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was told today one of the girls didn’t want to come out of the coop. went outside and she’s puffed up. she still goes after food and water, but she isnt talking and moves very rigidly. her crop is small and it isn’t sour/impacted. i would say egg bound but that would be weird because she hasn’t...

I have an amerucuana girl Poppy maybe about 2 years or so old now that i noticed was wincing her left eye and closing it. i picked her up and checked and her left eye is cloudy (a lot moreso in person) but i couldn’t see any injuries, it’s just watering and she’s closing it. she’s eating and...

I have a buff brahma girl aged 9 months old that started laying september 24th and stopped laying november 10th. it was really odd because she’s young, but we didn’t know what to think of it. came outside to clean the coop and noticed she looked a lil scragglier than before. turns out pin...

Our 4-5 year old barred cochin, Gogo, recently recovered from an expensive crop surgery. After she got better she went back in with the other girls and everything seemed fine, her crop is working again and she’s healthy and eating/drinking/walking properly. I was outside today checking up on...

Hi, 3 roosters were recently dumped at the park near my house. all have been caught, i know for sure the one i caught is a golden laced polish (not pictured) but the other two that my neighbor caught, i’m not sure. i’m assuming the big one is a lavender orpington, but i could be wrong, also the...

hi all, i was informed of 3 loose roosters dumped at my local park. very upsetting, yes, but nothing i can’t fix. anyway, i drove down to the park and met up with a friend of my mom’s that was also looking for the boys. i brought my girl biscuit with me so he’d feel safer with us there. we were...

I couldn’t figure out what thread for put this in because nothing seemed to totally match. Anyhow we ordered 20 chicks in April, all 20 survived and we sold 12 of them leaving us with 8 beautiful friendly little hens. We had 4 barnevelders and 1 cockerel and 2 pullets would beat the living...

back in april, with 20 random chicks from hoover’s, i never thought i’d get another girl so close to my heart. in april we got 2 separate shipments and ID’d our chicks. to my dismay there was a little creme colored chick, and upon looking at this little thing, i knew what it was. after that, i...

okay so my delaware hen Flurry DROOLS. not in a sickly kind of way, we’d know, but she’s done this her whole life- we bought her from a feed store near POL, and she was sold to us as a columbian wyandotte (we picked her up with Kiwi who was sold as a barred rock, and is actually a dominique...

my dad went to close up the chooks earlier and as soon as he stepped out the back door, heard scuffling and the 9 week olds were crying. the older birds were out of their coop and seemed to be just as worried as the babies. he picked up the pullets to put them to bed when out the corner of his...

my 4 year old black sex link Gylfie has been laying on and off, which i’m fine with because she’s older. this morning i came outside and everyone came up to me except her. she wasn’t in her favorite spot under the bushes. i found her in the entrance to the coop, standing there puffed up with...

anyone else have a favorite nesting box? we have a flock of 9 laying hens right now with 8 nesting boxes to choose from. came out to hang out with them this morning and saw our barred cochin harass our black sex link out of the nesting box before climbing in herself, as well as our salmon...

We have an older gal (3 years old? maybe 4) who has just decided for the first time in her barred cochin life that she wants to be a mother. she stole everyone else’s eggs and has screeched and fluffed up at us whenever we go to get our eggs! It’s been about a week now that she’s been like this...

In early April we received a wonderful peeping box. 8 golden comets, a cinnamon queen, a speckled sussex. We were so excited to raise chicks again that we hurried them into the brooder, and after a few hours, handled the little balls of fuzz. Then we noticed something, looking down on them...

it’s all the rage, buying chickens for eggs/meat because of covid-induced shortages. i remember walking through my local grocery store and in the egg section there was one tiny little 6-egg carton, with a paper sign saying 1 carton per person. it was kinda hilarious, really. anyway with...

i’m selling a pair of barnevelders on craigslist that i raised from chicks. one lady came by and picked up 9 pullets, and by the way she treats them and updates us on the little gals, we know they’ll be in good hands. however, the barnevelders are a male and female pair, and for a good price...

we’re pretty sure our 2 1/2 week old barnevelder(??) is a male. ordered all females but they can only guarantee so much, and of the four, this little one is the only one who’s developed such a red comb. the legs on it are also pretty strong as well. is he a barnevelder, and is he a he? he’s next...

and this makes sense, i promise. ill tell you mine- we went to pick up four new pullets from a place about an hour away. when we got there, not only did the guy falsely identify the dominiques as barred rocks and delaware’s as colombian wyandotte’s, but something was wrong in one of the chickens...

my almost-a-week-old maran chick Cricket was hanging out with me this evening when she squatted and pooped- i went to go clean it up and when i got it in the napkin i saw red. this scared me because i’ve read up about coccidiosis and this is the first time i’ve seen her poop like this- she’s...

i know they’re still far, far too early to tell for sure- but i have four barnevelders, with three developing at the same rate and one feathering behind. i’ve heard and read about smaller wings & no tail leaning towards being a roo, so i’m curious- he and my other 99% sure roo chick are the only...