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    Strange strung out softshelled egg

    I currently have four birds and haven't had too much going on health wise beside a case of bumble footand one bird lacerated her neck as a chick(long healed, cant even find a scar now, she is my cuddle buddy named Pepper). But today i found two softshelled eggs in the nest box and one has me...
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    Fading feathers... help

    I have a bird with feather issues. She is otherwise healthy and broody. But she is on a skeleton crew for wing feathers and has been since Christmas. No mites or worms. Loves eating earthworms, flying bugs, and my comfrey in addition to her layerpellets and scratch grains Help my broody little...
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    Need input on something odd

    Mybird is a little over two years old and laying almost every day. Active, fun loving, got nothing but worms and bugs and treats on her mind. Has been battling bumblefoot for three months but clear of it now. Today i saw this red/brown mass clinging to her but and I dont know what to make of...
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    Strange scabby callous on 2 year old golden sexlink....help?

    My chicken is nearly 2 years old and otherwise healthy. She has a painful looking scab on her chest over the keel bone(pardon my spelling if its wrong) She has had this callous for a long time but while it looks off too me it hasn't posed a problem. Until lately. The callous wants to peel, its...
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    Bumblefoot second opinions requested

    I have a chicken battling bumblefoot for nearly 2 months now. I initially tried hands off soaking and conservative Treatments but ultimately was forced to treat it surgically at home because no vet within 500 miles of my home would look at a chicken....a hospital would for 2000 but they are...
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    dimethyl sulfoxide

    Can dimethyl sulfoxide be used for chickens?
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    dimethyl sulfoxide

    Can dimethyl sulfoxide be used for chickens?
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    Vanishing feathers?

    I have a chicken with vanishing tail feathers. She could pass for a porcupine when you pick her up because of how many feathers are broken near the base. She gets scrambled eggs mixed with her feed regularly and until a month ago she was near the top of the pecking order (feathers started...
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    White string in my fluff buckets caboose

    I have young pullet (one of 8, only three havent started laying yet), she was munching on mellon today and did a chicken fart...yes, that happens!. As she ran away like a bandit i noticed something white dangling out of her fluffy rear end. Her name is april but i gotta admit that I have been...
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    Strange bruises and red marks ?

    I have golden sexlinks, 8 of them. This bird has strange red marks, she is isolating herself from the flock in a big puff ball, i suspect she has developed bumble foot in the last 3 days which is warm to the touch, and she has red spots on her chest with irritated red skin all the way to her...
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    Bald chickens?

    I have 5 full grown golden sexlinks and 3 teenagers of the same breed. All seem healthy after I treated for worms. But I have one girl who seemes to be going bald up by her comb and her tail is little more than the suggestion of a wisp. They all seem to be getting along and I have a camera in...
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    New with questions regarding irregular chicken poop and intigrating chick flocks

    Hi, I am a new member but have read a few of your threads. I am into my second year chicken keeping and am still green behind the ears. First question. I have a flock of five and a flock of three that I would like to merge but the bigger birds still try to nip at the young birds with...
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