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    Frizzle missing many feathers

    Good morning, I picked up a Frizzle/Bantam cross that came from a place with 8 roosters. She seems so frightened, and she is almost bald from their abuse. Is there something I should do to help her skin whilst she is bald as she re-grows feathers? Her small wounds and irritated skin is...
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    Unknown hen breed

    Thank you! I appreciate everyone's response.
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    Unknown hen breed

    Brown eggs
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    Unknown hen breed

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    Unknown hen breed

    I was given a hen a couple of weeks ago. It was told she did not gat along with the flock. I introduced her to a couple of flocks. The first being all under 12 weeks old and she promptly tried to beat them. So, I brought up my hen with craw issues and put her in with my Reds. She tried...
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    Comment by 'Linda Hawkins' in article 'Adventures in Hatching - When Things Don't Go Quite as Planned'

    Wow! What a situation to overcome. Great story!
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    Feeding my girls properly when they first start laying. A few questions

    Good morning BYC friends, I have two questions, My girls are starting to lay, and my RIR are now laying. One started Mid December, but the rest of them, (10) did not start producing, started 3 weeks ago. Upon my communication there are a couple of tidbits of information that have been offered...
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    Hoopla, Den motherJethro and the girls.

    Thank you!
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    Hoopla, Den motherJethro and the girls.

    I will pick up on my way home, I now have a week to keep constant eye on her. I was told to give her plain yogurt, will do that as well.
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    Hoopla, Den motherJethro and the girls.

    I will when I get home
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    Greetings from Roy WA

    Greetings from Roy WA
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    Young hen craw issues

    Her droppings were solid, normal looking blackish green with the white film. My son takes her out. when I get home She will come back in. I have contacted him to bring her back to the wire crate. Yesterday she was full of water, when I brought her up. I leave at 4:30, I peeked in on her and...
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    Young hen craw issues

    Thank you! Just call me Crazy chicken newbie, because I am going mad trying to figure this out.
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    Young hen craw issues

    She is active and eats and has solid poo, but she drinks a lot of water and fills her crop to the size of an orange and spits up. I notice when she drinks, she dips her beek completely under water, I have never seen this behavior, however, as a young lady on a farm, with mostly free range, and...
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    Young hen craw issues

    Thank you so much for the information. I will start that ASAP! I work so will not be back with her until afternoon. She was returned to the coop yesterday and I pulled her back to go to the house, for isolation and observation. I do have her in a wire kennel, with newspaper, so that I can...
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    Young hen craw issues

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    Young hen craw issues

    Good morning, I have a hen with a really big craw, she is over 5 1/2 months old, I found a soft shell egg in the nest, and all of a sudden it appears as though this one hen of the dozen had ingested a cup or cup and a half of water. her craw was hanging down and swaying as she walked. The day...
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    Hoopla, Den motherJethro and the girls.

    Awesome!, thank you for the suggestion. I do offer oyster shell, but I do not remember oyster shell looking like aquarium gravel. It looks large, but I guess I will find out here if I got the wrong oyster shell. Is saying for Poultry.
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    Hoopla, Den motherJethro and the girls.

    Thank you! I hope to learn and grow with my small flock. I am already having a bad situation. I have a hen that out of the blue drank a whole lot of water, and now is showing signs of craw issue. I brought her in over the weekend to get a real idea where the problem was coming from. and...
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    Hoopla, Den motherJethro and the girls.

    Oh! Thank you! "Welsummer"
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