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Yeah not fun. We've had a few light shower and are in poor dry soil... Perfect for fleas .

I'll try the vets best flea and tick. Thank you. WeveW lived here 6 years and this is the worst year yet. They are everywhere.

I've got infestation of fleas, in and around d the coop and all over the backyard. They've even made their way into the house.

Yeah, gross! But that looks like what I saw. Besides a dust bath what can I do to prevent that? Seems like thats the aftermath of a sick chicken .

This was last year and didn't get a pic but they were tiny little worms, maybe 1/8" in size and at least 20 or more.

Lazy Gardener, Thank you. There is no visible issue now, but I do have a hen that's showing signs of being sick. I'll check her again tomorrow and see if there is anything out of the normal. She does have "runny" stool on the rear but no worms.

I currently have 40 hens, 10 are several years old and 30 are two months old. I let then free range on the weekends and evenings when I am home. For the most part I'd say they are fairly helathy. A few years ago, I lost 4 or 5 within a 2 month period . All seemed slow, and sitting in the corner...

not sure why but when i search egg bound, or egg binding.. it gives me a list of the states. nothing about the topic.

i googled crop and it appears to be in the neck area. this larger area is between her legs. her rump.

Thanks for the replies. I live near Pasadena In So-Cal, I do not have a light on in the coop but they are out "free ranging" all day. Four of them are the same age... about 2.5 years and 4 are a year old. I dewormed them about a month ago... added the deworming liquid to their water.. I also...

Im not really sure whats going on here. I have a Brahma hen that is around 2.5 years old. All of my hens have not laid in close to two months. this particular lady has been acting different than the rest. Stays in the coop during the day and just recently was outside and would not go back in...

uh yeah.. they are about ready to lay,, maybe some time tomorrow...

i had about 20 corn seedlings that were about 2"s tall,, they are gone now,,, chickens hopped the fence and either scratched or pecked the corn seedlings,,, boo

what?? i dont have a rooster nor do i want one,, i want her to lay eggs.

i have an americauna who is near the bottom of the totem pole, she is the smallest and was the last to start laying. she insists on sitting on every egg the other chicks lay. Sometimes she will push the other girls off the nest before they even lay. I will take her off the nest and place her out...

spend some time reading posts on here., those questions have been answered a billzion times.

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positive it was her,, she was the last one to lay today of the other 3 hens,, her first egg,,,, took her for ever to lay, she sat on the nest for a good 30+ minutes,, than about an hour and a half later,, she pooped out the second one within 5 minutes of settling down. when she is out "free...

she was in the nest box before our early Easter dinner.,, laid a small egg before dinner, I went out to give them all dinner scraps.. then she ate some ham and ran to her secret spot to lay another egg??? which was more her size egg,,, what the heck? didnt think id see that happen. how rare is...

10 minutes west of Pasadena. 35 from down town L.A.