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I have a 6 month old Barred Rock hen who I noticed was walking around as though drunk. I brought her in and checked for injuries but can't see or feel anything. She is otherwise acting normal, eating and pooping, etc. It's just as though her left leg doesn't work very well. When I pick her up...

The mom of the blond one is a buff orpington, the dad is a ginormous colorful rooster (not sure of the breed but he's the beast amongst his hens in one of the pictures). The mom of the brown one is an ameraucana. Roo or Hen? The daddy roo is in the middle there.

I have 1 roo with 5 different ladies. My silkie is laying on 10 eggs which should hatch next week. How will I know which breed the chicks are?

I have one very large rooster and 5 hens of various sizes. I read that you should have at least 10 hens per rooster and now I see why. Their feathers are starting to disappear off their backs from over mating (I assume). Other than that they all act normal. Do I need to separate him and if so...

I have a silkie who has been laying on eggs for a few days. I moved them into a different nesting box because the other hens were crowding her. She didn't take the move to well and went back to her original spot, sans eggs. So the eggs were sitting in the other nesting spot all night and part of...

I have an Americauna hen that is just about a year old. I came out today and saw her walking like a penguin, dragging her butt on the ground. I picked her up and below her vent is swollen. I followed some advice on the forums and gave her a warm bath, felt inside the vent for an egg, but...

I bought 4 chickens from someone and one of them she told me was a 3 month olf Ameraucana. Well, that was in May and she hasn't laid a single egg and is HUGE. Not only is she huge, she has thick, feathery feet (legs). Her legs are three times as thick as the other two. (see pics) Any...