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... Am I happy? Well yes, but that's not the point! We have had chickens for just over 5 years now. I love my flocks (yes I have two, and a bachelor pad). Last year I decided after loosing two of my one year olds I didn't want to get any more chicks untill I could revamp and remodel my coops and...

Over a week ago, my sapphire gem hen, Diamond, was attacked by a possum in the run attached to the coop. She was just bitten on the leg/foot and the possum was just dragging her around when I got out there. I took her in and cleaned up her wounds and dressed them while others "disposed" of the...

Found roo stuck yesterday laying down behind log. He couldn't get up or hold head up. Let him rest for a while and he was back to normal. Now his legs are really swollen and skin is peeling. I don't know what this is to treat it. Is it frostbite or mites?

Woke up yesterday morning to find a 2 1/2 month old chick with a twisted neck, running around in a circle in coop. Brought in and figured it was wry neck and started on vitamins. By evening, she is barely able to move, and mostly unconscious. Does wry neck move this fast, or am I dealing with...

Okay, so at one point I had a batch of bantams all but one turned out to be roos, so I created a "bachelor pad" for my overflow of rooster. It has slowly dwindled down, and sadly when I came home from work after dark I found I'm left with one lone roo in my bachelor pad. I already have a roo...

Okay, I'm on my third "batch" of chickens, and I've always gotten chickens from the supply store... but my new jersey giant went broody with fertile eggs from her and a few other hens, so I thought I'd try to get my chickens the old fashion way. I already have a bachelor party, so I'm not...

I adopted a 7week old sapphire gem, in hopes that her feet could be corrected. I been using Niacin to supplement her, but I don't see much progress. I know it might be too early to really see any progress, but I am hoping to hear any feed back from those who have experienced this. She doesn't...

I've had chickens for nearly 3 full years now, and Im still learning. What's the newest bit of knowledge you ask? Well I've now learned over the course of the last week that I hate hawks. Never had a problem with them over the last few years, all of a sudden TWO damn things have decided to stalk...

Okay, so this is my first group of birds with feathery feet, and I am just very confused... I have two silver laced cochins and five buff brahma bantums... These guys are the only ones in the whole flock that have slightly raised scales. I cleaned and treated the coops and pen with ivitemicin...

My lovely boy has to find a new home. He can be aggressive, but the reason we must part ways is his endeavor to collect hens from the rest of the farms around us. He has lots of land for his own, and 10 hens in his coop, but he has found the next farm's over flock and won't leave them alone. He...

Okay, so I have experience with Bumblefoot, but this is not the same. My new hen, got her as a chick in March, recently was found just laying outside. When approached she didn't get up to move, so we picked her up and checked her out. Her foot pad and ankle joint is swollen. I've never had a...

I have an established flock of 2-4 year old chickens. I lost quite a few over the years and am down to my roo and 3 hens. I want to add, so I have 8 new hens, now 16 weeks old. I did the see, but no touch method for the last month and a half, and they are about the same size as the established...

I have two white leg horns, who I found with scabs on the pads of their feet. No swelling, but the scabs were just slightly smaller than a dime. I did the surgery to try and get rid of the infection as quickly as possible, but there wasn't a "kernal" attatched to the scabs. The scabs were kinda...

My sweet girl, Maple, had some very minor frostbite this last winter, and made a full recovery. But today I noticed her comb is darkening. We have had some very hot weather this last week with high humidity- can this be a cause? I take them out ice water and cool treats throughout the day, so...

My cream legbar (such a sweet boy) seems to have given up on his rooster duties. My girls are 15 months, and he is 7 or 8 months old. When he was finally introduced to the flock and made his place in the pecking order, he was amazing at keeping my 5 girls together. It's been maybe a month he has...

We've had our rooster in the house since we got him, as was to young to put out with the girls. He's 4-5 months old now and we'd been introducing him by letting him out around the pen so the girls could see him. If we had him out and the girls out, once the Leghorns caught site of him it was...

We had a night and day where it dropped to -30, and rose to -18 the next day. The girls wouldnt come out so I moved the water into the coop... Bad idea. All 5 got some frostbite on their combs and or wattles. I brought them into a heated area until they heal and temp improves. But these two...

So far the only name thrown out is Grayson... Any others?

Hello, I have 5 hens right now, and this is my first flock. Two white long horns, one red sex-link, one specked hamburg, and my one new hampshire. Everyone seems to be doing fine for this mild winter, but I have noticed that the new hampshire seems to always end up looking, well drowned... I...

We brought home 6 new chicks within the past 5 days. The first 3 days every one was fine, but then one girl we noticed was... calmer than the rest. She was alert, eating drinking and moving, she just seemed to like to sleep. Then last night she looked funny sleeping, and when I went to pick her...