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Not sure what is considered "old" for a chicken, but here are mine that are at least 8 years old Daisy Coco Cream

Hello, I have posted a few times about this hen before, she is around 9 years old and a Barnevelder. She has itchy crusty skin a lot of the time and has clumps of crust around the base of all her feathers. When trying to remove the crust, the feather often comes out as if it were barely even...

Hello, I have 4 medium sized hens with mites and I have some ivermectin pour on. Am I correct in thinking I should put 4 drops on their neck once, then again 10 days later? Also how long until I can re-treat? I'm assuming I shouldn't be doing it every 10 days, so how long do I have to wait...

This is Cream (she had a sister called Custard who died a little over 4 years ago) and she is probably around 8 now, she is slowing down a little every year but I think she is still as beautiful as ever and she is the most friendly chicken I have ever owned. I will sit on the bench in the...

Hello, a friend of a friend is moving and they only had one chicken left they were desperately trying to get a home for. I didn't want a new chicken because of bird flu risks etc, but I gave in after asking them to make sure she isn't ill, and am now keeping her isolated. However the moment...

It's hard to explain, it's not her throat but like under her beak? She is quite old and it happened the first time about a week ago, now it's happened about 5 times in the last hour. It is getting caught under the inside of her beak and she cant get it out unless I open her mouth really wide...

I am fairly certain this is favus. I have been using athletes foot cream on her face twice a day for probably almost a month now, and it seems to help, but the moment I miss a day for whatever reason it instantly comes straight back. I have to gently scrape some of it off her face and from her...

Honestly so sick of EYP and salpingitis. Lost so many birds to it over the years. I am assuming breeds that aren't bred for laying have the lowest chances of getting it, but do all chickens still have a chance that it can happen? Most of mine that have had EYP were daily layers and laid pretty...

Hi, I have made a few posts about this particular chicken already, but I thought I would make a new one because I feel like she might have a fungal skin infection? The closest thing I've read about so far is Favus, but her comb and wattles seem unaffected. She is around 8 years old and has a...

Hi, my hen who is around 8 years old is moulting and it's taking a really long time. Last year it took literal months for her to finish. Another hen I have (also around 8 years old) started her moult after she started and has already finished. I posted about her before having lumps in her neck...

She's around 7-8 years old and I am pretty sure she's had them as long as I have had her. First pic is relatively recent, second pic is from over 5 years ago. They seem to be able to float around her eye and move around, so it's not been getting worse but they are just sometimes more visible...

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First two pics is them in 2017 (earliest pics I could find), second pic is them a few days ago. They are moulting so they look rougher than normal but they are always chicken BFFs :D

I have a 7-8 year old hen who has had lumps inside her neck for the past year. She is in general is a good weight and seems happy. There is one big one which varies in size from a grape to a large marble I guess, and a few smaller ones. All are very round. Before I noticed the tumours she had...

Hello, I have 4 hens, 3 of which are old and don't lay often, but I currently have them on layer pellets. I want to switch to flock raiser but I can't find any in the UK. Is it ok to feed them 50/50 grower and layer instead? Would this be more beneficial than just layer?

Having an issue with my ~7 year old hen laying soft shell eggs. She will not eat oyster shell that I try to feed her, although I have seen her eating it on her own previously (they have unlimited access to it). I want to try to give her a calcium supplement, is something like this okay...

The amount of problems I've had this last 6 months with my chickens is so stressful. I had 4 elderly hens and 2 young hens, now 3 elderly hens and 2 young hens. One of them died to sour crop late last year, then another elderly one got a respiratory condition of some sort and is on constant...

Got an ~8 year old hen whose crop hasn't been emptying properly for about a week... She's eating well but I have to empty it a lot because I don't want her getting sour crop :( Ordered a crop bra since her crop feels pendulous and vet says it might be crop stasis. Has anyone had luck with using...

It isn't impacted and her breath doesn't smell sour, but her crop is large and feels like it's filled with water. Does this normally mean there's a blockage, or is this already sour crop?? I've been giving her olive oil in case there's a blockage and she is having Apple Cider vinegar in her...

Viewing a chicken from the top down, is the liver more on the right or the left? I can feel a large hard lump inside the left of a chicken's abdomen who had a vet visit recently. She wasn't doing good but responded well to anti inflammatory medicine. She is old and I'm worried that she might...