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Hi again! I have 4 5week old chicks and just discovered some bloody poop. This may sound dumb but I wanted to treat it naturally #1 so they could build up immunity and #2 I didn’t think our state sold corid. The chicks are all acting fine look great and the poop has improved but I asked farm...

Hi I have a complicated hen that has a leg disease of some kind but has managed to live a relatively good/normal life … roosting, eating, walking around with her flock. Anyhoo I noticed her acting off and also noticed these lumps on her head. I can’t find any more in her body. Does this look...

Hi! So I have a chicken with some strange symptoms. Started off noticing she was a little withdrawn. She’s my most curious friendly chicken. Then noticed she was preoccupied with her feet. Biting at them and holding one up, then the other. So I thought mites. Looked at her feet they seemed ok...

Hi again. So this morning I found my chicken looking uncomfortable and started checking her out. I found maggots all over her hind quarters. There seems to be some blood coming out but her bottom under her vent seems puffy.... so I’ve soaked her to get the bugs off and dried her and gave her a...

Does this look like leg mites? Her chick is having trouble with some skin issues and it got me thinking maybe it’s mites?

Hi my 8 week old chicken somehow got both feet all cut up. I’m checking for what caused it but I was hoping to get some advice on what to use. Is there a good antibiotic cream or spray that anybody feels is best? Also should I leave her with the flock or bring her in while it heals?

Hi! This is gonna be a long one. I hope you guys can help me. Ok so I had previously posted about a bully chicken and I got some good advice about my coop set up. So I added some blinds so they don’t see each other as much. I have 7 feeders. I have roosts and chairs and logs. That was all there...

Hi everyone. I haven’t been on in quite some time so I hope I’m posting to the correct spot. So we were given 1 hen and we introduced slowly and everything seemed fine. But for the past few months the new hen is being picked on by just 1 other hen. The bully even MATES her to the point of...

so my question is when babies are being raised by mom do you still need to check for things like pasty butt? I don’t want to upset Mom too much by going in there repeatedly but I worry about them

Hi! I’m I. California and we started raising chickens 2 years ago. I love it! We have 4 grown hens and we just picked up #4, 1 week old babies. I’ve been reading tips and threads on this site for years but just now signed up as a member!