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Hi all, One of our 3 yo Specked Sussex, Grace, had a large impacted crop Monday (4/5/23) AM so I took her to the vet. since it was probably like this for a few days. Some grass was suctioned out but the tube kept getting clogged with grass-so very little removed. She was given subcut fluids...

Hi everyone, I found a raccoon in our coop about a month ago. Luckily no chickens killed (only because I stayed in the coop until it left). Next AM I called a very reputable wildlife company and they arrived by afternoon and set 3 havahart type traps for over a week and.... nothing. Convinced...

I have 6 SS (3 young) and one Wellsummer (5 yrs old) and 2 Australorps (both 5 months old). The Welsummer is usually quite timid about everything. Today the Welsummer had one of Australorps pinned on the ground and was pecking her head. Two other times in the past few weeks an Austalorp (same...

My SS chicken is bloated, and was taken to the vet. She was prescribed Amoxi-tabs 400 mg twice a day. The pill itself is huge-and looks more like a dog sized dose. We need to cut it into fourths- From what I've found online it seems she would get 22 mg a day (she is about 5 lbs). Even a...

Hi all, This isn't an emergency, but I'm posting in the hope that someone has experienced this and knows what it is. This started last Dec. One day Canela's ankles were swollen- next day another hen had similar swelling, Both went to a local vet who suspected osteopetrosis, and suggested...

Hi all, Long story short we put a second hen (Bridget) down today from what seems to be the same thing. The first one (Lizzie) had a post mortem that showed bad adhesions in her intestines. The second one (Bridget) had numerous unshelled eggs stuck inside that the vets suspected was caused by...

Hi everyone as I posted a few months ago, two of our girls had deformed legs and the vet (and some poultry experts from Cornell) were pretty sure it was osteopetrosis. But leg X-rays of the more affected chicken did not show any enlarged bones, so the vets thought maybe I caught it before the...

Something attacked our chickens today, killing one and we found another one almost dead. Two are missing and we can't find any evidence of them... I brought the injured one inside but she can't keep her head up, although she does move it once in a while so she is at this point alive. There are...

Hi My older hen Lizzie died Tues night from impacted crop and probably other complications. I will post more later about this, after info from the necropsy. She had swollen toes on one foot. The vet looked at it. It did not seem like an abscess. Now one of my younger chickens has very, very...

Our girl, Lizzie, that I thought was struggling with the low temperatures actually has impacted or sour crop. When bringing her inside to check her over some liquid came out of her, so I turned her over and a massive amount of (very smelly) dark brown liquid came out. I did this a few more...

We just trapped our 6th opossum near the compost bin. I thought we could breathe now, but I saw a red fox run through our yard around 7:30 am. When I followed the tracks I found one set and my husband found another set. So there have been at least 2 times the fox has been on our land. The...

When we bought this house it had a coop inside an old barn (concrete floor, real walls, a ventilation window covered with hardware cloth, and two doors) I thought this was great but now looking at coop pictures on BYC I think it's too big and there is no way our chickens can keep themselves at...

My girls molted in and around Sept. We haven't had any eggs from any of them since then. (even the ones who weren't yet molting) It was not cold in Sept or Oct but did get cold in November. Then it warmed again for most of Dec. Can anyone explain why they stopped laying so early, or if there...

We just trapped a 5th opossum on our land and I would love to see photos of coops/runs that are really predator proof. Any info (or photos) of what predators have been unsuccessful at getting to your chickens would also be helpful. Some of you have mentioned keeping chicks safe with bobcats and...

Hi all We had an opossum in the coop two nights ago, which thankfully did not kill any of our chickens. He got in before we closed the door, and my husband discovered him when he went to lock up. I think he was only there a few minutes at best. He walked in the main coop door; our coop is...

Hi Everyone I posted a few days ago about our hen that has egg yolk peritonitis. She's on antibiotics and pain killers and doing very well. Last week when we gave her a bath a few tiny white/flesh colored bugs crawled off of her and onto us. They were tiny, barely visible and round. We are...

We noticed a Saturday AM that a three yr old Speckled Sussex looks like a balloon and was moving very slowly. A few hours later she was lying down when the other 9 were not. I did as much research as I could and decided to give her a bath because her butt was dirty and maybe it was vent...

We suspect bumble foot on our Brahma Lizzie. She has a pink welt between her toes on one foot, and the bottoms looked a little red. Today we soaked her feet for probably 30 mins with warm water and epsom salt, changing the water three times. But when I looked at her feet I saw there were some...

Hi I was searching for breeders and read an old post here that said, "I also know I want pure unadulterated old world breeds." What are the old world breeds? And am I correct in assuming that the large scale hatcheries are kind of the "puppy mills" of the chicken world? I am hoping Sussex...

I just got this from Premier 1 -I do not know anything more about it but since it could affect us I'm posting. Feel free to re-post if it will help. I'm sure there's more info on their website. Fire! Be Careful Where You Buy Fence Energizers A 6 wheel UTV that was destroyed by the fire...