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2 day old chick attacked by hen (not his mom). Hurt his wing (which can heal, not a big deal), but she slit his throat, I can see inside of his neck, the inside is intact. The skin is slit and showing inside. Am I explaining this correctly? The chick is not eating on its own anymore after the...

Hi all, This is a weird one for me. For the past week or so, there has been a hen hanging out inside the coop almost all the time. Today when I was cleaning, I grabbed her and put her outside with the rest of the flock, the rooster rushed to her and mounted her, she could barely take another...

Hi All, Could I please get to the bottom of why one of my hens isn't laying? She gets into the nesting box to lay, sits there for quite some time, does the egg song and comes out like she laid, I go check and there's nothing. This has been going on for 2 to 3 months now. And she's the only one...

I noticed one of the chicks is limping, I took a closer look and I found this hardened black stuff on it's leg. the other side of the leg looks normal, size and color wise - no swelling. I don't know what I'm looking at. Is it dried blood? I have not tried to pry off or clean yet before I get...

Hi all. I had a broody hen which I recently discovered that there was a rotten egg under her that cracked and seeped into the bedding. So I took the chicken out, and while I was cleaning the nesting box, there was lots of tiny mites crawling around. I cleaned everything and put down DE...

I'm not sure what I'm dealing with here. I took the best pictures I could for now. I hope it helps.

Hi all, Yesterday a peahen suddenly showed up in my yard, she left in the evening because of the neighbors dogs barking. She was back first thing this morning. She looks like she wants in so bad with the chickens. Is it safe to let her in with them?

Hi all. She is one of my main flock. When they were a week old, I started noticing that she wasn't growing like the other ones were (now, she's half the size of a my full grown chickens who hatched on the same day). I noticed when she was growing that her wings were longer than her body length...

Last year when my hens started laying, they started laying considerably small eggs, and this one had an egg stuck on her fluffy bottom which I believe was because of the fresh sticky bloom and the light weight of the egg. I thought it was hilarious walking around with an egg, don’t think she...

This is the first time I find an egg like this. I'm not sure what could have caused these colorations.

Hi everyone, A batch of new chickies hatched 6 weeks ago. Today, amongst them, there's someone crowing, and also one of them squatted when I was reaching to grab her. Is this normal? I'm baffled...My main flock took a good 6 months to squat and mate..I don't know what to make of this, they...

Hi everyone, Recently, one of my hens weaned her babies off and rejoined the main flock. That happened this past Tuesday. Since then, she's been clucking constantly all day, as if she's looking for something or waiting on something. Now, I don't speak chicken, so I'm just assuming from what I...

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm not new to the site, but a new member. I grew up around chicken and farm animals and now have my own flock. I have 11 in total, 9 hens and 2 roosters. I found out about BYC a while back when doing a google search, and been hooked since then. BYC has been...

Free rooster to a good home. I have 2 roosters, they grew up together, but they are showing signs of competition and I'd hate to see them fight. Plus, I have 9 hens, therefore, 2 roosters are too much for this small flock. I'm giving one of the roosters away for free, but not to be eaten, only...