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I have a 5 year old hen who is suffering from water belly. It's to the point where the sack is no longer soft and squishy but its hard and she is not moving very much. We have talked about culling her, but for having chickens as long as we have had them, we have never had to do this. My...

This was a first. Opened up two eggs and found this stringy white thing. Chalaza??? Any ideas? New laying hen.

This one is 13 weeks old. Any guesses? I know Delawares are hard to tell

My sweet cochin...what is happening back here? It looks like a swollen testicle sack. She had poop stuck in her feathers so I gave her a spa day and let her soak in warm water for about 10 minutes. I cut away the poops and when she came out this is what she looked like. 😳 What is going on...

After 8 years, we realized the girls needed a sunroom. Their regular coop was mostly in the shade, so we decided to add a little room. We always dig a trench and lay cement pavers and cap them off with larger cement pavers. My husband is always willing to help me out with my crazy ideas...

I’m thinking pullets for all, but what do you think? 1. Salmon Faverolle 2. Delaware 3. SLW 4. Blue Cochin

Picked up this beautiful EE but curious if anyone has had one this color and what she may look like as an adult. She does not look anything like our previous EE’s. I would love to see your pics. Thanks!

4 week old Salmon Faverolle. What do you think? Pullet or roo?

This one might be a little early to tell. She was the largest when we got her 4 weeks ago and now she is the smallest and least feathered. I know Cochins take longer to feather. Pullet or roo?

I don’t know if anyone would be interested but on our third time raising baby chicks we have finally found a brooder that seems to work. We have an extra bathroom in our house with a shower. We usually place our large dog crate in there but this time my son came up with a good idea. We got a...

4 week old Salmon Faverolle. What do you think? Pullet or roo?

Anyone familiar with the Penedesenca breed? My chick is about 4 weeks old and showing a comb and wattles but I also know hens have a rather large comb and wattles. What do you think? Pullet or roo?

Can anyone help? One of my hens, she is about 3 yrs old, has these white bumps which are hard on her upper beak along with her eye which seems swollen and behind the eye. It is only on this one side. (Her feathers look wet because I was wiping her down). Any ideas would be helpful. Many thanks.

My girl started acting a bit funny today. She didn't hang out with the others and sat in the grass and acted as if she was going to take a nap. I watched her for awhile and she would walk a bit and then do the same. I decided to put together the makeshift infirmary in the bathroom after...

Hi. I am hoping someone can help me. Just today one of our 3 year old hen started acting lethargic. She is struggling to stand so she's laying her head is dropping down as she lays. She's also been having diarrhea. I checked to see if she was egg bound and felt nothing. I did place her in...

I currently have 7 hens, three are 5 years old and the others are 1 year old. Two of my 5 year old hens are currently broody, a silkie and an EE. This is the first time for the EE and she has taken to laying in the nest on top of the broody silkie and treating the silkie like her chick. She...

Are standard Cochin eggs on the small size compared to other breeds? My Cochin lays relatively small eggs for her size. My BR's laid much larger eggs for about the same size bird. Thoughts?

I have a 31 week old EE that hasn't started laying...yet. My previous experience with EE's had them laying at around 26-28 weeks. I'm thinking any day, but she isn't even squatting. What do you think??

My Cochin is changing. I had posted a while back asking if we were a hen or roo. Everyone said hen, but now I hope you will look again because today at 12.6 weeks old I have noticed that she is looking different than my other Cochin hen. She has longer tail feathers and she is starting to get...

Hi! I have these two 9 week old pullets...I think and was checking in to see what the rest of you think. One is an EE the other is a buff brahma. Do we look like pullets to you? [/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]