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recently 2 of my hens are loosing a lot of their features!!!! IS THIS NORMALLL?? they are like 1 and a half years old

This morning when I went to feed her, I saw her with a weird looking eye. Appears to be swollen especially at the top. Her eyes seems to be half opened. Is there any treatment for this...? Like home remedy? In addition, for the past few months she has been exhibiting broody behaviour.

Recently, I'd discovered that only one of my pullet (out of 10) has this unusual thing at her back: there seems to be blood (dried) at the holes (where the feather comes out). is this something that I need to panic about? Is it unusual (and why)?

This is the first time I had encountered lice infesting on all 10 of my chicken's head. They are still young, around 9 weeks old and a few days ago, I just moved them to a brand new coop. Is there any approach to this?- especially for the head because it's pretty hard to clean as I'm afraid that...

I have a hen who has laid eggs without shells for the past 4-5 days. Is there any approachable solutions to this? And what causes this??

I have these two fellows who has been getting along fine, with very minor fights for the past year. However, today, they had a VERY BLOODY fight to the point where one doesn't allow the other one to enter the coop and blood was dripping off both of their combs. I have very little hens (only 2)...

She seems to be panting for a while.....i dont think it is due to thrist because after i fed her water, she will sometimes pant......

Is there any way of getting rid of mites/lice naturally and fast?

I am in quite a dilemma.....I have a hen who really wants/likes to be with her 2-day-old chicks. However, I found out that she has a lot of mites/lice on her body.... is seperation the best way? or is there a natural and quick way of treating mites/lice?

Is it normal for hens to lose feathers while she is sitting on eggs for some time? (the amount of feathers lost is higher than regular times when she does not sit on the eggs)

I have chickens that are going to hatch soon and I wonder whether I should keep the baby chicks with their mother or should I seperate them until a certain age? THanks.

Is this egg fertilised? (between day 2-3)

what are the breeds for these for chickens? (they are different from each other)

This is the first time that I've encountered this. I have a sick rooster and recently he has not being eating properly, or pooing properly (poo comes out to be whitish- see pic). I've noticed that he is also staggering, and his right foot seems to be weaker. He is not interacting with other...

Hi there- I've seen that around the bum area, there are bugs crawling around. It is like pale in colour and I am assuming that it is mites. I've seen other posts that you use those mite powder. But I think its bad for health. Instead, Do you think I can use baby powder? Or is there any...

Hi - its the first time that my hen laid an egg and I am wondering how to identify if an egg is fertilised and what should I do after identifying a fertilised egg so that baby chicks could be born later. Thanks.

I have 5 chickens and in a day, they drink less than one small bowl of water. is that bad? how do i make them drink more water?

PLEASE HELP! if you view the video, the new plymouth barred rock is behaving oddly when it is swallowing pullet grower (slightly soaked) pellets. Now, another chick I have is having the same behaviour!! what does this odd behaviour mean???

One of my chicken does not through its nostrils, and instead uses its mouth/beak to breathe. There was some noise from its breathing (from beak). I'd did a test whether it breathe from its nose or mouth by holding its nostrils- and it was okay with me blocking its nostrils. I've noticed that it...

I'm panicking that my one of my chicken has a red eye and around its eye is also red. it frequently closes this red eye. is there any appropriate solutions that i can approach instead of going to the vet? Only one if its eye is red- its right eye is red but the left eye is normal. This pic is of...