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I would wash it with warm water, and just keep it clean. However just give it time so that healing can take place!

I know that hay mainly will grow moldy or get other fungi in it when its in a high humidity climate... I would personally reccomend using pine shavings.. this is what I use in my coop and my hens LOVE scratching around in it, also it stays dryer and doesnt seem to get moldy or anything like that...

to me it sounds like a deformity in your chicken... I would give it a little time, help her by putting food by her and keep water near by.. sometimes chicks have leg problems that resovle themselves... however if the problem worsens or continues without any improvement, I would recommend the...

Glad to hear you guys separated them for now!!! how old are your new hens?

yah you could get the bedding wet... and normally what I do is use a snow shovel to scrape up my bedding stuff! Yah I use soap in my coop and it works great!! :) Glad it helped!

Yah it sounds like your coop is well suited for your chickens! and it sounds like they do just like sleeping on the floor!! like mine!! :)

she looks like a buff orpington to me, I have 2 of them and one has darker feathers the other lighter, i think its just slight color variations in feather color. either that.. which i think is right, or she could be a golden sex link! they look similar!

to be quite honest. water, soap and alot of elbow grease will do a perfectly fine job... get one of those multiple choice squirter things, make sure it has "jet" as an option. that should do a really good job, especially if your chickens were healthy. My dog walks around the chicken area all the...

1. she may be lonely, or because of the sudden change in her environment she has stopped laying because of stress of change! 2. she may be molting 3. some chicken breeds only lay eggs once in a while, I'd check on the laying habits of your chickens breed... Hope that helps a little! Good luck!

Oops sorry, the same goes for quails and other birds as well!! :)

very common, each chicken has different sizes... also a chickens first few eggs will be much smaller than usual, I had a couple of my chickens lay eggs that were the size of a small bouny ball and now they have extra large eggs. also along with individual chickens laying different size and...

Hi there and welcome to BYC! Molting is really hard on chickens... normally chickens molt in the spring and in the fall.. this is to get their warmer feathers for winter and their lighter feathers for summer. Your chickens will probably molt at around 1 year... most often you can expect all...

There is no need to deworm them, as really they have had hardly any chance to get worms. One way to know if your chicken has worms is by their eggs. If they have poop on them, its time to deworm.. if you are going to deworm, only needed at least 2 times a year... plus I'd wait until they've been...

also forgot to add: as in regards to getting better when free range... I'd have to say... Possibly, however, if that bully chicken isnt shown its not ok to corner the other, they will still do it when free range. although it may be fewer times... because of all the distractions.. but problems...

I have introduced new chickens into my flock so many times I can't remember how many!! First I'm going to ask.. how did you introduce them to your current flock? When I first owned chickens I ended up being the lucky owner of 3 roosters. I later introduce 3 hens to the group after my roosters...

Hi I have owned chickens for 6 years and many of my girls sleep either on the floor under the nest boxes, or even on top of my nesting boxes. Somethimes I think they just dont like sleeing on a roost. However there could be a couple things to check. 1. Height and location of roost.. a...

Thanks everyone for all the information. I'm going to do a thourough examination of all my hens when I clip their wings this week. I'm hoping to find out what the problem is! I fed my chickens a pumpkin from my garden. seeds and all, they've been munching on that the last week and their egg...

Hello Everyone, I have owned chickens for going on 6 years and have had alot of experience with them.. how ever this recent happening has caused me some head scratching. My chickens seem to be losing weight... I have no Idea why... they have a constant supply of feed, bugs, grass, and fresh...