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I have a flock of 11 hens and a Rooster. They will be a year old the end of next month. 4 of them have developed bald spots on their backs at the base of their tails. The buff orpington's feather deformity seems different and this has been developing for a while. Is this pecking, mites, or maybe...

Got first 3 eggs today from my flock of 13 pullets. 2 were mini size, one was a normal medium sized egg. My flock consists of 4 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 3 Australorps, 3 Buff Orpingtons, & 3 Barred Rocks. The Wyandottes are the oldest by one week and I have never had this breed before. I have...

Please help me determine what may have caused this horrible death of my beautiful Lavendar Orpington. She raised up and screamed, she stood, her head flew back with her neck stretched out like I have never seen, then she collapsed and started flailing around on the bottom of the crate, she got...

Going to try to keep this short but detailed: My Lavender Orpington is 4 years old & very healthy until about 10 days ago. Live in central Texas hill country and it is currently very HOT. Symptoms started began with staying in the nest, I assumed she was broody. Took her out of the nest twice...

"Botulism is one of the most common causes of death in poultry in the TopEnd. Chickens,ducks,geese,guinea fowl and many other birds are susceptible.It can affect free-range and caged birds." https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/233569/botulism-in-chickens-ducks-and-others.pdf

Video links to see Sesame. Video of sick chicken Sick Sesame

One of my chickens suddenly died 3 days ago, there were no signs of illness, she was only 1 1/2 years old. This morning I went down to let the others out of their coop and one of the older - 4 years old, Barred Rock, has suddenly taken ill, drooping wings, labored breathing, keeps closing her...

Yesterday evening at dusk went down to lock chickens in coop for the night and found one in the secure run laying dead, no injuries, no feathers lost, no sign of a struggle, and she seemed healthy earlier in the day. She was only a year and half old. Healthy weight, bright red comb, etc. I have...

Hi BYC folks, Haven't posted in a long while, but I have to give a shout out to my oldest Australop, Teriyaki. She is the HERO of my flock. More than once she has been the one to alert us that the flock is in danger. A couple of days ago she saved two of my hens from a fox. She came up on the...

Does anyone know if Foraging Chickens eating insects that have died from Insect Sprays, like Home Defense, etc. be effected adversely?

We have lived here in the hill country on 6 acres in Texas for 7 years and never have seen a rattlesnake until this year. Now we have one living in right next to the chicken coop. I have 5 chickens and the Orpington is broody right now and am a bit concerned that it may find its way in during...

Ok this is day 3 of this coming out of both ends of my Barred Rock hen, Sesame, today she started losing feathers and she has been laying around all day close to the house. I checked her crop first thing this morning and it was soft and fairly empty. I tried giving her coconut oil, won't touch...

What is going on? My Barred Rock Hen is spitting up watery white goopy stuff? She seems ok otherwise, any body seen this and know what it might be and should I do anything for her? Its dark now, but I will post a picture tomorrow.

Currently I am feeding my pullets Purina All Flock crumbles, and while I have had this problem before, in the early spring, before there are many flowers, the bees seem worse than ever and in the dead of August! They swarm and roll in the crumble?? I have killed many of them, but they just keep...

I have a Barred Rock that is about a year and a half old. She has always been a pretty consistent layer until the last 2 -3 weeks. After reading many different posts here, I am not sure if I should be concerned or let it run its course. 3 weeks ago we began really working on integrating her and...

So, here is the situation- I have my small flock, that consists of a large Barred Rock Hen and a Black Australorp that will be a year old this September. Their current coop is a converted dog house with an enclosed area around it for them to run around in. The newer flock consists of one...

We started to build a new coop for our new flock. The old one is a TSC prefab and just not large enough. I think our flock is as excited to move into their new home as we are to get it done, since we are having 100 degree days right now. this is the old coop and this is their enclosed yard...

A couple of times, my Australorp hen has laid eggs with quite a bit of blood in them. I know about ordinary meat spots and see those periodically, but this was disturbing. She seemed fine otherwise. She has been laying fine recently, Has anyone else seen this?

Hi Everyone, I am getting ready to build a new coop for my new flock. I have 2 Cochins, Rooster and hen, 1 Orpington, and 2 Australorps. So I am dismantling my current store bought coop to build one from scratch. The dimensions I am planning are 6 feet long x 5 feet wide x 4 - 5 ft high slope...

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