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I need help. My 9 month old barred Rock hen has started limping and her toes and toenails are curled. I don’t know how to help. No vets around here see chickens. I have added vitamin b2 to their water. She eats Dumor layer feed with access to grit and oyster shell. I clean out their coop daily...

I have a hen who I just noticed was limping and then realized her toes are curled and kind of gross looking (for lack of better wording?) I don’t know what to do for her. Do I need to separate her from the others? She is less than a year old. She eats Dumor layer feed and has access to grit...

I have two coop/runs. Right now I have a few sick chickens in the smaller run. I am getting new chicks in February. My question is. How long do the sick chickens need to be out of the run before it is safe to put pullets in? I want to make sure disease or whatever is wrong with the chickens...

I have had three hens die in three months. They are only 18 months old. The first two I believe died of sour crop. The third... I have no idea other than she just kept loosing weight. No matter what I did she kept loosing weight. Now 7-8 of my chickens out of 11 are having unusual poop. Several...

Hi have three 10 week old barred rocks. One was having bloody poop so I have been treating them all for Coccidiosis. They have been on corid for 5 days. Today I noticed all three of them have cloudy beaks! Help! I have attached pictures of them as well as their feeder and watered. I don’t think...

I am pretty certain this is coccidiosis. I just bought Corid to treat. It only seems to be one chicken, as the past two mornings only one pile of poop in the coop is bloody. My question is do I isolate her and just treat the one who is showing signs or go ahead and treat them all? There are...

My flock is 13 months old. I noticed last week that one of the hens comb is limp and she seemed to be uncomfortable. (Standing alone, leaning forward and feathers fluffed) I picked her up and took her out of the run to examine her. I found this half out of her vent. (Picture of white thing in...

I am curious about Brahma chickens. Some appear to be giant! I saw some on McMurray hatchery that don’t have feathered feet (probably best for our run) and say the hen will be six pounds. is there a difference between giant brahmas and “not-so-giant-brahmas? Google seems to be no help. if they...

I had 19 eggs. Two hatched on Saturday (I am going to quickly take them out of the brooder this morning, Monday.) there was one other that pipped on Friday but hasn’t hatched. No others show signs of pipping. (Day 21 was Saturday) We had two power outages while they were incubating. One for 20...

My eggs have been in the incubator for 9days now. On the 6th day the power went out for about thirty minutes. Last night we had terrible storms and the power went out around 5:30am. It was 7:30am (two hours) before I could get a friend on the phone to see if I could bring the incubator to her...

Hi! I am incubating chicken eggs for the first time. (From a barnyard mixed flock, mostly orpington). I borrowed a friends, Farm innovator model 4200 incubator. The thermometer doesn’t work on it anymore so I put in my own thermometer and humidity reader. I had it perfectly regulated for 24...

Have you ever dealt with a blind rooster/hen? I am pretty sure one of our two roosters is going blind. He struggles to find the things he’s pecking for as well as his water (although he eventually gets it). His eyes are a little cloudy/hazy looking. Looks like an old dogs eyes with cataracts. I...

My hen jumped up and grabbed my pearl earring out of my ear. I think she swallowed it because I can’t find it anywhere now. I am worried this will hurt her. I am assuming there is nothing to do but wait and see???

This is a 16 week old bird. I was sure it was a hen but now has two longer feathers on it’s tail. She has started “dancing” at the roosters. (Puffing her neck feathers up and prancing). What is she? Hen or rooster?!

I have 9 hens and two roosters (they are all 16 weeks old). Is it a bad idea to keep two roosters with only 9 hens? (I started out with 12 roosters. I just sold ten. I was going to sell all twelve but my son wanted to keep two of the roosters as he became attached to them.) I am now regretting...

This chicken is 16 weeks old today. Her beak has been crooked for a while now. She still eats crumble. I am wondering if she is going to have issues as she gets older and if I switch to pellets.

i just built a watering system and the nipples drip. (Which is great because the chickens learned to use it immediately... but not so great because I am going to have a muddy mess!) Have I done something wrong? How do I fix this? Some of them are dripping every 4-5 seconds. Some a little less...

Our new run is made with a two foot wire skirt. 6 ft vertical feet of 1/2in hardware cloth and a wire “roof” made with 2”x4” welded wire. I am wondering if I need to lock them in the coop at night or can I leave it open? I feel like the coop is secure. Is there any reason I absolutely need to...

we have 27 chicks that hatched on Wednesday: one has a weak leg and the other is very weak. He had a hard time getting out of his shell. The shell was still partly “glued” on his back until today. Warm water helped it work loose. The other chicks keep trampling these two. The person who hatched...

i am building my first chicken run. My original plan was for a 4’ run with a wired roof (we have lots of owls, hawks, raccoons and foxes). I am wondering if I’ll regret it only being 4’ and wish I had spent the extra $ to make it 6’. It’s already costing more then we expected. The run is...