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I have an 7 month old Easter Egger (Ameraucana /Araucana) she has been successfully laying 1 egg a day for 1 month and still continues. Today I noticed her comb was shriveled. She seems in good spirits and I pick them up everyday and just noticed it this morning. She had flown my fence and i...

Thank you all so much. The pictures were great. My nest boxes are built into my new coop so I guess I don't need to worry about sloping anything. I was clearly confused about the info I was receiving prior to this thread. Thank you all for clearing this up for me.

I'm building a new chicken coop and a lot of the books say to build the nesting boxes floors on a slope to make the area uncomfortable for hanging out and possible using as a bathroom area. I cant find notes on which side to slope. Would it be slopped down at the back of coop area or toward the...

I really think she hurt her wing in the new coop by jumping around. She was fine until we moved her outside at 8 weeks. I just really need her to drink that water so I will be calling Durvet tomorrow to see if I can put it in her food.

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Well I spoke to soon last night i found more air/ gas under her left wing. The area was hot to the touch I'm thinking this is where the injury is. I released the pocket of air and she is still in good spirits. She is living inside for a while until her wing heals. I'm having a lot of...

I just released a lot of air from Henny's breasts and neck area with an 18G hypodermic needle. She is on tetracycline powder for 5 to 7 days just in case there was an injury that I could not find. I will check my little chicken balloon everyday and give her e squeeze if she needs it. Thank you...

Thank you for all the ideas. Just got done trick or treating with my little one so Henny will be first on my list in the morning. She was still the same this afternoon. I will do some research, try some things out and let you know how she does. I am grateful for all your knowledge.

Hello All, I'm a new chicken mommy and we have 4 healthy 9 week old chickens and 1 9 week Buff Orpington who is still eating, drinking, and running around happily but seems sick. Her chest/ Breast area seems to be filling with fluid. I pick all my girls up every day and look them head to toe...