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Nothing to offer other than I have a poor hen going through the same thing. She looks crazy! I thought 2 of my young roosters were picking on her, so they went in the freezer. I can't tell if it's getting better or not, but I feel so bad for her. She's the first one out of the roost in the...

Here's my experience: I started with 10 hens and a rooster in March. They are broody things and hatched 16 chicks over the summer. Predator loss: 2 hens and 2 chicks = 4 Sickness: 1 hen from my original flock and 3 month old rooster = 2 My hen that died was unknown causes. The rooster that...

Thanks for the reply. I didn't know that about refrigerating before eating. I will try that, my roosters are a bit tough, so I usually make soup. I would like to roast a couple for thanksgiving though, and don't want to turn anyone off to my homegrown chickens!

Hello again, I've posted a few times the last couple of weeks about my chicken that I got a necropsy on. The official cause of death was...long grass. (REALLY?!) OK, so, another thing listed on the necropsy report was that they found cecal worms. I've decided to treat with Valbazen. I've...

Hello, I posted a few days ago about a couple of chickens that died. I've noticed a couple sneezing as well, so I thought there was a respiratory thing going around. My first chicken died and I buried her, when the next one died about a week later, I figured I should get a necropsy. Here are...

Hello, I've got something going through my flock right now. About a week ago, one of my best hens up and died. I noticed her puffed up and unmoving in the morning, and she was dead by evening. Same thing happened to a pullet yesterday. I dropped her off at the diagnostic lab this morning for...

Hello, I am new to the chicken world and have found myself with a broody hen. Well, one of my hens got out and disappeared for 2 weeks, comes back with a flock of chicks, nearly doubling my flock. So, I currently have 7 chicks. Another hen went broody 1-2 weeks ago (I've had a housesitter so...

Thanks for taking a look everyone. Yes, she does have (had) quite the project going! I'll try sending her an email and see if she gets it. She seemed to know exactly what everything was. I've still got a lot to learn. I can look at a dog breed and tell you exactly the mix, but chickens, not so...

Hello, I'm new here. I just started my flock of beautiful chickens, but I really want to know their breeds. I got these from a friend who breeds Wyandottes, but she said these are mostly crosses. She gave me their breeds, but now she moved to Brazil, and I can't for the life of me remember what...

Thanks for the welcome everyone! Wyandottes7 asked about the weather and it has been as beautiful as an Oregon winter can be this last week. But, it sounds like they are just getting used to their surroundings, so I'm not going to worry just yet. We have been getting eggs so that's a good sign...

Hello everyone! I'm new to Corvallis, OR and even newer to backyard chickens. I got a flock of 10 pullets and 1 rooster - all Wyandottes or Wyandotte crosses - last weekend. I've found lots of great information on this site, so thank you all! I have a couple of questions, and this may not be...