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We have a flock of 8 regular chickens that we have had for 3 years, this year we rescued 2 bantams that needed a home only to discover one was a rooster. He was too much for neighbors living near the coop so we moved the 2 bantams into a smaller coop and run on the other side of the property. I...

I need some help. We noticed that one of our 2 year old hens crown was flopped over and she was lethargic. After some research we thought it could be a problem with her crop. It was distended but not hard. My husband flushed it with some water and epsom salt, but she was not isolated. This...

I need some advice on introducing 2 flocks. We have 5 hens that are 2 years old. We recently rescued what we thought was going to be 6 pullets that needed to be removed from a horse barn. When we arrived there were 6 approx 1 year old hens and 2 smaller birds that the owner thought were about 2...

We have 6 chickens, 2- reds, 2- rocks, and 2- olive eggers. They are 1 year this week. they have a very large coop and enclosed run with a lot of enrichment and attention. lare in the fall our reds started feather picking and eating the feathers of their flock mates. We put pinless peepers on...

In early winter our 2 reds were feather picking. We put peepers on both of them and have not had any issues since to my knowledge. I have not seen any pecking, but the feathers are not growing back in and the skin looks red. They do not seemed bothered by it unless I treat them with blu-kote...