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Moldy bedding? Hadn't thought of that, but we did take all the bedding out of the chicken shed as soon as we found the sick chickens. Our fresh straw is very clean and dry. They all are acting and sounding better, but we found another one with congestion yesterday. She seems to be responding...

Internet trouble and couldn't reply. I found the "sick" hen on Sat. We went out and checked the others, and found 2 more. One doing the wheezing and stretching her neck, one roo with rattling congestion. We brought them in the house, put them in the tub and turned on the vaporizer. That...

Went out to the chickens this morning and found our almost-2yo Buff Orpington hen raising her head like she was crowing, but a wheezing hiss sound coming out. Her crown and "gobble" are a funny color, too. We brought her up to the garage. It's like she has laryngitis. Her crop is empty, so...

Mine all do it, too. Last year one of mine was doing it--leg and wing--and my mom was so sure it was dead or dying, she made me poke it with a stick! It is awfully funny-looking!

Last year my dh skinned the chickens. He did not dunk them and they did not shred. He just bled them, then skinned them. HTH:)

Not long ago I read on here not to eat or freeze your chickens the same day as they are butchered, but to refrigerate a couple days. Last year we butchered, then immediately put them in the freezer. I wouldn't admit it then, but they were kind of stringy. Last Wed. we butchered 2 and put...

Hi! We had a hen go broody awhile ago, and my ds put a plastic Easter egg in the nest for her. One day I walked in the barn and noticed she wasn't in the nest. I looked in, and the egg had cracked open. She had "hatched" her egg and her broody spell was over! We have a very broody one now...