all over, but now she is thinning around her head. We've started calling her Baldy Waldy. :rolleyes: What could be the cause of this...

Hi all, I have a year and a half old Buff Orpington named Ponyo, who recently has been developing some odd egg laying habits. She used to be a great egg layer, we called her Old Faithful because she always came through with an egg and always laid in her nesting box. But for the past few...

Hi all, I have a Buff Orpington named Ponyo who, a couple days back, was acting lethargic. She had her butt open as if she was trying to defecate so I thought she was just constipated. I gave her some warm olive oil and a date as laxatives to help her out. And later on that day when I checked...

HI BYC, My Silkie Chicken, who is about a year and a half, suddenly started limping this morning. Yesterday she was in the hen house all day sitting on eggs laid by my two other chickens, we presumed she was broody and removed the eggs. Today when we let the chickens out I noticed her limping...

Hi BYC! I just got an adorable new SILKIE hen! I have been wanting one of these babies for a while now! We went and picked up our new Silkie hen around a week ago. We were told she is one year old, and was laying. However ever since she came to our house she hasn't laid anything? Is it because...

So we just got our first Silkie. And I am not sure how to introduce the new chicken to the other two, who are definitely not taken with her...we have a little pen where we are keeping her for now, until the hens get used to the "stranger with the extremely fluffy butt". She is somewhat of a...

So we just got our first Silkie. And I am not sure how to introduce the new chicken to the other two, who are definitely not taken with her...we have a little pen where we are keeping her for now, until the hens get used to the "stranger with the extremely fluffy butt". She is somewhat of a...

So I'm really worried, my chicken Ponyo is acting really sleepy today. She never falls asleep like this, she is currently sleeping on my lap. We think she might have overeaten, our cleaner left a sack of sunflower seeds open in the garden and we didn't realize it until we found our other...

So I found a wart on my chicken, Akaky today...:/pretty confused as to what it might be. I only found one, and it isn't dark, it does have a couple freckles on it. Please help! I am kinda worried, I am a pretty new chicken owner.

So I found a wart on my chicken, Akaky today...:/pretty confused as to what it might be. I only found one, and it isn't dark, it does have a couple freckles on it. Please help! I am kinda worried, I am a pretty new chicken owner.

Hi all, I have two hens, and was told it is better to have three chickens as it fulfills their social structure. I want the best for my babies, and we were planning to increase the flock number anyway so I am thinking about getting a silkie chick, however I want to make sure it will work out...

So after the death of one of our two chickens we got a new hen. However our old hen Ponyo is not getting along with the new hen, Akaky. Akaky is very laid back, but our Ponyo who has always been a very mild chicken keeps pecking her, but its only been a week since we got Akaky, will this...

So we lost one of our two chickens to a racoon attack on Saturday. Our lovely Bo was gone and our other chicken, a Buff Orpington named Ponyo was very distraught and clucking for her everywhere. Today we just bought a new chicken, a Rhode Island Red which we have named Akaky. And we are going...

The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost. ~Arthur Schopenhauer Came home last night to find that my...