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if it's a pecking problem, is it normal that all the chickens would have missing feathers like that? even the one doing the pecking? more importantly, what do i do about it? i think i read someone's posts that said isolate the pecking offender for a while to establish a new pecking order. yes...

thanks for the thoughts. i'm realizing now that i posted my question on superbowl sunday, so i'm wondering how many folks read the message board. i cleaned out the coop on sunday afternoon and treated for mites just in case. i've looked the last two nights for little critters, but haven't seen...

So I've been reading some older posts trying to figure this out and thought I'd add a few more details. It is all 6 of my chickens in the big coop. They all started doing this after they began laying. Their personalities have not changed. My buff orpington and my RIR (the two pictured) are...

Shortly after my hens started laying, some of them began loosing their fluffy little feathers underneath their vent. I asked about it at the feed store, and several folks I've talked to said it was just because they were beginning to lay and it would resolve itself soon. Well... they never went...

hi all, i have a little chicklet who, after about a month of being sick and away from the flock, now lives in the house at night and in a little rabbit hutch during the day. (which by the way, she loves, as she now thinks she's a dog and not a chicken. ) i would really rather not have a chicken...

i left her overnight without her mash, just water, and this morning, her crop was empty. she's still having a little trouble passing grass, so i was worried things might get bad again, but not so. she is up and ready for today

I've been trying to get my little chick who was sick about a month ago back outside with the big girls. I noticed tonight that her crop is a little soft, small but definitely has something in it and soft. Is this ever normal? Or do you think it's not completely emptying? This is part of why she...

the vet has been cleaning her crop and syringe feeding her baby bird formula since i took her in - also antibiotics, subQ fluids, and reglan. from the x-rays, the radiologist was concerned that it was neuromuscular in nature and that her gi tract was just not innervated enough, meaning she...

she is still at the vet, trying to get things moving again. the vet has been flushing her crop and feeding her regularly. her crop and the rest of her gi tract have just stalled... so hopefully things start moving. it's either neurological or something that for some reason stopped her crop...

thank you so much for the information. i took her to the vet this morning (a very nice lady who happens to be the only avian vet in town), so we will see what comes of that. she was the same this morning as last night. it has been hot, but the last few days, it's only been about 70 degrees. she...

i have a 10 week old speckled sussex who is very lethargic and doesn't have much of an appetite... at the base of her neck, she has a large, soft bump... it's not hot to the touch and doesn't seem to be tender, but it's not normal. she's not been herself for a couple of days, and when i looked...

i have a four week old chick who just two days ago moved outside to the coop. she has always been very active and eager to eat... typical... but this morning when i went out to check on everybody, she was lethargic and wouldn't eat/appears to not have eaten for a while as her crop seems empty...

thanks for the help

My girls are five weeks old and just moved outside. Until now, they have just had chick starter and whatever they found when scratching around the yard, some lettuce scraps, and watermelon. I love the treat chart on here (especially the pictures at the end ). After reading several posts, it...

no more sneezes. crisis is over thanks again.

thanks for the help. i just read through some other posts and am ordering a book (the chicken health handbook) that i saw recommended here. hopefully that will help me feel more informed and knowledgeable. i have only ever had adult chickens before and am more nervous than i thought i'd be...

she's not looking sick at all, i just heard her sneeze... would she be acting sick if she had a cold? also - i just changed their bedding tonight, all new pine shavings. could that have caused the sneezing?

i have a little RIR who is 18 days old. tonight when i came home from school, i noticed her sneeze 3 times. is this normal? i haven't ever heard her do this before, and when she sneezed on my hand, it was moist. she loves to jump in my hand and nuzzle up to me, so i often sit with her and hold...

we are hatching eggs at school, and last night my partner's incubator went ka-put... when he came in this morning, the temp was down around 70... he put them in another incubator as soon as he found them, but we have no idea when it went out or how long the eggs were at such a low temp. the...

thanks for all the great ideas! i will be taking them outside as soon as i can. we've had only one nice day with warm weather when i could take them outside the last couple of weeks, and now we're having a yucky rain storm... so, soon but in the meanwhile, i will see if our cats will part with...