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Hey there, Looked at one of my chickens today and she had a large, soft area below her vent. Seems like it is something from inside that has softened up and is hanging. Gave her an Epsom salt bath and wiped her down, no behavioral oddities. What does she have, and should I be concerned?

Here is one of my girls. I noticed today that she is struggling to poop, and is squatting down attempting to but only leaks a small amount of liquid. There is this abscess around her vent area. What is wrong with her?

I noticed that my black austrolorp hen recently started getting an abscess below her vent. It has been there for about a week. She also is losing her feathers below her. She is molting quite a bit. Is there something I need to do for her, and what is the issue for both of them? I attached...

Hey there, we just had a chicken that got killed. Photos attached. Was it a hawk? Also, we had 8 girls, 4 went to the coop and 3 ran off. We found one under our deck. Was silent and still and we'll hidden. Will the other 2 come back if they are alive? No signs of their feathers. Can we eat her...

Hey y'all! I live in central NC, and have a flock of 8 8 month old girls. The coldest that they have experienced is around 25. However, it will be getting down to 11, with windchill -8. What should I do? I am concerned about them. We still have their brooder light, which has a cage around it...

We just found out that our girl duck has been laying eggs in her coop! We have one boy and one girl, but the girl has not been sitting on them. Is it OK to eat them, or will they be developing even though she is not sitting on them?

What do I do? She is not happy at all.

One of my Buff Orpington hens has been laying for about 2 weeks now. She has been fine before. Today, she went to their favorite nesting box like normal, but now she have been in there for about 3 hours and squawks whenever there is another chicken around. Is she broody, or do I have to wait to...

I have a Buff Orpington that we thought was a hen, but now we are not sure. It leads all of the others around and today made interesting noises(link to sound: ). Can anyone help me decide what gender it is? P.S. They are 16 weeks Thank you!

Hi, this is Rostabunny from North Carolina. My family has 8 chickens and 2 ducks. We have 3 Buff Orpingtons, 3 speckled Sussex, and 2 Black Australorps. We are new to raising chickens, and find BYC very helpful!