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When I bend down to pick up any of my girls, sometimes they scrunch down like, and kinda hump their wings up(sorry if I'm not describing their position too well) kinda like they're afraid they'll be hit or something! Has anyone else seen their chickens do this right before being picked up? Are...

Every time I bend over or squat down to do something in the chicken coop, my pullet(or young hen...they're laying now) Fussbudget flops up on my back and will continue to my head. It's cute in a way, but painful at times, not to mention disgusting if her feet are filthy. If I manage to catch her...

I have four Rhode Island red pullets about six or seven months old, a couple just starting to lay. Baby is my runt, being the smallest but sweetest of the four. She's VERY sweet, loves to be held, snuggled and loved on. I've babied her since she was a little fuzzball. Anyway, recently she has...

I just found my very first egg from my babies today!! Thing is, it has a couple of smears of blood on it. Is that a concern, or is that typical of a first egg? Is the egg safe to eat?

Hello all! First, this not an emergency. My pullet in question isn't sick or anything, this is a, 'why does she do that' thing. First let me describe her. She is 6 months old, not laying yet. Her name is Crybaby. Strange name, I know, but I started calling her that when she was a baby fuzzball...

Hello! I've switched my pullets over to Dumor 16% layer feed crumbles. I noticed the food is lumpy down in the bag. The date is good, but somebody told me that lumpy food wasn't too good. Advice please?

Yikes! I went out to move the chicken coop and I saw a black widow spider on one of the wheels. Oh how most spiders scare me. :oops: I tried to whop it with my shoe but it fell and crawled up in the wheel mechanism. I rolled the coop to where I wanted it and kept searching for the spider, but I...

For those of you who might remember my pullet Big Girl who sprained her leg, now something else is wrong. Her limp has really improved, but she has lost a lot of weight! I don't think she's eating. She feels so light when I pick her up, and she's bony. She also looks pale. What do I do??? My...

I have a pullet who seems to have lost a little weight since her leg injury. She's not as hefty as she once was. All of my girls are kinda scrawny. What do you expect, they came from Tractor Supply. My mother told me to feed different kinds of food. What can I give her that will put some meat on...

I have a four month old RIR pullet who, for the past week or so, will close her eyes, and droop her head down. She'll do it when just standing there, or if I hold her. It's like she goes off into a short coma! She's otherwise fine, she eats, drinks, poops, flies on my shoulder. Is she major...

I could puke. I just got finished taking one of my girls to the vet, now another girl might have a problem. This is my Sweet Baby. Yesterday I noticed she was keeping her right eye closed a lot. Not constantly, but often. I thought maybe there may have been some dust in it or something. Today...

I live near the Timpson Texas area. I have five Rhode Island Red pullets rescued from Tractor Supply on April 22. I'm having to part with them for many reasons. It's going to break my heart and I'm going to be depressed for days. I am going to be very, very choosy on this. There new owner(s)...

This is Big Girl, the heaftiest but friendly of my five. This evening I went to get them for the night, and I suddenly noticed her limping; her right leg is hurting her! She wasn't doing this this afternoon. I picked her up and examined her thoroughly. No cuts, bruises, no bleeding, no...

Hello all! I know this might be a dumb question, but I just wanted to make sure. Is it safe for chickens to eat fresh, uncooked figs?

My sweet runt of my five is making these cute, but odd-for-a-chicken squeaky grunts like a piglet or a puppy. She's been doing this for.... about... a week maybe? I assume her voice is changing because my others are. My flock is approx 2 1/2 months old. She's always had a baby peep because she...

Hello friends! It has been so excruciatingly hot here, and I feel sorry for my girls for having to be out in that heat! Is it ok if I put an ice cube in their waterer to keep their water cold? Or would that upset them to drink really cold water when they're hot? How about if I lay some cubes...

This is my sweet Rhode Island Red girl. She and her sisters are about two months old. Both sides of her face are red like she's sunburned! I was holding her this morning and was looking at her and I saw the redness fade away, then a few seconds later it came right back! I also will notice her...

What is the deal with my chicks wiping their beaks on me? It's so cute, but what's the reason behind it? I mean, I know they're trying to clean themselves after eating, but why on me?? My mother had a rooster friend years ago that after he ate, he'd go to her and wipe his beak on her shoes, then...

I see my Rhode Island Red chicks eating their shavings! I will see my sweet little runt eat the little pieces out of the feeder along with the food. I can't see how that would be good eating all that wood because I can't see it digesting. But I can't stop them from eating it, so what do I do?

Hello. One of my Rhode Island Red chicks recently started acting blah and has been hanging her wings down. She's eating, drinking and pooping and it's not hot, so I don't know what's wrong.