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We had a broody hen..first time, one of our barred rocks became broody and I decided to let her hatch a batch of eggs.(Not my best chicken decision)when I knew that hatching was going to be any day, we took turns listening outside for peeping. Thank goodness we did. Found one lone chick UNDER...

I don't see any signs of worms in their feces, I can take a sample in to the vet, but I want to make sure that I get one from the right chicken.

Some of my hens are quite thin, they seem to be feeling fine. I feed a complete layer crumble, with a separate feeder filled with crushed oyster shell and a medium grit, (I have the feeder separated with a partition) I have a mix of breeds-5 barred rock, 5 black star, 5 RIR's-these will be 2yrs...

I have examined them very carefully and have seen no mites or "bugs" of any kind-I believe they are also molting. The infected girls started losing their feathers around their bottoms, anywhere there were missing feathers their skin was VERY red and inflammed. They lost a considerable amount of...

Well, here is an update! I re-dusted everybody a second time and filled an extra feeder with crimped oats (which they Love!!) I ordered DE, but it hasn't arrived yet. The skin on them that was fire engine red is now only slightly pink in some spots. They all have new feathers coming in. As far...

I have a bag of rolled oats for my horse, I will add some to their feed tomorrow AM.

I just went on the site and ordered some DE, but I will keep my eye out for the frontline just in case! I feel sorry for them- they look terrible, they still run around and play, I'm glad they seem to feel a lot better than they look.

Thanks. I have looked for DE locally and no one carries it! How much do I feed? Any suggestions to put weight back on them?

I have a mixed group of birds ranging from my 11/2 yr old girls, to some 6 month olds, and 1 lucky rooster that was mixed in with our last shipment....a few weeks ago I started noticing that I had a barred rock with a bright red botttom, otherwise healthy-didn,t think Too much of it until the...

Here is an update, when I said that the roos were 13 weeks, I was wrong, they arrived here May 7th, I was thinking the came earlier. They are just over 10 weeks. I would like to keep the roos, if the mean one settles down , I noticed today that one of the other larger boys was putting the mean...

I ordered 25 pullet chicks from cackle, got 25 live chicks one dead in the box.Of the 25 that survived, there were 4 males. Lots of crowing. One of them is VERY aggressive, I have them seaparated from my adult hens, but he is constantly crowing and grabbing the backs of the others necks and...

I have a mixed breed hen that started laying several weeks ago and since her first few eggs, she lays a double yolk egg every day! She is about 25 weeks old and I didn't really expect any eggs to speak of until spring. I don't know what breeds she is , but she lays huge brown eggs. How common...

Don't be too jealous, only one 1 laying so far. Still waiting on the othe 21.

I had a post three or four days ago asking about my 18 week old girls squatting, and was assured that they were getting ready to lay....and as always you guys ere right! Got our first egg three days ago, out in the yard in the dirt, and the last two days she has figured it out and the eggs have...

YAY!!!! I didn't expect eggs this winter at all, because they are just starting to come of age and the weather here is really cold and nasty already. I was told that they may not lay till spring, I hope we are wrong, I'm excited!!!

Forgot to type...they hoisted their rears up also!

It's definately a squat, they held their wings out slightly and shuddered slightly and were VERY still.

I have 22 chickens 6 black star, 5 RIR, 5 barred rock, and 6 new girls that came from someone that had a mixed breed rooster and ended up with too many chicks. My black stars and barred rocks have started crouching when we pet their backs, how long before we see our first eggs??? Any info...

I have 16 3 1/2 month old pullets, 5 RIR's, 5 Barred Rock, and 6 black star. Everything was going great until I got 6 new pullets, 5 are mixed breeds, and three of them are almost as big as mine, two are quite a lot smaller than mine and still peep instead of cluck, one is a very timid buff...

Boy, do I feel stupid! But relieved! It was her navel...thank goodness, and Thanks for the fast answer. She was getting chased around by some of the other chicks that were grabbing at it. We cut it off as short as we could and hopefully she can eat and rest.