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Hi All! I have a 7 month old Speckled Sussex that I raised from a chick. I have always handled her (and her brooder mate) regularly, as I do ALL of my hens. However, lately, life has gotten insane (think Merrimack Valley Gas Explosion insane..and 62 days without gas) and I haven't handled her as...

I would love some input. I have an 18 month old BO, bottom of the pecking order, who, my guess, has been run off the food AND water by the other 5. I didn't catch it til last evening when I went to check on all and close the coop that I found her under the ramp unable to walk. She is extremely...

I have 2 Barred Rocks that are 2.5 yrs old. Both have gone through their molts. One is further ahead in recovery of it than the other, but all feather dropping from them pretty much ceased, and their new feathers are mostly in. The first one started the beginning of Oct. I also have 2- 18 month...

Hi All I need help. I'm not sure what else to do. I figured out my BO probably has Cocci. See below.... I know it's not a great shot, but this is her most recent poop, about 20 min ago. The sun bleaches out the color...believe me it is very yellow and mucousy. No blood. She seemed to rally a...

After much super sleuthing, I figured out my ailing hen has coccidiosis. I have mixed up the Corid in the water and am treating the whole flock. She will eat some wet oatmeal if I offer it to her. Yesterday, I hand syringed water into her several times before I got the poop that flagged the...

Hi All! I have a BO that's a bit under the weather and getting worse. She stopped laying about 3 weeks ago. She had a mild case of bumble foot, which I successfully extracted and treated with no adverse effects. She continued to lay through 1/2 of that treatment, then stopped. Healing was very...

I haven't quite seen this question asked so I'm going to throw it out there. I am allowed 6 chickens total. Having lost 1 this winter, and 1 2 wks ago, I plan on purchasing 2 new chicks, as I currently have 4. I have 2 BR's, one of which is head hen, 1 BO (#2 hen), and 1 White Rock who is low...

Doing my normal health check and saw this: She is missing feathers in all areas, and the back near the vent looks a bit crusty. Dusted her, she began her worming treatment this a.m. with Safeguard. Mites, lice, molting?? She has never molted and is a year old. She also tends to be on the...

What causes a perfectly healthy chicken to just up and die?? Liddy is, or now was, only a year old. I just found her dead in the coop. She laid yesterday, acted perfectly normal, ran around when free ranged, went into the coop just fine last night. My hencam shows her alive at 9:02 p.m. last...

Looking for input following a bout of what I believe was Coccidiosis. My hen was pretty sick last Mon and from what I could tell from this site, it was probably Coccidiosis....yellow runny poop, lethargic, dilated pupils, a bit of stumbling, not walking around, just sleeping on the roost bar...

Happy March! And with it, comes a LOT of melting! Boston had an insane snowfall this year, and a normally dry area is now flooded....which is now the run. Since I am 1500 miles away caring for my mom, my family shoveled 4 feet of snowbank away from one run wall. One more needs to be cleared...

Happy March! And with it, comes a LOT of melting! Boston had an insane snowfall this year, and a normally dry area is now flooded....which is now the run. Since I am 1500 miles away caring for my mom, my family shoveled 4 feet of snowbank away from one run wall. One more needs to be cleared...

I have 2 BRs that decided to molt during this incredibly snowy and cold winter we are having in the Boston area. Essie is molting the worst. Her companion has decided to pluck out the new pins/feathers around the back of her neck. Caught her at this this morning. Leaves a little blood...

I grow my own wheat grass, here in the house. Recently, I purchased a 25LB bag that poorly germinates. The manufacturer was aware and kindly replaced it with a new seed. However, I am left with this huge bag and I hate the thought of throwing it out! Other than the fact that it poorly...

Here's a weird one. I have 3 BR's, all 22 weeks, 2 of which are laying. The one, Annabelle, is not only not laying but still looks like a teenager. If I had to peg her level, based on the other 2, she is 8 weeks behind in development from the others. Mid August, the other 2 suddenly began to to...

By its tail??? Is this safe?? A bit like closing the barn door after the horse is out but, someone who has been chicken keeping for 20+ years uses this method to snag her chickens. One of mine wouldn't come with the shaker scratch bottle, so I had to catch her. She was really evasive and this is...

Wow! I just spent about 45 minutes "introducing" 2 new younger chicks to my existing 14 wk olds (4 of them). The chicks are 6.5 weeks old, have been in a grow out pen within the run the others are in. Looks like this: They have been side by side for 12 days. When free ranging, the chicks are in...

I have looked at other threads about this subject, but would like to see if any other input can be offered. I have 2, 5 week old chicks that have spent the last 5 days in a grow out pen within the main run, in order to let the flocks get to know each other....I also have 4 thirteen week old...

I could really use some behavioral input. Here's the story. On July 3rd, my then 9 week old chickens (there are 4, all hand raised from day old) experienced their first thunderstorm. It was also their first experience with rain. The storm was violent. A microburst exploded above their heads...

Put those little labels under my name as others have??? For example, some have "Out of the Brooder", or "Just Hatched" and I can't figure out where to do that. Thanks a bunch!