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Hey, I went into my coop to get an egg I saw on the floor and found one of my RIRs, (Penny) stuck between a door and the wall. The only possible answer I have for how she got there is that she fell of a roosting bar and landed there. I have no idea how long she has been there, but I have been...

Hello yall, I have some questions about my faverolles roosters. I currently have seven, and they are all the same age except that one is a bit younger. Only Griffin and Calvin will crow, and only Griffin will mate with the girls. Griffin started crowing sometime around Dec. and Calvin started a...

I have been scrolling through all the other threads on lice/mites and couldn't find one related to what my problem is. I went back to the chickens and was cuddling with my favorite boy Prince when I noticed he had these tiny yellow lice/mites on the bottom of his feathers near the base. I have...

Three days ago I noticed that my oldest hen named Brownie wouldn't/couldn't get out of the coop. She wouldn't use her legs. I thought she was dying (she just turned 9) and made her as comfortable as possible. Yesterday (day 3, stupid me) I checked her feet and it looks like bumblefoot. I need...

Hi! My oldest girl, Brownie, isn't doing so well. On the first day I noticed she wouldn't/couldn't get out of the coop. She wouldn't walk, tried to eat, and would drink a bit. I thought she was just dying (shes 9) and made her as comfortable as possible. Today is the third day and (stupid me) I...

*I am not criticizing anybody making breeds.* I know that a lot of people are trying to make their own breeds (you go! Keep up the good work!) But i also know that their are people trying to preserve the breeds marked as endangered, or critical. So I decided to make a poll to see you guys...

One of my chickens Pumpkin (EE) is just sitting in the nesting box. She has always been a skittish, nervous chicken, but now she is letting me touch her. I don't know what is wrong. She is huddled up in the nesting box, though she sits back down, then stands up when i push her up. Vent looks...

Hi! I want to get some barn cats, but I am worried that they will attack my chickens. I keep finding mice in my metal trash cans that I keep the feed in. Does anybody have any experience with cats and chickens? Is their a way for me to teach the cats not to go near the chickens? Any suggestions...

Seriously, I cannot think of any good thread names. So, yep, its gonna be called My Farm Life. I had a different thread about my farm life, but i hated that thread title, so I made this new one. Hopefully I don't forget and actually post in this thread. I will be (hopefully) posting about...

I have a 2-3 year old hen who has a prolapsed vent. I didnt really notice it till the third day, and told my Mom who in turn helped me get it back in. We just massaged around the vent area and it went in by itself. This morning when i checked her, she was covered in white goo again and her vent...

Here is the Faverolles vs EE Arguing thread 2.0. This thread is made partly because you couldnt see who voted what on the other one and I couldn't change it. So here is the 2.0 one. Here's the original one...

Hello! I finally decided to do a flock thread. I also need a way to be able to reference back to see ages and whatnot. :DWhat better way to do it than on a awesome chicken website? Each post will have one chicken per, so there will be a lot of posts. I currently have 80 chickens + chicks. :p:D...

I know how good some herbs are for chickens. Oregano, for example. I was wondering if instead of giving the chickens the plant of oregano, could i make a oregano tea and give the tea to them? Could i use any herb to make tea for them? Does it need watered down? Thank you for any...

So, I am making this list of all the chicken breeds and I thought making a thread on BYC would be fitting. If you know a breed, please post them, pictures, whatever. I'll start with a couple I know already. Golden Comets RIR EE Ameraucanas (did i spell that right?) Brahmas Orpingtons Faverolles...

Hello, Yesterday I lost one of my older birds to this tiny hawk. I watched the hawk fly off, and it had to be the size of the chicken it caught. (the chicken that died was a tiny chicken) I currently do not have any roosters but i do have 2 guard guineas. The chickens cannot free range due to...

I have recently been finding egg whites in the nesting boxes where some chicken has cracked the egg and eaten it. I went back to the coop this morning, and found a egg on the ground. Makes sense, all the nesting boxes were taken. I picked up the egg and put it in one of the nesting boxes that a...

Is it just me or do you all get it too? Your chicken decides its a nice spot to dust bathe, or just sun bathe. Then when you see her out the window you have a heart attack thinking she died when she is perfectly fine. It has happened to me three million times.

Hello, On my way home I stopped in at TSC. They had baby chicks, so I got 9 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. Some of them still have their egg teeth. I don't know if their vaccinated, etc. I just literally picked them up. I am probably being overprotective because the latest batch i have raised...

Hey, Just got on and i can't insert emojis, pictures, nothing. My whole top bar will not let me click on it to open. Also, tagging and quoting has all this random stuff now and I have no idea what has happened. I'm on a computer.

Hello, It's raining. Very wet. I was wondering if something bad could happen if the chickens get soaked? There is probably 7-8 girls back there that are totally soaked and i feel really bad for them. They can get inside and underneath something to shelter them, but apparently they choose not or...