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I have a 2.5 year old Easter Egger who has always been a good and consistent 5 egg a week layer. She started laying after her molt in late January and was laying normal until a few weeks ago. It started with a fairy egg, which I was not concerned about then she laid a few normal eggs then...

Thanks for all the info. The tried to give her Nutri-drench in a small dish with a little water but she would not try it. My other chickens did. Should I try to put some in a syringe and give it to her? I worry about that because I have heard they can aspirate if you do it wrong. I also thought...

I have a 2.5 year leghorn who had a hard molt late October. She seems to be fully feathered, eats, drinks and poops well. If she gets bumped into by the other chickens for whatever reason it knocks her to the ground and takes her a bit to get up. This keeps her from getting near the others...

I have wondered if the breed has something to do with yolk color as well as what they eat. I have 4 different breeds that all eat the same diet. Mine are not able to free range due to the amount of predators. I try to make up for it feeding them herbs and various greens from my garden daily as...

Thanks for the info. I will give her a better look over this morning. From what I have been able to see so far is that she looks fine and eats and drinks well to where her weight seems good. She will walk around in the run and eat and drink with the others. She just tried to keep her distance...

I have a leghorn, who is 2.5 years old. She had a fairly hard molt in terms of feather loss compared to the year before. She was my last one to molt, which started in late October. She now seems to have all of her feathers back but over the last few weeks, I have noticed her distancing herself...

She will scratch on top of them when I am standing there like scratching the ground. I am just curious if she is trying to show dominance over me as she is top chicken of the flock.

Her crop felt fine. She has been constantly panting and was standing in one spot not doing anything and it is not hot. I noticed her when I was giving them their morning fermented feed and she did not come over to eat. She stayed in one spot for along time and eventually laid down but continued...

I did the bath for 30 minutes and she did not mind at all. After drying her off I did a light massage in her undercarriage and put some petroleum jelly around her vent. I put her on the coop on her own as the rest are in the run. I noticed she was a little wobbly and she expelled a little poop...

I am not sure on the laying as she and our other barred rock’s eggs look similar. She was acting fine and eating and drinking yesterday. She is standing with her butt sort of down. Would that be egg binding? I am thinking of going ahead and doing an Epsom salt bath as I can’t think of anything...

I am not sure on the laying as she and our other barred rock’s eggs look similar. She was acting fine and eating and drinking yesterday. She is standing with her butt sort of down. Would that be egg binding? I am thinking of going ahead and doing an Epsom salt bath as I can’t think of anything...

Did you ever figure out what happened? I am having the same issue this morning with one barred rock. They don’t free range so I know everything they eat. She has finally stopped standing and is lying on the ground with others still panting,

I don’t see anything visibly wrong and she is completely docile. Have no idea what to do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated?

6 of my 7 chickens molted this fall. The 2 barred rocks started in early October followed by the 2 easter eggers and then the buff orpington and one leghorn. By late December the barred rocks started somewhat laying again and then the Easter eggers. The final leghorn, who is top chicken and my...

We used this on the floor of our slab in both areas. When we did research to determine our flooring material, it was said that you should clean the sand out once a year. Does anyone have experience with this? Ours has been in there just over a year but we are going to wait until it is a little...

What feed do you use? I have always provided oyster shells and I see my Leghorns who lay everyday eat them regularly and more than the others.

Thanks for the response. They are just over a year old. I have been feeding them organic layer feed 16% but have also been supplementing with organic chick starter 19% for the higher protein. I can’t seem to find higher protein in any layer feed organic or not. I also try to give them 2 to 3...

My seven chickens can not free range do to way too many predators. I try to provide them with something to keep them busy an entertained. They love a cabbage ball that I hang. They can devour one in two days. How often is it good to give them one? I have only been doing it once a week or so but...

No symptoms. My husband said she laid an egg yesterday. She spent the night in the coop. They eat organic layer feed with access to grit and oyster shells as well as clean water. We also ferment the feed for their morning feeding and then they have access to the regular feed all day. We also...

Our chickens are all 10 months old and raised as day old chicks. I left Wednesday afternoon after checking on the chickens, which all seem to be fine. I even picked up and egg from Thyme, the one who died. My husband has been feeding them and checking on them multiple times a day like I do. This...