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About me...I randomly got into chickens when I rescued a buff orpington hen from a local stables. She had been run over by a tractor and had a broken leg. They were going to kill her. (Call it cull if you like but changing two letters doesn't change the deed.) A simple leg cast by my local...

Perhaps, but I am there and around them so much of the time. I get to observe their everyday interaction and never really saw this. If it were the case, though, I wonder what illness they might have noticed?

Ah, it happened so fast, and I was in the thick of it and just didn't snap one. But it looked very much like this... Not the dusky tips but the spot farther down.

I've heard wood ash kills mites and lice, and read you can even rub your chickens down with it and mix it in with their dust bath dirt. Also, a nice bath with gentle dishsoap can get rid of the lice, but do it on a hot day or, if you really want to be kind, blow dry them. Mine actually love...

Hi all. I had a terrible event over the weekend. My chicken, Rowie (Rhode Island Red), was standoffish Saturday Morning, hiding under a canopy in their large chicken shop/coop. The rest of the flock seemed fine. She was mobile, walked away from me okay, but just seemed, you know, off. Saturday...