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But I don't think we have any foxes in the area. I live in the suburbs. The pullet was actually only 4 months old (I mistakenly thought we purchased them as baby chicks in May. Actually, they were born in mid Aug). So she was still pretty small. Are there any other options of what could have...

In the past couple of days, we have been letting our chickens run free in the backyard because it's been so cold recently (and their coop is in a shady area). But today, I let them out and was gone for approximately 10minutes but when I came back, our white barred rock hen who is only about 7...

One of my 6 chickens has become very dirty for the past 1 month. She's otherwise healthy. I feel so sad looking at her because she looks so dirty! She has very dirty feathers. And her feathers are not shiny... I know that she did accidentally broke an egg and it got on her. This may be linked...

I don't know how to better describe this but one of my hens are laying eggs that are soft on one side. Here is a picture. What can be causing this malformation of the egg shell and how can I go about treating this problem? Thank you all in advance.

Thank you so much for the reply. Should I be vaccinating the other hens? We currently have 3 more of the same age and 2 that are about 5 weeks old. I don't know if they already have the viral infection, however. They are not yet showing the scabs.

Note the abnormal area on the beak.

I don't currently have any pictures to upload yet but there are strange growths on my chicken's beak! We were looking online for what it could be and a possibility is fowlpox. Is that really common? Is it dangerous? Is it spreadable from chicken to chicken? I don't want our chickens to die! :(...

The legs are white.

I went back to the place I got them and it turns out the light one is a barred rock. I though most were black and white but I guess some are white? Well, can someone help sex the chick? Does the white rock have sexing pattern similar to the barred rock chicks with the spot on the head?

I know the darker one is an EE but don't know about the other. Can someone help me out?

I currently have 4 chickens and they are about 1year and 2 months old. I want to add 2 more to this flock and am wondering what the best age to integrate them into the flock would be. Is it possible to give a few chicks to a broody hen and she might take care of them? I have no idea how this...

I've heard that the maximum lifespan of a chicken is 30 years! I would have never guessed that they live so long! Just curious, what was the oldest chicken you have ever had?

Thank you for the input, Keltara and Azygous! Because we didn't have time to go buy a crate last night, we just removed the nesting box and any other box she could sit in...so she had to sit on the perch and sleep. And this morning, we realized that IT WORKED! She's not broody anymore!!!! We...

Thank you for the input, Keltara. I was thinking the same...that I might have to use this method. What kind of crate (size/etc) and what kind of fan should be used? Is there an alternative to a crate? Do we need to give her food/water and or nesting material? Or let her sit on the wires? Also...

Just to update... This is exactly what happened :) She started laying a few weeks later.

I have 4 hens I bought as tiny chicks last May. Since then, they have become very nice little hens but about 1.5weeks ago, I noticed that one of them would just sit in the nesting box all day! And not do anything else. After some initial search, I figured that she had become broody. But I have...

Turned out a girl! Got our first blue egg this week.

So I bought 4 pullets back in May. Last week, one of them, a buff orphington, which was actually older than the other 2 started laying eggs. The other two, which are EEs, started laying eggs this week. The other buff orphington which is the same age as the first buff has not yet started laying...

So glad to hear that! Hopefully we get some nice eggs soon!!!

The hackle like feathers are actually not pointy. The black dots on them make the feather look pointy. We love this chicken! She's really sweet.