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I have a three year-old Black Star hen with a huge crop. She was one of my heaviest/strongest birds until about a week ago. I noticed her getting lethargic and not eating with the others. I'm assuming she was the one having watery poop (with a little green in it), but she wasn't segregated at...

Personally, I would shoot the fox if they came near the coop, but if you don't want to do that, get a good dog. We have lots of foxes in my area, but I've never had them near the coop. The dog is indoors at night, but they seem to keep their distance anyway. Hawks have been a much bigger problem...

Its been about a week now, and my hen is still having diarrhea and acting very grumpy. I've kept up the tetracycline (not wanting to stop in the middle of treatment) and vitamins. Also got her to eat a mix of mashed egg yolk, medicated chick starter, and yogurt, although she only ate that the...

Thanks for all the tips. I'm new to chickens, and haven't had any problems until now (except predators). I guess I will have to consider routine preventative medicine, although I had hoped to keep the birds and eggs free of medicine. Helen is eating some food today, and drinking OK. I thought...

Thanks for your reply. The oyster shell I've been feeding is NutriSource brand sold by TractorSupply. It only gives calcium level on bad (36-41%), but nothing about salt. The hens get layer pellets, and graze outdoors usually 2 hours/day. If I don't stay near them, the hawks will get them. I...

One of my layers has been on the nest for a couple of days and didn't want to leave the coop to go outside. I thought just broody or starting to molt, because a lot of feathers are missing on her underside. Then, yesterday, she came off the nest inside the coop, and the others started attacking...