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10 month old Barred rock is lethargic, weak, squishy belly, yellow wet fethers on vent. I have her separated. Not sure what to do? I gave her vitamins yesterday Separated her. No eggs for 2 days Since she has been lethargic. Found wet belly but really couldn't find a treatment. So I am getting...

7 month old Americana is chasing the hens and one hen had a bleeding comb from his mating her. All the hens run from this hormonal young rooster. Is this normal? I got him separated for now. Been keeping him isolated and then released for a short time of day. Since I found my one hen with a...

hi! So I designed a new coop and thought everything would work out. Now that I have seven new pullets age 12 weeks and 4 year olds and 3 year old (6) hens. I am finding the young ones will get picked on. Thinking of adding a lower roost over the egg nests. Not sure what else to do. One hen has...

I waited a few years before designing the new coop. I wanted to be able to walk inside it. Egg access from outside. Poop shelves. Brooder built inside. The inside is almost done. And yet the birds keep going to old coop! Augh!

My Barred Rocks are 2 and a half weeks old. And boy are they growing fast! I been using a heating plate and an addition heat source keeping the area around 80 degrees in the shed. I am surprised how fast they are feathering out! Anyone else notice how fast they grow?! This is my 3 set of...

Good afternoon! I decided to hard boil several dozen of fresh eggs for a Easter Breakfast. I have never done this before- so I was hoping people here would share their tips. 😊 🐣 I did buy an egg cooker- but wasn’t sure if I should use that or go by boiling. I do need to refrigerate them after...

So I have to put one of my hens down. I been prolonging it. I have an empty milk jug. Gonna hang her upside down so she goes to sleep and cull. Here is the thing- I have never done it before. I was curious if there is a video on it? We did a neck pull on an injured chicken. My husband said...

My 2 yr old hen came back to the coop with her head down and really weak. I don’t see any injuries but the fox did get another hen the same day. Shock? I been keeping her separate. Today she did eat and drink but still keeps head down. How long should I wait? Thinking we should cull her.

18 month old hen is having a hard molt with pin feathers everywhere. She is walking foot over foot like a drunken hen. she is very timid right now and is avoiding the others. I put her in the sick bay and moving her seemed to hurt. So now I just leave her be and try to place food close to her ...

I have a one year old Buff Orpington. He has charged at me two times. Both times I was wearing red or pink. And both times a hen was squaking- in distress. It is our first rooster. We got him at 6 months. I was not able to hold him much as he was not hand raised. Someone said to hold the...

our 7 month old rooster is a new addition. He will shake his head and then fluff neck feathers! I checked for mites during the daytime. No black or white bugs present. Skin looks good. I wish I could share this odd head bob via video. He does it once every few minutes. Some injury on his...

We just got our rooster, so far I called him Pretty boy, Big boy, Sugar daddy. no real name yet, hope to be inspired by your stories and names. He is a 7 months old Buff Orpington.

My neighbor has several buff orpington roosters. He is offering me a 7 month old rooster. I have 11 hens (ages 1 year to 8 months) All of them are laying. 2 Barred Rocks, 2 New Hampshire Reds, and 7 Rhode Island Reds. How do you introduce a rooster? Quarantine for 30 days? Have them separate...

I am so angry! We tried to make a safe place for the birds. We do free range. We have a dog. We have super safe coop and Run. This morning a fox got 2 hens! The friendliest one - Piper! And Big Red. All I found were feathers! Feathers everywhere! It was 10 am. And there was a fox about a 100...

We found our hen 30 feet from the coop dead with no visible wounds. What would cause this? I also have an automatic door that closes 20 minutes after sunset. The door was broken- so we think she was crushed? And moved 30 feet? Is that possible? We did find blood by door. A small amount. Door is...

my pullets have little white tips to their combs. Is this normal? They look healthy. I didn’t heat the coop except if it was below 0 with windchills.. This Spring they started sleeping in the run. they like to sleep in the screened run and it gets down to 20 F at night Our temperatures are all...

my pullets have little white tips to their combs. Is this normal? They look healthy. I didn’t heathe coop except if it was below 0 with windchills. they like to sleep in the enclosed run and it gets down to 20 F at night Our temperatures are all over the map. No more wind protection- I took off...

Currently feeding Durham pellets. I have added water to them! Apple sauce! Just the pellets and locked them up. They just don’t like them. So I want to buy a new layer feed. Just not sure what to get at Tractor Supply. Can you help a fellow chicken mamma out. What do your chickens love to eat...

:celebrate:ya:celebrate Such an exciting day! Our first eggs! I decided to look for eggs and found 2 cracked and slightly frozen eggs. One pullet was missing and I found her in the shed with two eggs! One freshly laid and one cold. It is frosty and snowy here in Wisconsin. So how to avoid...