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I have a 5 yr old Silver Laced Wyandotte hen that has been very puffed up with wings hanging down a bit for a week or so. She hasn’t laid since the fall when she started molting. She is wobbly and did not go to roost the other night so I have brought her inside to try to help her. She is having...

So this “pullet” I got back in October at 3-4 months turns out to be a cockerel. Any ideas as to the breed?. TIA!!

I just discovered one of my hens has a very swollen abdomen. It feels like a water balloon. It’s hard to tell if it’s an internal egg issue or something else. I’m actually not even sure she has laid recently. She’s a black sex link that is about 3+ years old ( I think. She was given to me by a...

I am needing advice for my poor boy. He is losing weight even though I see him eating and drinking. I have been feeding him eggs and bread with olive oil (in addition to feed) and yet his crop is non existent at the end of the day. He has been wormed and treated for mites. He has even stopped...

Anyone think there is a roo in this bunch?

Yesterday was super cold and windy (not unusual so far this winter) but with freezing rain and snow. I didn’t even open the coop since I knew the birds would not free range or come out if the coop in that weather. I went out several times to check in them and all was fine. Today, even though...

I am thinking of going with sand in the coop this winter instead of shavings. the coop is raised off the ground and has a wood floor. We live in central Ks where the wind chill can make things cold. We do have winter hardy chickens but with the raised coop, will it be too cold in the winter with...

i let the flock out to feee range a little this evening and I noticed one of the hens being very wobbly, off balance. I checked and there are no lice or mites, or obviouse signs of injury. She seems to eat and drink and hang out with everyone during the day. She laid today as well. What am I...

I desperately need some advice. I have a hen who is molting, has had mites and been treated for them and is extremely lethargic. I dewormed on Sunday. Today she is refusing to eat and her comb is very pale. I have isolated her and tried giving her scrabbled eggs, meal worms, scratch (she would...

I have read where some have had success with treating sour crop with monistat. Was wondering if I could use Lotrim (antifungal for feet) instead. It's what I have on hand. Any thoughts? Thank you!

Just found one of my hens stumbling around (they free range) I checked her over and there does not seem to be an injury. I did find mites though :( What is the best treatment? I need to check all the other birds but getting this hen better is top priority. I have her isolated and plan to give...

My year old olive Egger is acting droopy. I checked for lice/ mires and if she was egg bound. Neither of those seems to be an issue. She is the last one out/ of the coup and the first one in for the night. They free range all day and she will go sit inde a vehicle in the shade in the morning...

One of my hens is not acting right. She is a year old olive Egger. She has not laid in about 4 days. She does lay every other day though. She mainly sits around looking droopy. Her comb is about the same as usual. She will be the last one out of the coup, the first one in. They free range all...

I have a hen who is I think is broody. She is laying but she stays in the nesting box when she is done. I kick her out only to find her sitting on other hens eggs. Last night & tonight I found her in the nesting boxes again when I went out to lock up the coop. I put her on the roost only to have...

I just added 3 pullets who have been laying for 3-5 weeks to my existing free range, mixed age flock. I have read that in order for the chickens to realize where "home" is that they need to be confined to the coop. I have sectioned off part of the coop to keep the new girls in and the current...

I am thinking about buying chicks this year. I started last year with birds that were at least 6 weeks old. I'm thinking about buying from someone I bought pullets from last year. She raises several different breads. I would like BR and EE chicks. She is telling me that she is able to sex both...

I have a mixed flock that consists on a RR rooster, barred rocks, EE, and black sex links. Both barred rocks have died a week in half apart. With both they seemed fine with no fisable damage or injury. Don't know why or how they died. Any ideas? Predators do not seem to the cause.....

I have a year old hen that I am having trouble breaking of her broodiness. I am going to try the broody box next but I have a concern. The temps are below freezing at night. Will it harm the hen to be in the broody box, obviously away from the others? Just concerned about her freezing. I know...

My free ranging flock has taken the word free range to the extreme! I am constantly having to go over to the neighbors and bring them back. I'm talking well over 100 yards away from our yard. I have lost 5 birds since I started having chickens in May. I have got to start containing them...

I have 7 "big" girls plus a rooster. I have 4 "littles" that are 14 weeks old. i have part of the coop sectioned off with chicken wire where the littles have been able to go in and out of when they want, and where they can eat and sleep/roost. I have two bantum "big" girls that will go in there...