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One of my 3 year old hens recently had an impacted crop. It was full mostly of grit but also some pine shavings. I suspected the shavings got eaten when she was in the kennel with them without food for 24 hours. I removed the pine shavings from the crate and added some of the nesting box...

I found one of my hens dead Monday afternoon. She was fine that morning with no visible signs of anything. I suspect based on her history a heart or liver issue. We are now 48 hours from the time I found her and everyone else seems fine. I did hear a couple of sneezes from one hen this afternoon...

Is there a source somewhere with audio or video with rooster noises and their meaning? One of our two roosters makes an extremely wide range of noises. Some of them you can tell what they mean by the situation, others not so much. This video for example, is this what is called purring? Is he...

We got chicks in August. We ordered hens but ended up with two roosters. Up until recently things had been going well with everyone and the plan was to keep them both if we could. However, the two boys have started fighting. We've considered all of our options and have decided that if we can...

We got babies from Murray McMurray in mid August after losing our 5 previous hens when an escaped dog broke into the coop. We reinforced the coop to hopefully make it impenetrable before ordering 6 golden laced Wyandotte girls, 6 blue laced red Wyandotte girls, and 3 buff laced Polish girls. We...

I have some 3 month old blue laced red Wyandottes. We ordered hens but I am beginning to think we have a rooster. I have previous hen experience but have never had a rooster. This one is much larger with a more pronounced comb and wattle, as well as pointier feathers. Am I right thinking it’s a...

I have 3 Polish chicks that are just over a month old. Their crests are already affecting their vision and I would like to start trimming them now to hopefully avoid any issues beginning with the other chicks as well as getting them used to it now while they are easy to handle. Is it a problem...