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Quick update on Ruby - she's seems to be doing better! She's more active and responsive than she's been in the past few days. I think we may be able to attribute her good health to: (1) having a whole byc chicken worry about her needs; (2) having cooler weather recently; (3) water containing...

She is such a pretty and precious girl! You are very lucky to have such love in your heart for your girls!

Ruby did get some shelled sunflower seeds lately, and it wasn't really a LOT of seeds. So I am dubious of having fed her too much. But, just to be safe, no more sunflower seeds! There isn't a bird feeder or anything like that around. Yesterday, I did feed her a mixture of sour cream /...

A couple of days ago, Ruby has been lethargic and her little head has been very close to her body. So we quarantined her. Since then, we have noticed that her poo looks funny. It looks like there are dark (almost black) seed-like shapes in her poop (think canteloupe seed). She's really...

I did notice that her comb appears to have a lost a little luster - does this mean something?

I got little Ruby as a hen in April or so. And when I first got her, she laid an egg a day. But in the past couple of weeks, her egg laying slowed to about one per two or three days. And she hasn't laid an egg in this past week. Is there any creedence to hens laying differently when the...

My little Ruby is usually a very social and curious bird. But - since yesterday, she's been acting very lethargic and slow. She doesn't greet me when I go visit her (unusual), and her little head appears to be very close to her body (like she doesn't want to stick out her neck). She is moving...

Hello, BYC forum! My name is Amy, and use the user name of Ruby, Greedy, and Prissy - they're the names of my precious little hens. I'm happy to be joining the community of chicken owners!