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Hello there, I was hoping for some advice. I had one of my beloved hens pass away the day before yesterday, and now I have another sick hen. The first sick hen was acting unwell (puffed up, self isolation, quiet, slow moving, interested in food and water) for a few days. I gave her a chicken...

Came outside this morning and her wing was sticking straight out. She is acting 100% normal but obviously something happened. When I felt the wing joint it seemed dislocated (compared to the others that I felt) and was slightly warm. I have no idea what to do. Any help would be appreciated!

One of my Golden Comets (2-3 yrs old) is acting sick and has a few symptoms. Last night I noticed her comb was flopped over, which is really odd since it always stands tall and firm. I didn't see anything else unusual, so I didn't think much of it. This morning she was making...

Silly questions, but I found a few mealworms (correct me if I'm wrong) in some spilled feed, and was wondering if I can cultivate them. If I give them wheat bran and a warm place to live will they multiply and become something I can regularly give my chickens? Is it safe to randomly find worms...

Hello! My 2-3 year old Golden Comet chicken has been acting weird lately and I was hoping for a diagnosis. It started by finding a fart egg two days in a row, and then finding an egg with a double shell (kind of). She was standing in the corner of the coop and was pretty low-energy for a day or...

One of my speckleds has a very bloody comb that is bleeding in three places. The others were trying to peck her once I noticed it, and she started sneezing and flicking the blood off her beak. She is the lowest on the pecking order, and yesterday I switched to pellet food instead of crumble...

Hello everyone! As you can see in my profile, I am in central Wisconsin and the weather is pretty nuts! We got a bunch of snow, and today pretty much everything is closed or cancelled due to the cold. At this very moment it is -27*F but with the windchill it is around -48*F. The thermometer in...

My 8 chickens reside in a small 100 year old smokehouse. The walls are about a foot thick of solid stone, and I have a small window for them to come in and out of. I have also added a small outdoor thermometer and the past few days it has been around -5F to -10F outside, but has been 6F to 14F...

Hello everyone! I need help. So in the chicken run I have two small bowls of oyster shell and grit hanging on the fence for them to eat free choice, but because it has been snowing they haven't been coming outside as much. The real issue is that the snow is getting in the bowls, and then it...

So I have a flock of 8 hens and it snowed about an inch or two 3-4 days ago. I was really excited to see how they would react, but to my dismay they refused to come out of the coop! I lured a single brave chicken into the run with some corn but she grabbed a kernel and bolted right back into the...

I am not sure if you're familiar with pet-shaming where they hang signs around the dog/cat's neck and shame them for hilarious fails, but I decided to do it with my chickens :D I mean, I love them so much...they are my little babies...however I still get to have some fun :p So I present...

Hi all! I was hoping you could give me your advice for winterizing my coop! Is there enough ventilation? Do I need to add a tarp or something to the outdoor run so they have a snow free area? What is draftiness and how do I combat it when I can't just cut holes through the walls or add windows...

Hi! So I got up the other day to let the chickens out, and on my way I almost stepped right into a pile of intestines. I totally jumped, and as I distanced myself from it, I saw feathers dotting the ground. My heart got caught in my throat as I sprinted to my coop. I whipped open the door to...

I am just so in love with my egg basket right now! :love I have 2 new layers and they are starting to get the hang of it...kind of! :) It's just so pretty!

Hello! So my 19 wk Speckled Sussex refused to come out of the coop this morning, and when she did she was very tender on her feet. At the food bowl she stood on one foot and just seems sad and uncomfortable. Also, her foot was pretty hot, but the other one was cold. In the past I had a SLW...

So there are plenty of posts about one chicken in the flock being targeted, but what if it is just beef between two chickens? I feel my heart break a little more every time my little Speckled is pecked or chased by the mean SLW. The poor thing is so skittish now. She barely eats crumble (even...

Hi there! So about 3 days ago I was watching my chickens and I noticed my 17 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte hen was limping. She is the most skittish out of everyone so it took forever to catch her but once I did, I found she had a glob of dried poo and feathers stuck to the bottom of her foot...

Anyone else's chickens take a mid afternoon rest time? Its so funny to see them all roost and take a break in the middle of the day :) Then they all come back out to play in the evening <3 Also, how long did it take after your chicken started squatting for it to lay eggs? I have a 16 week old...

Hi! So I have 8 chickens that are all 11-13 weeks old. Golden Comets, Silver Laced Wyandottes, and Speckled Sussex. In the past week I have noticed more and more feathers on the ground, to the point where there are feathers all over the yard and they are piling up in the run. I am concerned this...

Hi guys! I just wanted to let people know what I have found works REALLY well for my flock of 8 chickens! If you disagree, that's totally fine, but a couple months ago it would have saved me a lot of trouble had I known what I do now! I tried several types of feeders and waterers (including...