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I have a pullet who was fine one day and then in the evening was having trouble walking. When I examined her she had two huge lumps- one on each side of her hock, and they were quite sensitive. I've separated her from the others, as she can't walk, and been soaking her in Epsom salts each day…...

Thank you, I know I marked on the calendar when she started sitting full time, but I think maybe some were laid after that? Anyway, it's been 37 days now. They are all intact, I wonder if I should candle them? She will not like it.

Hi, She hatched some eggs last year, so definitely knows how. She has been on the eggs for 30 days, maybe 31. I was able to look under her the other night as there was a bad smell. All of the eggs were intact, the smell came from something else in the hay that was probably there before she sat...

I don't think it is Marek's after reading up on the symptoms. Thanks for your thoughts. I hope others will answer this thread too.

Hi, I hope someone can help me. I have about 40 chickens and one of the groups of sexlinks is a very much older group (only a few left). We do not kill our chickens, so they just die naturally. The hens from this bunch all seem to have the same fate. They puff up for a few days, and don't really...

Both of you thanks, great responses and I feel a lot better about the situation now. Thanks for the help.

One of our turkey hens was killed by a tractor while sitting on her clutch in the hayfield. We were able to get the eggs and have them in the incubator. The problem is, we don't know exactly how old they are as she was gone and sitting...we know in about a 4-5 day frame. By my figuring, we...

So stringing a web like design won't keep them out? Is the only solution completely covering my pen? I have quite a large pen and am not sure how I can do it and be cost effective. Any ideas?

It is a big red tailed hawk. So it is flying in between the web I have stretched up and cornering them? It does get interrupted often and hasn't really been able to eat much of its kill. Why does it keep returning?

Hi, I hope one of you can help. I was on a trip and 6 hens were lost. They took pictures of them. After returning and walking the area, I guessed it was a raptor. The ones that had injuries seemed to have them on their heads and I observed a big hawk hanging around watching the pen. They were...

Hi, I was on the trip and four of my hens were lost during my absence - the people who were taking care of my farm took pictures. All four were still in the pen, in a corner, and many of them had injuries on their heads. Two Of them looked like their wounds had been pecked open, but two of them...

they had daytime shelter, but opted to go out in the rain. So, they most likely went in wet. also the tractor is small and I covered it with a tarp. It was raining hard, so perhaps they didn't have enough O2 with the rain pushing the tarp tight.

They were the same age as the old flock, about 2 years

No, it wasn't predators, they were all lying on the floor of the A frame tractor. None were mangled or scarred in any way, nothing had entered. I am wondering if they didn't have enough good air? It was raining hard and I tarped the tractor, as I was worried about the dampness and it leaking...

I feel so bad. I had a new small flock of hens with a rooster that I am trying to integrate into my old flock. They were staying in chicken tractor covered with a tarp (with roosts off the ground). I was following the advice on this site, integrating them by keeping them separate with a fence...