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Hi all, it's been a while but alas, I am having an issue with one chicken and thought someone out there may have a solution.... besides soup, believe me, I've been considering that. All of my chickens wander the hood during the day except one who stays home and complains all day long until...

Just let my chickens out into the big yard after being cooped up in the chicken yard all winter. My Rooster who is just about 1 now decided he didn't like one of the older hens and started chasing her around the yard. I thought they'd work it out so I let it go on for a while until I noticed she...

Left to her own devices, how long will a broody hen stay broody if she has no eggs to hatch? I've got two broody now and no end in sight. It's been months.

So I have this hen who hatched one lone egg... she raised it but she was very young herself. She had only just started laying when she went broody. She was a good mom except when it came to integrating her chick into the flock. What she did was one day just say "Later you are on your own" or...

I have a broody hen who I gave a few eggs to sit on. She never seams to come off the eggs for food and water. I got worried so I started putting food and water within reach. Could it be too cold for her to leave the eggs even to eat and drink? She has her head tucked under her wing whenever I...

Anyone want my 12 wks old roo in Westchester (Croton on Hudson), NY? His dad is a Wheaten Marans and mom is an easter egger. He is very close to his sister, it has been just the two of them from the start so I would be willing to give her up with him if they could find a good home together. I...

He's very lethargic - difficult for him to walk. Problem with legs? His comb and wattles appeared dark maroon at the tips this morning but this afternoon they are back to bright red. He was very ill similarly a while back (maybe a year ago)but it all of a sudden cleared up. Now seams to be back...

This is Olive and her two chicklets she hatched out… Olive kept trying to hatch eggs but I kept taking them from her every day. After a month of her sitting diligently and not being able to hatch an egg (Because I kept taking them every day) I finally decided to let her hatch a few. So all in...

Anyone? I am on the fence it's getting feathers much faster than any of the other chicks...

I am trying to find out what the blue Wheaten Color would look like (Marans) Is there a way to tell which chicks will be Wheaten & which will be blue Wheaten? I thought, as in the blue wheaten Ameraucana, that the blue wheaten was the same as the wheaten except instead of black points the...

Does anyone know if it will be fine to bring humidity up and take eggs out of turner on Day 17 instead of day 18? Monday is Day 18 and where I 99% of the time workfrom home, as luck would have it I have to work on site Monday so I can either move humidity up Sunday night or Monday night... Don't...

I have a week and a half to go and my egg turner has stopped working. My temp and humidity has been perfect throughout I hate to screw it up by opening the bator to turn eggs every morning... What hsould I do???? A Little panicked... -Mary

Hi all, After reading a bunch of posts here on parasites, I just ordered Eprinex (Pour On) so I can treat my flock. I read Eprinex (Pour On) is an anti-parasite medication, effective against many worms (excluding tapeworm), most mites and some lice. I was looking for how to use it and it says it...

My Roo is about 1.5 years. He has always walked with a slightly stiff gate. I thought that was just the way Roosters walked but my friend stopped by and said he walked funny. One morning about a month ago He did not come out with the hens. He stayed in all day. It was a rainy day so I didn't...

What's up with the Messy Poopy But? I have this hen and her daughter who have the same issue though mom has it worse by far. I tried apple cider vinegar in their water and I thought it looked better after that but here we are again - this photo was taken today. The skin showing looks very red...

My hen has lost feathers around her vent and the surrounding feathers were coated with loose poop. I washed her off and dusted with DE incase it was mites but I don't see anything and I spied some poop leaking out while I was watching her so her but will be a mess again in no time. What could be...

I was lucky enough to witness early on... one of my hens paying way too much attention to Roos feet. Then I noticed red on her beak and on his foot... not good. I brought him in and washed off his feet and put him in isolation. then promptly consulted BYC forum which said that maybe to coat with...

This is why they can not be left unsupervised....

Path around the coop...

My Moulting chicken is covered in dirt... Should I give her a bath? She was always clean before - the dust baths just seam to shake off but since she started moulting it's like she's covered in mud. Is this part of the process? Can I or should I bathe her?