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One of my girls has a bloated belly. It's liquidy, not hard. Her vent is looking fine - not pucked or red. I lubed up my finger and didn't feel an egg. I checked and saw posts about ascites. Yesterday I gave her some Thistle Milk. Today I got a needle and drained some of the liquid, It was...

I had 6 hens. 2 BR, 2 EE and 2 Speckled Sussex They were hatched Spring of Last year a few weeks ago, one of the Speckled Sussex died. I think she was spending a too much time in the nest box. I don't think she was broady, as she was out of there plenty of time too. Then I left for 2 weeks...

Any ideas what is happening to my girls? This has been going on for a little while now -David

a friend of mine lives in the Bronx and is interested in chickens. what are the rules for having chickens there? -David 2 SS, 2 BR, 2 EE

I just recently started getting eggs. I have been getting 1 egg pretty much every day. When the first egg appeared in the hen house, I finished the nest boxes and have been getting the one brown egg in there since. Since then I only get the one egg each day, except for 1 day I had 2 brown eggs...

I just found 2 eggs today - my first ones! I think they came from the same girl. I have 6 and I was giving them grower food, but they have hardly made a dent in the bag - they have afternoons out in the yard, so I have a ton left. Am I supposed to switch to layer food now? Or since they...

Folks, Here are pictures of my coop, at the moment. I am trying to cover all my bases, so I will tell you what is still on the "to do" list and if I miss anything, please let me know. Thank you David I am still missing the outside walls, which will be 1x something tongue-n-groove, screwed in...

Ok. So what do you folks think... The first two are the sweetest. Barred Rocks and I am sure they are girls - SpeckledHen pronounced them as girls at 2 weeks The next two are Speckled Sussex, one of them worries me about the gender: The last two are EE's - one is so tiny, like a...

Folks, I have a 3 week old EE, who has wings that extend past the end of the body. In truth, her wings are maybe close to the same size as the other girls, but her body is like half the size. She has really thin looking legs and is a bit wobbly. I think the wooble is due to the large wings...

I have a 3 week old chick that seems to have really long wings - or actually, I think her wings are normal size but therest of her is really small - she is the runt of the litter. Has anyone seen a chick with wings that go past the end of her body before? These three picts are all of her. She...

I ordered girls, but I am not sure about 2 of them. Here are all 6... the 1st 2 are speckled sussex, then 2 EE's then 2 barred rocks -David

My girls are 11 days old, about (shipped the 5th) I put Desert Sand in the broader and I am concerned about them eating too much. I had put some in before and it was there for a while, until today when they finished it. When I replaced it, I noticed that at least one was trying to dust-bath...

I just got my order from MPC yesterday and a few of the girls already have some feathers. Is that normal? -David

I know that some bedding is like the wood pellets for stoves but not as compressed. My question is, does anyone either burn that stuff or use wood stove pellets for bedding and then put it into a pellet stove? (after fishing out the poop, of course) I don't have a pellet stove, but am thinking...

I've been seeing a bunch of posts about people getting packing peanuts from mail-orders, so now I am wondering if I should be prepared for this. I placed my order with MPC for 6 girls (2 EE, 2 barred rocks, 2 speckld sussex). Has anyone that has ordered through MPC received the "Packing...

Has anyone found any differences in the quality of the DE offered from different companies? I see the Wolf Creek site says theirs is pure white and that some are yellow or tan (higher amount of iron) and some are grayish (higher clay content). None of the other sites I looked at mention...

folks, I was thinking about below ground wire needs. i was planning on putting wire fence horizontally under the entire coop. Or is this too much? Do I only need to put it vertically on the perimeter? David

I will be receiving my first little ones the week of April 5th. (2 easter-eggers, 2 barred rocks, and 2 speckled sussex) I'd like to know what people recommend to have on hand for a chicken first aid/emergency kit. - David

Folks, I am new here and have spent the last 3 days trying to figure out what I need for a coop. I think I am attaching pictures of what it should look like and here is a rough run down. Please let me know if I am doing something wrong and also if I am missing anything. The house will be...