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My Austrolorp, Annie, seems to be struggling. I have been waiting for her to lay her first egg as she's around 8 months old now and has yet to lay. Today as I was sitting and having a coffee I notice her squatting and making little strained clucks. I got all excited and watched on, hoping I...

Hi everyone I rarely post but this is a question I'm having a hard time finding answers for with what I have to work with. I have a mixed flock and two of the birds are ISA Browns. They are awful. They bully everyone else none stop. Every moment of every day is stressful because of them. They...

Hey everybody.... it's me again Lesson one from a newbie. BUY VACCINATED BIRDS!!!!! Hot darn am I sick of sick chickens.... My flock is quickly contracting coryza. All of the signs are there and they're all getting it one by one. First off can I get a vote of who would treat and who would...

Hey all, I tried to search this but didn't know quite how to in order to get the answer I'm looking for. We are going overseas for Christmas (living in Australia and going home to the US). We're going to be gone for three weeks. I have asked everyone I know if they can house/chicken sit but...

Oh my goodness, this morning I got a huge scare that turned into hysterical laughter My little lady Lucy (8ish week RIR) was running around the coop like she was drunk or something. She'd run and stumble a little, with her head cocking this way and that, and then just peck at the ground for a...

My landlords stupid dog got my lovely girl Lorelei. She must have found a way out and back into the pen. We got home and I told my husband to go check on the birds while I put the baby down. He came back and said they were all there but the neighbor kids told him that one of the dogs ate one of...

Hey everyone. I am 90% sure my flock has IB. It started with one bird and quickly spread. They all (well almost all, a couple haven't started yet) sneeze and cough and make a rattling sound (almost sounds like purring) when they breath. A couple have started the sticking out their neck and...

Hey all, I got my girls 1.5 weeks ago and there are 8 of them (well two I got two days ago). Two are around 7 weeks, one is four months and the rest range from 10 months to 1.5 years old. They all get along fairly well except for the first two I got. I know what kind everyone is except these...

It's been a wonderful morning! My hens weren't using their roosts and I just got two new girls going from 6 to 8 so I figured it was time to update the coop and try to make them more happy and comfortable. I took out the two nests I had in there (just a couple cat carriers) and I put them...

Hey everyone, I posted this in Behaviors and Egg Laying but got nothing back so hoping for some help here. I got my chickens nearly a week ago, three of which were said to be laying. One has begun to lay. The other two I'm still waiting on and I'm totally fine with that but one of the two who...

Hey everyone, I just got my chickens a few days ago, It has been nearly a week with them and only one of the three POL hens I have is laying so far, which is fine. I've got a hen, though, who seems to be in good health. She runs for treats, eats and drinks fine as far as I can tell. She's...

Hello lovely people. I have what I believe to be an ISA brown hen who has been sleeping all day. I go out frequently to hang out with the ladies and I didn't see her out or eating much at all today. She did have some water when I shewed her out once but that's all I saw. She spent most of the...

Hey all! I'm an American (originally from Maine) living in Melbourne Australia at the moment with my husband and 6 month old daughter :) We aren't here permanently but we are for the next year or so and have an awesome landlord (we live in a bungalow out the back of her house) who lets us do...

Hey everybody! I'm new here and I LOVE this site. You all have helped me so much while getting my first little flock of backyard chooks. My girls are all wonderful and have managed to get along fairly well with a very quick pecking order incident that was hard to just let happen.... but...