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I have a hen who is looking a little mangled. I know that sometimes when a roo has a favorite they can pluck feathers but I don’t know that I’ve ever had one quite this bad. Could this be depluming mites? It’s right in the base of her back and wings, the rest of her feathers seem ok. My concern...

I thought my hens had been being overbred by our abundance of roosters and that was why some of their back feathers looked rough but I just found mites on two of my girls. I didn’t have to look hard. I’m freaking out because I think they’re northern fowl mites. I live in North Carolina. Is it...

I have seen 2 poops like this the past couple days, they have like a clear white mucus but seem rather normal other than that. It’s been rainy and sopping wet in the coop and grass so idk if that could contribute. No blood though and everyone’s acting fine. Could this be normal or should I treat...

I have a young hen who I noticed limping a couple days ago. I thought it might be bumble foot so I brought her in and couldn’t find any signs of bumble foot but noticed she had quite a bit of feces on her so I washed her off and as I was doing so I noticed this horrific wound under her left...

I’m stumped on this one. It was supposed to be a Barred Rock but was in the tub next to Tractor Supply’s “Maran Assortment.” It has feathered legs but Google says Cuckoo Marans don’t have feathered legs so I’m stuck. Also can’t tell if it’s a roo or hen

I have a barnevelder roo with black marks and some white looking stuff on his comb. The black marks are present on some other roosters as well but I always thought it was due to roosters fighting (I have an over abundance of roosters currently and have been desperately trying to rehome). However...

New chick. I know the results are grim. But understanding what this mass is would help in my next steps

I have a broody hen who is sitting on one egg. I have two other chicks for her and thought the egg was a no go until I realized last night it’s cracked on the fat end of the egg. I put it back in with mama and checked it tonight and the poor thing is chirping but hasn’t made any progress. Is it...

I had a broody hen who I let sit and she ended up hatching a few chicks. I let all my chickens free range and mama was doing really well so I let them do their thing. One got taken by a hawk early on and there were 2 left for awhile. Today they’re 4.5 weeks and I noticed another one was gone. I...

I just went to change out some nesting pads and noticed a type of bug crawling around that looks like chicken lice. I have been checking my birds regularly and haven’t seen anything crawling on them whatsoever. Most of them still have feathers coming in. These were found inside the coop in the...

Okay I’m very stumped on this one. I have chicks who are 8 weeks and another group who are 5 weeks. The 8 week old chicks have moved out to the coop and get free ranging time while the 5 week old chicks stay out in an enclosed area during the day and come back in during the night. Tonight as I...

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I miscounted the days like an idiot and I have 3 babies hatched and more pipping but I had planned on taking the egg turner out today. Can I take it out now or will that ruin everything? It’s my first time and apparently I still need to learn to count

I have chicks that are about 5 weeks. Twice in one week I have seen red in their poop. Just one dropping each time. The chicks act totally normal, they eat and drink fine. But I still feel like I should maybe treat with Corrid but not totally sure. Is there any “normal” reason why a chick would...

I have an Ayem Cemani rooster and multiple other hens (starlight green egger, sapphire gem and fibro Easter egger). I’m incubating some of our eggs and I’m curious what our chicks will look like. Has anyone had any Cemani cross chicks with any of the above? Or just cool crosses in general

Help! I have a month old chick that got ahold of a string. I tried gently pulling it and when I did her tongue would come with it like it was like it was attached to her tongue but it seemed like it was attached underneath. I looked for ages and there was no indication that it was wrapped around...

I have a hen that’s about 9 months old. She is very flighty but normally stays with the flock. My flock of 6 is down to 4 (3 hens 1 roo) as of a couple weeks ago thanks to some huskies that got 2 of my other hens. So she is now at the bottom of the flock. She is walking around the yard...

We had a fox attack this morning. 3 of my 6 chickens made it out without any harm. 2 are missing (hoping they’re hiding somewhere I keep periodically checking for them to resurface). The only one who I believe the fox was able to catch before we spooked him and he ran off was my 10 week old...

My flock: 2 laying hens and one who is mothering chicks (all 1 year) 2 pullets (16 weeks) 3 chicks (8 weeks) - Free range Today I found one of my hens dead outside of the coop. No visible injury or sign of a predator as far as I could tell. Some background: Sunday I noticed that hen up by...