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Hi everyone, I'm so happy to find this thread. I plan to hatch chicks with a broody hen this spring and I think I have everything planned out using information I've read here. The big question I have right now is how I should go about obtaining fertilized eggs (we don't have a roo). Do hatch...

I've read on this forum that if there is a particularly bad "bully", you can isolate that bird for a few days to reduce it's social rank and break up the aggression a little bit. Would you recommend that in this kind of situation, or is it best to see if it will work itself out once the rank is...

Thanks! That makes sense. I like your tagline....I'm new to chickens but want to understand everything I can about them!

I'm wondering what might be going on in our flock. We have 12 young hens (just over 6 months old) that have been raised together since they were chicks. Yesterday afternoon I went to check on them and noticed that one of them had a bloody comb and head. I washed her up and applied blu-kot...

I would guess that clover would be good. It's related to alfalfa but makes for better ground cover. My hunch is that clover is higher in nutrition (based on my precious experience with horses) and easier for them to digest than grass.

I had something similar happen with a pullet. She had a very squishy crop, was very lethargic, had unusual droppings, and stopped eating or drinking. I ended up taking her to the vet. It was not sour crop but she wasn't able to move things past the crop....digestive stasis. The vet said that...

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Sorry you are having these problems. I'm new to chickens myself but had to deal with a sick pullet several weeks ago. In my case, I ended up going to the vet because I had no idea what was wrong with her. The vet gave her antibiotics and I think that saved her life. I would suggest keeping a...

Thanks so much for that tool! I'm new to chickens and have found that there are not many veterinarians that know/care about chickens. I was told by my vet (who has at least owned chickens) that although poultry medicine is a large part of veterinary science, most of the people who study it work...

I'm so glad that I've found this forum! I've learned so much already and probably avoided a lot of problems by reading it. My DH is beginning to worry about me though as I spend a little too much time on this site! A little about me: 1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get...

One last update: It looks like she's going to pull through this. She improved to the point where she didn't want to be in her quarantine cage any longer and would try to push past us when we opened the door. We figured she was strong enough at that point that she could go back outside and it...

What is poly vi sol? Thanks!

Another update: It looks like the injected antibiotics are working. Last night the crop started emptying and she ate some yoghurt. Droppings are looking more normal this morning. She also ate more yoghurt and some of the crumbles and generally looks more perky (standing more than sitting). I...

Update: I decided to take her to the local vet. The vet wasn't a chicken expert but had owned chickens before and most of the assistants that work there also own chickens. She said she'd take a look and see what we could do. I took in a sample of her runny droppings and they looked at it...

First time post here. I didn't think my first post would be in this category but I'm worried about one of my hens. She's been lethargic and uninterested in food all day. I thought it was just because of the heat (been about 85 degrees so not too terribly hot) but tonight I decided to check her...