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I accidentally fed my girls moldy grass today (I think), not realizing it. before bed their crops were spongy so that was very weird, so I was thinking about it while out and what could be wrong. I came home and smelled the fodder and it smells moldy some. Is there anything I can do to help...

Hi Frozen Peeps, I thought it would be nice to start a thread for those of us who live in cold weather climates. It goes without saying that raising chickens in colder climates comes with its own set of struggles. We could share/commiserate on what we are going through, our trials...

I thought maybe we could share and get some good ideas from each other what we have in ours and what we like to keep on hand "just in case". I'll start: Dish pan (for soaking chickens in water / epson salt) epson salt scissors knife paper towels towels Blu-kote Calcitrate calcium tablets...

Hi, so I de-wormed my chickens with safeguard, now one is puffed up and sleeping and not eating. I gave them a dose a day for 5 days, 1/2-3/4cc depending on the size of the chicken. she got 1/2cc as she is small. She seemed fine yesterday (last dose day). Today she is lethargic and sleeping...

I have one chicken which I've been dealing with for a few months now, runny poo, slow crop emptying, rubber eggs. As a last resort i'm going to try and see if deworming her will work, as i've tried about every thing else. I have Safe-guard (fenbendazole) Dewormer for goats, suspension 10%...

Well, for those that worry about their chickens outside at 32F, don't worry. I opened the pop door and they all still came out of the coop like they were exiting a clown car. Here they are at -7, out in the run. They do not seem to be having an issue. My run is blocked on 3 sides from the wind...

Fi was/is ill :(. Fi is a Gold Comet. I have a mixed flock of 6, 2 silver laced, 2 easter eggers, 1 buff orpington, and Fi. Fi just started laying a couple of weeks ago as did the silver laced and the buff orp at 18-19 weeks, we got some nice small eggs from her, then one day about a week ago...