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Is there a basic antibiotic that can be added to the water for a small flock of 7 hens. One of my 7 doesn't seem well. Comb turning dark and she is lethargic. Snuffling. .

I have my 5 regular chickens and when I say regular, Rhode Island Reds, Transylvannia Naked Neck, Barred Rock,etc. I was given three hens that were really quite beautiful but, we all here on this forum, had a hard time defining them, but I think I have green legged partridge fowl. They followed...

In many of the photos, I see nesting boxes located on the floor of a coop. For the last 6 years mine have been at shoulder level with a ladder. I have a new flock juset maturing this year and wondered about changing the location. They insist on roosting in the nesting boxes as did my last flock...

Just got a few new hens and can't identify the breed. Kind of like Aracauna but neck is light. Any ideas? Thanks.

My girls are only two and have always laid so many eggs I had to give them to half the neighborhood and now I am lucky to get one a day and it has been this way for a while. At first I thought after the summer molt, they will start again, but here it is Almost Dec. and one egg a day. I have a...

Seems my 8 girls have been molting forever and a day (3-4 mos) and here it is close to end of summer and I am lucky to get 1-2 eggs a day. I don't recall any of my other chickens going this long with a molt and dearth of eggs. Is this normal and am I being impatient? They are barely 2 yrs old.