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Thanks for your quick reply. By the time I felt their crops, they'd stopped eating, so squishy in the morning & the same later in the day. Very sparse droppings, dry for the sicker bird. No sour/bad smell. They always have access to grit. Maybe it has nothing to do with the crop - I guessed...

I have 2 sick hens - see backround info below. One seems very sick, won't stand up, eat, or drink. I made a vet appt - BUT the earliest I can get is 4 days away, so I'm trying alternate home treatment. I have a flock of 6 hens in my backyard, 2-3 years old & all different breeds. We live in an...

Hi - this is my first flock, we have 5 hens all different breeds. They have a 6x8 foot covered run with coop & nesting boxes and spend most of the day in a large fenced area with plenty to explore. I feed them a layer pellet feed with 17% protein, give them yogurt or dried meal worms every day...

Dear Helpful Experts - I posted pictures of my chicks a few weeks ago - you replied that my frizzle cochin might be a cockerel - and at 8 weeks old, he started crowing. So now I'm back to ask about our other bantam chick (out of 6 chicks, our first ever attempt at chicken-keeping). Here's...

Thanks so much, we're really hoping the frizzle is a girl, we love them all so much already! Glad flying is universal, because these girls are always launching up onto our shoulders and heads! LOL. I'm wondering if the aggression is due to them being in cramped quarters - you can probably...

Please help us sex our chicks! We got 6 chicks from a local feed store over the space of a week - all different breeds - the 4 standard breeds are 90% guaranteed to be hens, but the 2 bantams are straight run. I'm starting to wonder if we got 10 roosters... they all seem bossy, aggressive, and...

Thank you so much for your advice, kind words, and encouragement. The area on her leg has gotten larger, with mottled red, white, and almost-black parts. She has a small, similar thing between her toes on the same leg. And today we noticed a little red, bald patch on the back of her head. Not...

Hi - brand new chick owner & BYC user here, this is my first post. We have our first batch of chicks, living in a brooder in a bathtub for now. Chicks are 2 weeks old, no health concerns so far. Our Wellsumer chick has this - thing - on one of her legs. I didn't notice anything earlier, we've...