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I have 4 chickens and have noticed that one of my chickens sounds like she is gargling, sneezing a bit and a possible cough? My husband said that her legs look a brighter yellow also. I only noticed this today but my husband said that he heard the gargling sounds a couple of days ago. She is...

Hi, my Australorp is brooding at the moment and has been brooding for about 3 weeks now. I have tried to get her over it by placing her in a bucket of cool water but it's not working and now all her feathers on her belly area have fallen out. What should I do??? I get her out of the coop and...

Thank you so much I will do that!

Hi, I've noticed this morning that one of my chickens had a very serious limp when she walked. I had a further look and her middle Toe looks broken or injured somehow. I don't know how you can tell if it's broken? It's not swollen or bleeding just very flexible compared to her other toes. I...

I have four chickens and one of my chickens for about the last week has been laying eggs with blood all over it?? She is about 2 years old and it's never happened before. I'm starting to get a bit concerned as it started off as just a smudge but now its alot. When I look at her behind it's all...

Terryg, thanks so much for the link above, it answered alot of my questions!! Do you know if is it normal for chickens to poop in their coop?? I read somewhere that chickens never poop where they sleep and lay eggs. My girls poop all over their coop and I am constantly cleaning it out...is...

I currently introduced 2 new chickens to my 2 existing chickens, which didn't go as well as I had hoped!! My existing chickens didn't take to the new ones at all and pecked at the littlest one every chance they got. I ended up separating 2 sections in the coop so that they couldn't get to...

Thank you all for your replies, I am going to try the pennies in the can and also separating the little ones for a few weeks, until they get more comfortable. Does putting an aggressive bird in 'time out' for a few days change their personality? Also can I put 2 aggressive birds in 'time out'...

I have 2 chickens that are about 10 months old. I recently brought 2 more chickens from a hatchery, they are 16 weeks old, one is quite smaller than the other. I was told that they would be ok to be put intogether, however my existing 2 are really pecking and bullying the smallest one...