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Hello. An area of my yard has been covered in lead paint chips from an old door that was left out. I've tried to pick out as many as I can, but many have already broken down and mixed with the soil. Is this level of lead dangerous to my birds? How does one go about removing contaminated soil?

Hello. I've kept chickens in Brooklyn for 11 years, and today for the first time ever I saw two raccoons in the chicken coop, trying to catch the chickens. My father heard them and chased off the 'coons, but now I need to raccoon proof their house. The fence is re-bar with chicken wire, closed...

Hello. I have six city hens, and they molted as normal in the autumn, but now two of them have lost large numbers of feathers. One has a completely bare neck and the other a large bald spot in the hollow behind the neck. I've looked for mites/lice by checking their faces (where I saw them the...

Hello. I have a medium sized coop with six lovely hens. Recently, however, I've been having some trouble with their bedding. I'm using straw, but the problem is that the hens keep (intentionally or unintentionally) kicking it out of the coop into their run, which is dirt. Herein lies the rub...

I have a middle aged Cuckoo Marans, named Willis, who seems to have become constipated recently. Over the last few days, she keeps standing still and flaring her feathers around the vent, but she is unable to actually pass anything. She's also been doing the "emu sit", sitting down with her...

Last week, one of my Americanas who was very old got sick and died. (https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/882477/old-chicken-with-diarrhea-lethargy-not-eating-or-drinking) Now, it seems that my pair of Cuckoo Marans are sick. They're displaying most of the same symptoms, including diarrhea...

I have an almost 9 year old Americana who has recently stopped eating or drinking and stayed on top of the coop with diarrhea, taking only short steps. She appears to keep going through the motions of trying to poop, and is moving her beak in a "chewing" motion. I recently introduced two new...