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Hello all, My poor duck has an injured foot and I need help determining what it is. We noticed this about 7 - 10 days ago and it has gotten worse since, to the point where she is having a very difficult time walking. They do live in the same pen as my two goats so perhaps the duck was stepped...

***Help*** I need the experience of the chicken community on this one. Over the last couple of days, we have noticed that a few of the eggs that we gather in the morning, are nothing but a yellow liquid with orange chunks in it and it smells horribly (brings new meaning to the term "rotten egg"...

Hello all, I am sad to say that my beloved 1 1/2 year old Easter Egger (Rusty) was found dead today in the chicken coop. I have no idea why? She has appeared in good health - I let them out daily and she has not shown signs of illness. I looked her over to see if any predators got to her but she...

I am not sure if this is an issue or not so what better place to find out?!?!? I had a fly trap (sticky tape) hanging in the covered run and a piece of it broke free and found it's way onto a chicken (my little human chicken - Goldie). It was stuck to her feathers just under her wing ( so with...

I have four 1 week old Jersey Giants and should be recieving 4 Golden Sebrights, 2 Silver Sebrights, 2 white capped black Polish and 2 white capped blue polish tomorrow. My question is, do you think they will be fine together for the first few weeks? This is my first time with bantams and I am...

I have a RR that is about 9 months old and I just noticed that all of her bottom feathers are missing! She doesn't appear to be in any distress and the rest of the flock is fine (10 others, all girls). It doesn't look raw or anything like that. There may be one small area that is slightly red...

I have 4 girls that are currently laying and one has started laying spotted eggs. the last 2 eggs she has laid, look like the one below. What is it and what can I do to prevent it? I give them organic layer pellets for there main meal and supplement with some treats and scratch during the week...

I have 1 of 11 girls currently laying. I used wooden eggs to draw her to the nesting box area, which worked like a charm. My question is can I leave the wooden eggs there until the others begin laying?? At what point would I remove the wooden eggs - when all the girls are laying in the nesting...

Can you wash chickens? What would you use to clean them up? Not sure if I really intend to - just thought I would ask......

I am trying to figure out what kind of feeder I want to purchase next and thought you all could share your opinions with me! Right now, I am using a bucket with some holes cut in in the side - the bucket is only a gallon bucket. The feed gets everywhere! They fling it all over the place! Does...

Just had to share that we finally rehomed our roo yesterday. It actually was quite sad but he is going to a friends house where we can visit when we want - I guess I couldn't ask for a better situation. My family had become quite attached to the little fella, a 18 - 20 week old EE named Firecracker.

I have one girl that has started laying eggs but the other 10 have a couple weeks to go. My question is can I introduce layer feed now. My thoughts are that it would be fine but wanted to ask the pro's.... Thanks..

My Giant/Polish (Miss Wendy) started laying 4 days ago - on the coop floor, run etc.... I had boarded up the nesting box area to prevent the girls from sleeping in it. I unboarded it two days ago and put some wooden eggs in there. The next morning there was another little addition in there as...

I am looking for some unique lighting ideas for the coop. I have electricity nearby in the play house but to run it over to the coop will be challenging. I was looking for some alternative, perhaps something involving solar. I also want to incorporate a timer so I don't know if solar will cut...

I went out yesterday afternoon to tend to the girls and lo behold, there was an egg sitting right on the ground. I was so excited, our first egg!!! It came from Miss Wendy, our Polish/Giant mix so it was a good size for her first egg..... Turn on the egg machine...

I have a Polish/Jersey Giant mix that for the last week, when we go near her, she squats into this somewhat submissive position and let's us easily pick her up. She is such an awesome girl but I am curious where this behavior came from?? We did discover that we have a Roo in the mix about 3...

My little ladies should begin laying soon and I had a question about lining the nesting box floor. As of right now, my nesting boxes are boarded up so the girls don't use it to sleep in. I have a foam mat secured to the floor of each box but wanted to put something on top. I use pine shavings on...

I have been wondering about this so I figure I would let the experts answer it. I have a rooster (for now) so when the little ladies start laying in the next couple of weeks, will the eggs be the same as if the Roo wasn't there at all? An egg, is an egg, is an egg at the beginning, right? I...

I have a beautiful EE Roo that needs a new home. I bought him thinking he was a she! No crowing aloud in my neighborhood. Free to a nice new home! Email with any questions or pictures are wanted - his name is Firecracker. Will be sad to see him go.

So I have had my chickens for a couple of months now and I think that I am closing in on some eggs! I have a few newbie questions. What is the best way to clean the eggs? What is this candling I keep reading about? Does it actually help with making sure the egg is good inside? Any homemade...