Hi everyone. I have a true emergency in my flock and not sure what to do. I have a 3 1/2 YO Lavender Orpington hen. She has been fine up until 2 days ago. I noticed she was a little "offish", just not acting herself. Then yesterday, it turned to being lethargic and not really eating or drinking...
Hi Everyone. I am wondering if anyone would be able to tell me if my chickens, and their behavior, is beyond hope, as I am at my wits end.
I have had many hens in the past and still a few as of now, who are tame, laid-back (no pun intended), and just sweet as you could want with chickens. No...
Hi everyone. I am hoping someone can help me with a problem I have with one of my hens. She is an Easter Egger, just over 9 months old. She has been fine and healthy but the past few days she started losing feathers around her neck. At first, I thought she may be bullied by another chicken, but...
Hi. Just wondering if anyone has any advice for my chicken. She is a 5 month old Easter Egger and she has broken her beak very bad on, what I believe, the hardware wire that surrounds the chicken yard. I cannot be sure, but I am pinpointing where the blood was in the yard. It is pretty severe...
I have a 27 month old Lavander Orpington. She was fine all day but then tonight she became sick with something and I am worried she will not survive. She is not eating or drinking, tail feathers are turned under and her comb is pale. She was eating earlier today so not sure why she has no...
I am still fairly new to BYC and there may be a ton of questions like this already, but I do not know. I have 2 hens, a Lavender Orpington and a Australorp. My Australorp is currently going through a very bad molting and the Orpington is not at all. The Australorp has been so hesitant on...
Hi. I am not sure if this is the right forum to post this question. I looked for a solution but may have overlooked it somewhere since I could not find one. So thought I would post the question here: I just purchased a treadle poultry feeder and I am skeptical on using it for my chickens because...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any solutions on how to rid rats from the Chicken coop/yard effectively? I have tried for years to get rid of them and they have just grown worse over time. I am sitting here now, watching them run all around the chicken yard....about 20 in total and it just...
Hi everyone. I am new and just wanted to say hello. I am so excited to be on this forum. I joined to hopefully make "Chicken" friends and to hopefully get answers to why my chickens are currently sick. I posted a thread about it and hope to find a solution to make them better soon, as I have...
Hi I am new here, but praying someone can help me find answers. I had a hen get diarrhea a few months back but otherwise completely normal in eating, drinking, etc. After 2 months, she started getting very dirty looking and unkept. She was a white hen, a leghorn, but she just kept getting...