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For about a week, my hen, which is at least seven years old, has stopped leaving its roost by itself for (I think) all but one day. This has meant that I have had to enter its hutch and remove the hen from its roost by myself. And after I do, the hen often produces a dropping which is really big...

Today I received a five-month-old Maine Coon cat that was 'finally' able to be flown to me from its breeder in the South Island because of the Level 3 lockdown ending. I didn't realise how stupid of an idea it was until I actually received the cat, and I regret buying it, but at this stage it is...

I have a five-year-old black sex link hen who has had recurring scaly legs for about two years. My only other remaining hen has never had bad scaly legs, and the hen that I had that got euthanised in August never got bad scaly legs, either. This hen is almost always energetic and a vigorous...

One of my hens (a five-year-old black sex link) had a Suprelorin implant almost two weeks ago, because an x-ray by a vet revealed that the hen has a calcified lump inside her oviduct. The implant was necessary to prevent the hen from laying any more. I was given ten Carprieve pills for pain...

Today, one of my remaining 4½-year-old black sex link hens had to be put to sleep due to profound anaemia. It was a shock to me that she had this condition; she was the healthiest hen that I have owned so far, and she never contracted any common illnesses. In the days leading up to her passing...

For about a week, I have noticed that one of my hens (four-year-old black sex link) has been showing an unusual lack of interest in food, and is less active in general. I don't know why. She is currently recovering from a bad case of scaly legs, but that never got in the way of her eating...

Starting perhaps a month ago, one of my hens (a five-year-old black sex link) started having unusual laying behaviours. Now, whenever she goes to her laying place (every second day, I think), she leaves behind either no egg or an egg with a thin shell. More recently, I have noticed that a...

Twice recently, I have seen one of my hens (five-year-old black sex link) go into her nesting place for a while (which always resulted in her producing an egg in the past), but have found nothing there afterwards. Does this mean that she has become an internal layer? I have yet to see any...

A heat wave is currently occurring where I live and one of my hens (five-year-old black sex link) is not taking it very well. I first noticed her behaving abnormally yesterday; she was idling (standing) a lot, ate nothing except raw egg, and her comb looked paler. I gave her some nutri-drops and...

Does anyone know a fast way to fix a crop disorder that isn't too dangerous to the survival of your chickens? Today I found out that one of my hens definitely has a crop disorder; I checked her crop in the morning and it was full. This makes sense, because I had recently thought that she was...

I am interested in getting golden blonde flaxseed/linseed for my chickens, but what I have found online suggests that feeding it to chickens can be risky. This link says that feeding chickens flaxseed/linseed can delay how long it takes for them to die of ovarian cancer...

I have three black sex link hens; one is five years old and the other two are four years old. In the past, I always thought that one of my hens sitting down in any place that wasn't for nesting or dust-bathing was cause for concern; namely I thought that this meant that my hens had worms...

Today I found that two of the eggs in the place where all three of my hens lay their eggs had yolk on them. I would like to know how likely it is that this means that one of my chickens has EYP. Two of my hens have each had a recent visit to an avian vet for possible respiratory infections; one...

For some reason, one of my hens has recently started wandering beyond the backyard to parts of my property that I don't feel comfortable with her visiting. There is a busy road in front of my property and today this hen went very close to my collection of active rat traps; most of which could...

Yesterday, while keeping a close watch on one of my other hens, which has been receiving prescription antibiotics and has almost recovered, I noticed that a different hen had suddenly become sick. She was hunched over, so I forced her to drink water treated with Aviverm (broad-spectrum...

Three days ago I noticed that one of my chickens wasn't walking around; instead, she was just standing in one place. Seemingly, she had worms again. This particular chicken had had worms twice before, and had acted like this both times. The following day, I squirted some water with expired...

Last week I spent most of the week on a trip that was mandatory for one of my university courses, and I returned on Saturday. The following morning, I was surprised to see that one of my chickens was missing a large amount of its feathers. No part of its body was completely naked, but the lack...

I have a feeling that my rabbit is obese. Its diet mainly consists of mixed pellets. It is also given some vegetables, and grass on occasion. I know that trying to feel its ribs would be a better way to determine obesity, but the rabbit can't stand being touched. I know that the photos look...

Earlier this year, my sole goldfish died, leaving me with a large half-full container of Nutrafin Max goldfish flakes. Because I can't think of anything else to do with the flakes (I'm not getting another goldfish and I don't want to throw them out), I'd like to know whether or not it's safe to...

I have had a bad past when it comes to taking care of rabbits, and I have not cared about them nearly as much as I should have, but this is a case of rabbit care that I intend to take seriously. Early this year, I had three rabbits in total; two of them have since died. Neither rabbit died of...