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Hello. I have a leghorn hen that is continually being egg bound then laying soft shelled eggs. I give her shell grit that she continually has access to and give her calcium supplement every now and again. Tonight she laid an egg with a really long soft shell! I'm attaching a photo hopefully it...

Hi all I have a white leghorn who has been egg bound twice now (she is only 1 yr old). Both times I have managed to massage the eggs out. The first time it was one egg and it was just about ready to come out but very dry (this time I believe she had worms) I have treated her religiously for...

Hi all I have 2 ex battery hens (got them just over a week ago) yesterday i noticed that the comb of one of them is going blue on the tips . It is winter where I am but still gets up to about 24 degrees cecluis in the day so it isnt freezing at all. I am still bringing them inside at night to be...

My chicken has been laying for 4 months now without missing a day and she has now not laid an egg for 2 days. It is summer where I live and is pretty hot! Is this something to worry about???

Please help to let me know if i should be worried about this black blister on my hens foot? I first noticed it on my white leghorn this morning but i then checked my ISA brown and she has one too...

Hello I have found some strange blood blister looking things on my hens comb. Does anyone know what they are?? I know it is kind of hard to see in the photo but they are like little tiny lumps that look like blood blisters. That is the only part of her comb that has it. I noticed them on Friday...

I have tried to upload photos to this post but I am not sure if they have worked. Anyway my white leghorn hen has a bent toe on each foot and I am wondering if they are broken or if this is normal? she doesn't seem to be in any pain. Please let me know if I should be concerned

My hens are about 25 weeks old and have been laying for about 2 weeks. the brown one has laid every day and the white one has skipped 2 days in the 2 weeks. their personalities are quite similar. very friendly (though I raised them from babies). they can both be very loud especially when they...

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Hello I have 2 chickens that are now 19 weeks old (not yet laying) My brown chicken is probably twice the weight of my white one and i am wondering if this is normal? They both seem healthy, they seem to eat well and poos are healthy looking. I have noticed the white one eats of the ground alot...

Hello I have another question... One of my chickens pooped water this morning. There was nothing else in it just water. They seem ok other than this, playing and eating. Is something wrong?? Could it be because they hasn't eaten all night? They are only 10 weeks old.

Hello My chickens were out yesterday and have been eating long strands of grass (4 inch long) I didn't know that they weren't suppose to do this and now I am worried. Could someone please let me know what signs to look out for if something is wrong? Their poo has looked a bit dry lately is this...

Hello I have two 5 week old chicks. Their brooder is currently about 70 degrees farrenheit. It is winter where I live and the nights get down to about 50-60 farrenheit (sometimes colder). I tried turning their heat lamp off when it was 65 degrees in the house but they just freaked out! I dont...

Hi all I have two 4 week old chicks. They have quite alot of feathers now and are getting bigger but it is going into winter where I live where the nights have been about 10 degrees celcius (sorry not sure what that is farrenheit...) It gets up to about 23 degrees during the day but I am at work...

Hi everyone I got 2 new baby chicks last week. Unfortunately one died yesterday, the pet shop didnt know why... They gave me a new baby and yesterday said she was healthy etc. They are about 1 week old. The new chick is very lethargic and alot lighter than the other, I have to wake her up to...