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Does anyone know if tent caterpillars are safe for chickens to eat? I'd hate to give them treats and poison them... I'm not sure of the kind of caterpillar - they're black and fuzzy and on an aspen tree.

Today while collecting eggs I found these two things in nesting box next to the eggs. The clear one looks to me like a shell-less and yolk-less egg, and the other is a dried up something... maybe a shell-less egg from a few days ago? Last week I suspected that one of my hens was possibly egg...

My BA is very unhappy with my husband and I because we've been kicking her out of the nesting boxes for the past few days. She's all fluffed up, making her little growling sounds and even flew at the wire fence to the chicken run when I was outside of it. I'm planning on separating her...

Every few days I get an egg that has indented lines on it. I think it's coming from the same chicken, and I'm wondering if something could be wrong - health or nutritionally related. Anybody familiar with this? Should I be concerned or do something? The dark picture showed a better...

A friend mentioned that he throws his fruit and veggie scraps right into the coop to aid in the deep litter method. I started using the DLM a while ago and think that it's working alright, but haven't read anything about adding food scraps directly into the coop. I love the idea, but it seems...

I've been searching the old posts to find out what the proper dosage is for fenbendazole - does anyone know? I'm not finding anything that's really clear.

I have a hen who I think is egg bound, which I noticed on Thursday. I brought her in the house, have done the warm baths, massage, and she's still dropping what looks like hard boiled egg yolk in small amounts. She's barely eating or drinking, needless to say, not pooping much either. I...

I have an egg bound chicken and from a lot of posts that I've read, giving antibiotics is a good idea. Where do I get them?

I think one of my girls had an egg break inside of her today, and she passed some of the egg out, but I'm concerned about the shells. She's in the house tonight, had a couple warm water soaks earlier today, but is still very unhappy. Can anyone give me very detailed info on what to do and time...

I've been trying the deep litter method for the past month or so, but I just noticed that some of my chickens are eating the paper shreds, and I'm assuming that's not good. I also have a chicken right now that looks like she's egg bound, but I'm wondering if it might be something to do with the...

I have a white leghorn that is very unhappy about our freezing cold weather and all of the snow on the ground. She hasn't come out of the the coop in a few days, and I'm not sure if she's eating or drinking. This morning I noticed that she has a thick, yellowish discharge (sorry, I really hate...

One of my ladies, who I think just started laying, found a spot she likes in my yard (in an area I try to keep the chickens out of) to make a little nest and lay. She must be flying over a fence that I didn't think the chickens could get over, and is very persistent about laying in this one...