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I have a hen that has bumblefoot. Will she lay with it?

I was just coming Back from mowing the lawns when I looked Over at my hens and I saw that my wyandotte had a funny looking eye. I picked her up and inspected it more closely and saw that there was a swelling near the eye and some bubbles around it, here is a picture. I don’t know what it is...

I have seen a lot of people talking about Epsom salt for medical uses in poultry. What medical conditions does it cure ? is it for use against mite and lice? or for injury purposes ? Thanks

I have a rooster and a hen moulting at the minute. Is it ok to wash them ??? Some of their body is bare with no feathers. I am thinking of bathing them with some poultry shampoo and warm water ?

I am investing in some show quality brahmas off a reputable breeder in the coming weeks. He will have a selection of 16 week old Brahmas up for grabs and I will be buying some off him. I am a good judge of Wyandotte’s but have never had brahmas before and would like some advice. All his hens are...

I am investing in some show quality brahmas off a reputable breeder in the coming weeks. He will have a selection of 16 week old Brahmas up for grabs and I will be buying some off him. I am a good judge of Wyandotte’s but have never had brahmas before and would like some advice. All his hens are...

I am investing in some show quality brahmas off a reputable breeder in the coming weeks. He will have a selection of 16 week old Brahmas up for grabs and I will be buying some off him. I am a good judge of Wyandotte’s but have never had brahmas before and would like some advice. All his hens are...

In my flock I have two mothers with 1 chick each and two other laying hens. The two chicks are nearly at the age when they can be taken away from their mothers. One of the mothers is a buff sussex and the other is a buff laced Wyandotte. The other two hens are Sussex’s. The two mothers are very...

My two new white Wyandotte’s have lice. I bought them about two weeks ago and they had quite a bit of lice at the start. I treated them 3 times since with lice powder and washed out their henhouse and creseoted the house too inside and out, something I heard would help kill them. I checked them...

I have recently invested in a large fowl pair of white Wyandotte’s. I bought them knowing that they had quite a bit of lice. I’m treating this at the minute. The hen has lost quite a bit of feathers and the rooster isn’t in pristine condition either. I’m a good judge rod the hens and they are...

I have 2 two week old chicks in with their 2 mothers who share the duty of raising them. I found a few lice on the hens today only about 5 on each of them all spread out around the hen. Should I treat this now and will it affect my young chicks ? Thanks 👍🏼

I have a Wyandotte hen which has been going missing for a week now all day everyday apart from about 10 minutes during the day. After about a week of her going missing I decided to investigate. I spotted her feeding and racing off towards a hedge. I followed her down into the ditch to find she...

my hen is hatching chicks right now and I came down and found one young chick lying in diarrhea. It is ok but what do I do to stop danger to its life need answers ASAP

I have a silkie hen and she is a great hen and is 2-3 years old I’d say and I really want her to go broody I bought her last year as a raiser for my chicks and the sales said she had gone broody plenty of times and raised chicks but I’ve had her nearly 2 years and she only went broody once last...

I have a silkie hen and she is a great hen and is 2-3 years old I’d say and I really want her to go broody I bought her last year as a raiser for my chicks and the sales said she had gone broody plenty of times and raised chicks but I’ve had her nearly 2 years and she only went broody once last...

Hi my name is Bobby. I had an incident today in which I’m am pretty sure of the answer but want some opinions. !!i have three pens of hens over in Ireland here. They’re is a pen of bantams with 2 silkies a Japanese hen and a Japanese roo which are related and are quite small. They’re is also a...

hi all. I have recently bought a black copper maran hen with 3 gold top chicks and 3 maran chicks. She is a super mother and the chicks were a week old and before a week all the gold tops died. They went all droopy a while before their death. I had a similar experience with a gamefowl hen with 7...

Hi all. I’m a chicken keeper and I’d love to have a broody hatch some chicks. I have bought a black copper maran hen with 6 chicks recently and a wild Irish ☘️ gamefowl with 7 chicks. My hens are. A buff pekin. 1 buff silkie and 1 partridge silkie. 1 Japanese. 1 Japanese x Dutch booted banty. A...

I have a 1 year old pekin hen will she go broody??

Hi all , I have a variety of hens and hope some will go broody and hatch out some eggs and would like to know which ones have a better chance than others. Here’s what I have. 2 Isa brown hybrids , 1 Amber star, 2 bluebells , 2 cuckoo Marans ,2 Rir ,3 light Sussex, 1 buff Sussex , 1 buff orp ...