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Help my favorite chicken is dying! She's super lethargic her head is drooping her wings are out she's laying her head down her eyes are closed and she rolled over on her side we lost the ticket in 2 days ago who just seem to drop dead please help

My favorite hen, Sesame is a 2 year old barred rock. A few days ago she got really sick. She's throwing up and she has diarrhea. Both are almost pure water with some green stuff in it. She is still walking around but she's more lethargic.. Going off by herself to lay down and rest. She was...

Stew is my young Cochin rooster who is 3 months old. He just started crowing sometimes, he's guarding his hens like he's supposed to but he does it laying down! (as seen in the picture). He's constantly laying down. There's nothing wrong with him physically and he's not in any pain just lazy I...

So I have 2 Cochins. One is definitely a pullet and I'm about 99% sure the other is a rooster but I'm looking for confirmation.

So I have 2 Cochins. One is definitely a pullet and I'm about 99% sure the other but I'm looking for confirmation.

OK so I got 2 baby Australorps about 4 days ago and my Austrlorp hen just went broody. I had a few questions about integrating the chicks with my pullet who's about 9 months. First off to the chicks need to be quarantined longer before I introduce them to the pullet? Second if they do go with...

I went to cook an egg yesterday and there was quite a bit off blood in the shell! I know eggs sometimes have meat spots but first off all it wasn't a spot it was like loose blood but there was also a string looking thing or blood so...???? Today I had another egg, I think from the same...

My turkey aka Australorp Right now my flock consists of a barred rock pullet and an austrlorp both 9 months old. I had some losses but now I'm working on building my flock. Today I just got 2 baby chick Australorps from a local feedstore. First question : If I decide to stick them under my...

I think my chicken thinks she's a turkey. Today I walked up to her and she fluffed up and spread out her tail feathers. Almost like a broody behavior except she was out foraging. She's my super sweet Australorp so in no way did it come across as an aggressive behavior. Anyone have any ideas?

OK so I'm getting chicks from a breeder in a few weeks. I want a silver laced Cochin and a frizzle Cochin. The lady I'm getting them from has a silkie roo and a Cochin roo that I believe she is breeding with Cochin hens. She says she will have silver Laced Cochins and frizzle Cochins. She also...

When I first started my flock I had 3 bantam Cochin and 3 standard Sexlinks. As of today I lost my last little bantam Cochin Ruffles. Each of my Cochin have been picked off one by one because of their short little feathery feet. I have no clue what has been taking them but I suspect it was a...

I have 3 hens that are laying right now. Typically 2 jumbo eggs and a large size egg. So I go down to check for eggs today and I find a jumbo egg and a tiny egg- maybe a tad smaller than a bantam egg. My hens have always laid good quality, thick/ hard shelled eggs. Never any problems. Then I get...

2 days ago my little cochin hen, Ruffles, got jumped by 3 of my standard size chickens. Her poor little head looks horrible! I'll attach pictures below. The morning it happened my mom put tea tree oil on her head, but that night we switched to neosporin. This morning we woke up and her whole...

I have a young bantam cochin who has had crop issues for several months and was away from the flock. Over the past 2 months I have been trying to reintroduce her...she has her own sectioned off part of the yard where they can see each other. I let them all forage together as well. The flock will...

Hi everyone. I'm having some problems with my bantam Cochin, Ruffles. She is about 10 months old and she has had repeat crop issues that has been very difficult to treat so she has spent a good amount of time in the house. I love her so much but I feel like she should live as a chicken outdoors...

I noticed a few days ago that my rooster has some discoloration on the edges of his waddles. He's acting normal. He's eating fine. Most everything I looked up mainly talked about the comb but his comb is perfectly red. It almost looks like scabs on his waddles. Should I just wait and see if it...

Has anyone had a problem with bees swarming your chickens food?! It's getting pretty bad and it's still winter, I hate to think of how it will be in spring and summer. I believe a neighbor has decided to make honey which is causing this surplus of bees. I tried putting an open container of...

I noticed today when sitting with my chickens, that Everytime my roosters bends over to peck something one of my hens starts to eat his butt feathers. He doesn't hardly notice or mind, I honestly don't think he knows what she's doing, but occasionally he makes a small noise like "watch it!" And...

I am having issues trying to reintegrate my bantam Cochin hen. She's been having reoccurring crop problems so she has been reintegrated before just fine, but this time she's been away a lot longer and now she is fighting the other chickens and one of them is attacking her. I have a small mixed...

My bantam Cochin, Ruffles, is sick again. She had a doughy crop about a month ago that took her several weeks to get over. I gave her acidified copper sulfate in her water which is the main thing that got her better. Which is what I have started her on again for the past 2 days. It's very weird...