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My hen injured her toe two days ago. The nail was snapped off at the base and there was a lot of bleeding. We got the bleeding to stop and we cleaned and wrapped it and used Vetricyn, but we noticed last night (when we went to wrap it again) that the toe looked red and puffy. It looks infected...

Help. My two silkies who are now 17 weeks old continue to sleep on the lowest bar in my coop - which is in front of the lowest laying boxes (the bar is really not meant for roosting but more for getting up and into the lower laying boxes - it is quite low to the ground. ) I have to move them...

I am redesigning my chicken run so that it drains better (it is very wet where I live). The has been just the dirt ground with some pine shavings over it. My husband wants to put in filter fabric/landscape cloth over rocks (for drainage) with a layer of fine pea gravel on top. Has anyone else...

Hello, I am new to hatching eggs. I have a very broody hen - a blue Orpington, and I got seven fertile eggs for her to incubate, hatch, and raise. Her favorite nesting box is in the coop, several feet off the ground. I feel like this is not ideal for chicks - so I am trying to relocate her to a...

Hi there. My eight year old German Shepherd loves to eat chicken poop. I let my chickens out to forage for a bit about once a day (the rest of the time they are in their run) - and my dog seeks out any droppings that they have left behind. It is NASTY and I have had a hard time getting her to...

My 4 week old female golden laced Wyandotte keeps craning her neck downwards to her chest - and then she pecks at her chest. She rarely lifts her head - just bows it down - and appears to just compulsively peck. She has been picking a bit at other parts of herself too -- but the big issue is the...