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I went in to put my hens away for the night and found one of my hens hunched half in half out of the nesting box. I took her out and she was lethargic at first so I put her under the heat lamp. Inside the box was a broken, soft shelled egg and this thing. It kind of looks like a chick fetus but...

Hey, about a week ago, my barred rock started limping around slightly. I left it alone thinking she had just jumped of the perch weird that morning. It got gradually worse until I had to seperate her because she has always been near the bottom of the pecking order and if the others started...

I just spotted these weird spots on my hens foot and on her other foots toe. I read an article about bumble foot and how to deal with it awhile ago and the one on the sole of her foot sounds like the "ominous black scab" that the article talked about. As for the toes, I have no idea what they...

Hey, I have a full grown hen who had an earlier health issue. She recovered but was very weak. As a result, she was quickly demoted to the bottom of the pecking order and was being picked on all the time. I put her with my 13 week old chicks who are in a separated part of the coop for a...

I recently ordered 5 chicken drinking cups. They are basically little orange cups with a lever inside. When the chickens move the lever with their beak, water comes out. It's actually pretty nifty and I rigged up a pvc waterer to screw them into. The only problem is that they haven't figured out...

HI, my hen (Luna) is usually one of the friendliest chickens and always ran up to meet me and always made her distinctive sound\screech. Lately all she has been doing is coming out in the morning and going over to the same corner of her run. She sits down and dozes all day. She doesn't make...