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So I have a hen, 9 months okd and her crop is bulbous. I felt it, it was kinda hard at first, I massaged it and it seemed the hardness passed, but then it was gaseous and never went back down in size. I separated her, no food only water for 2 days. I tipped her upside down and induced vomiting...

So I have a hen, 9 months okd and her crop is bulbous. I felt it, it was kinda hard at first, I massaged it and it seemed the hardness passed, but then it was gaseous and never went back down in size. I separated her, no food only water for 2 days. I tipped her upside down and induced vomiting...

i have one hen who seems to have a large crop (lump in chest) that is alwYs big no matter when or uf she's eaten recently. It never feels mushy like the others, and theirs seem to go down when its been some hours (like overnight) since theyve eaten. Shes eating and drinking normally, no signs of...

No visible signs of illness, looks like she just dropped off the perch at night, found her flat out....She was the head of the pecking order. And today, only 1 hen layed. They are all kinda quiet, seeming confused. Anyone know how long it takes for the rest to settle into the new pecking order...

So my Olive Egger has been laying for about 2/3 weeks and overnight, from the perch layed a soft shelled egg. She was in a nesting box for a while yesterday, but no egg resulted. Then this morning I went out to give the girls some steel cut oats and apples, and found the egg below the perch...

So, a bag of crumbles was lasting about a month, and now it seems its only about two weeks?!?!?! I have 6 chickens, is it possible that they are just eating more because its winter? Or do you think there are some mice sharing it with them?? Thanks for any advice in advance!

Ok, the day has arrived!! My girls have finally begun to lay (doing the chicken dance :-) ). I have a question regarding fertilizing of eggs.... I do have a rooster, I do not believe he is mature just yet, but may be getting close. I do not want babies. If a hen lays an egg that's been...

4 months old, white crested black polish....no crowing, I think its a hen, but Im not positive. Some of those tail feathers look like a roo. Anyone?

i have 6 hens, all raised together, but 3 different breeds. Of those, one is a white crested black polish (all about 10 weeks old). Someone is constantly pulling her head feathers out. I believe she's at the bottom of the pecking order. She's the only one who wont roost....she sits on her own in...

I had 7 chickens...6 hens and a cockeral that I rehomed this morning. So now I have 6 hens. They are all eight weeks old. Inside the hen house theres two roosts. Is it my imagination or will the lowest in the pecking order roost on the lower roost?

I have some chicks that are about 6 weeks old, all raised together. They were just put out in their new coop and run last week. I have a friend who has 3 hens she wants to give me that are about 6 months old, just began laying. I'm trying to minimize any problems, will the younger chickens still...

So happy with the final results!! I built this with my Dad! So glad we are finished...It was a labor of love for my chooks!!

we finally finished the Coop De Ville! Urban egg farming

Hello my fellow chook lovers!! I'm new here, obviously, and I'm preparing to build a coop for my yard. It will be on the smaller side, I dont have room to build a big one, or I certainly would! I'm going to look around the site but if any of you who have built coops have something you would...