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I have a flock of chickens right now, but I'm interested in replacing a few chickens with guinea hens. Someone in the family has a chicken egg allergy (such bad luck!), but thus far guinea eggs are just fine. My chickens aren't free range -- they are confined to a run that's about 140 square...

I just got back from a trip to find one of my chickens in pretty rough shape. I put her in a box and brought her inside, but I'm not sure how best to medicate. Background: - She was lying next to the waterer (which they usually do to keep cool -- I live in Arizona, and the summer is pretty...

Let me start off by saying that I live in the desert, so rain is not usually a problem. I have straw lining the run, which has been working great.... up until now. We had a surprise storm that caused the straw to get soaking wet, and now I can't figure out how to get it dried out again. I...

A few days ago, I noticed that the smallest of my RIR hens had some black spots on her comb. They look like they're from pecking. No matter where she goes, someone will peck her. Even the two non-RIR hens that used to be on the bottom of the ladder are now pecking at her. Even since the past...

I got my first flock over the summer: 12 "Rhode Island Reds." There are 10 I'm confident are actually RIRs, but these two I'm not so sure about. - They are much larger than the RIRs: maybe an inch taller and a good 1-2 inches fatter. I poked their chests once, and there is definitely...

I have a bird who's got a mild cross-beak. It's not too bad in terms of misalignment, but the upper beak is definitely getting WAY too long. She can still eat and drink, but it's getting harder for her to peck at things on the ground. This is her next to a flock-mate. She's a little more...

I recently got a flock of 12 chickens and set up a table-scraps donation bin at work and with friends. There is always grower feed available (they are about 4 months and haven't started laying yet). I sort through the food scraps that I get and discard (compost) whatever is moldy, beyond...

I live in the desert. I've constructed a run with as much shade as I can get, but now that I've actually added the birds, I'm wondering if it's enough! :( So I just got my first flock of 12 young hens the day before yesterday, and a couple of them have been displaying this type of behavior...

Hi all, I'm new to chickens and just got my first flock of 12 (hopefully!) ladies. They're all RIRs. I was watching them yesterday and got a little suspicious of this one because she doesn't act like the others. She's been walking around "supervising" everyone else (although the others...