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two of my chickens (black australorp and black star) have black tips on their combs and black spots on their waddles. One, I noticed, also has like tiny white balls, almost like eggs around her neck... what is this? should I dust with DE?

I have this hen who has been setting on her eggs for months, and they just won't hatch! They are fertile, but she kicks them out about a week too soon to set on the other girls fresh eggs, so they never hatch. What should I do with her?

I want a couple different website, one especially for my farm, but I know how much I have paid in the past for my businesses, and I don't want to go that route. Can anyone give me some pointers and tips on how to create my own? I am a wiz on the computer, so I am ashamed that I don't know how...

My hen was setting, (it's our first time-we're virgin hatchers), she was happily setting on hers and all the other hens eggs, (they all lay in the same nest box-I have no idea why), She was there for about 2-3 weeks. So, then she moved out four eggs, I moved the eggs back in. Meanwhile, the...

Where would I be able to find Lavendr Orps in the US?

I have a hen who is setting (yay!), and the others seem to be involved in protecting her from me, but they have also stopped laying, is this normal? We have had blizzard-like conditions lately too, but I didn't know if all would stop laying when one is setting?

I have had chickens for a year now, and I think my hen is actually setting! The girls all guard the box that she is setting in, and I'm kinda freakin' out! Will I be a chick mama? I can't wait! Is this really gonna happen?

We added 10 more chix! OMG! A little bit of everything...here are some cute pix! This is Stella - Black Astralorp This is my teeny, tiny little light brahama(or so they say), Pumpkin Spice Our little Calfornia White, name Dafne Peanut, the americauna the silver laced wyndotte and the...

My beautiful blue andelusian passed away today suddenly. We loved her very much, and hope that she is happy in chicken heaven...so our love to you, Baby Blue!

My beautiful Blue Andelusian passed away today, she was not feeling well yesterday, and today, when I went to check on her tonight, she was sprawled out on the coop floor. I have no idea what could have happened to her. She had diarreah, but other than that she had no other symptoms. I am...

This will be my first full year having owned chickens, so it's my second season of seeing chicks at the feed stores. I thought after getting my first flock, that I would be happy with the ones I had, but now I feel an addiction coming on. I know every time I walk into that feed store and see...

I posted about my coughing Roo, and can't tell if it's from the DE or a simple cold? I have some Baytril that was prescribed for him in Sept/Oct, so will hit help a cold? Also, is it still good?

I just had a hen that had lice, so I sprinkled Diatomaceous Earth around the coop and run, as well as a little on their backs. I also made a dust bath with it in a cat litter box. Now, I noticed a couple of them coughing last night. Should I get some Rx because it's a cold, or let them out of...

If you feed them meat, won't that start cannibalism? I read a bunch about people giving their sick chickens scrambled eggs

How do you feed diatomaceous earth to them? Do I just mix in 2% with their regular feed? Also, does it act as a de-wormer?

Is it ok to feed cooked rice to chickens?

I have a hen who I think is dying, I noticed she has little yellowish bugs, I assume mites, so do they all have it

She is not moving much, she hasn't been eating, I tried to give her water with a syringe and she jus spit it back out, her belly is very hard, is she laying internally? Help please!!

My hen is just dying, I don't know what's wrong with her, and she' just suffering and slowly dying. I don't want her to suffer any longer, what can I do? Can I put her to sleep, if so, how?

I just got some Brahma hens and they have runny noses, I have had them for about 4 weeks and they have been like this the whole time, they are very healthy otherwise, and laying eggs still