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One of my 13 week old pullets was scalped. It is a dime-sized wound but clean and I have her in a large dog wire cage in the mudroom so she's safe from the many MANY flies outside. I will keep her inside until it scabs over enough that flies aren't a problem. But even after it happened, she was...

We have 5 older hens (1.5-3 years old) and 5 twelve week old pullets hatched by one of the 1.5 year old hens. Our rooster died 10 weeks ago and today we brought home a new young rooster about 15 weeks old. He is generally very gentle. He's been handled a lot and treated as a pet until now...

UPDATE: Found an older chicken also hurt. She's okay and we'll leave her with the other 6 but I'm afraid something is trying to reach up through the wire on the bottom of their coop which is like a stationary chickshaw. Otherwise I'm not sure how two of them got stuck and hurt their toes in the...

I ony have four chickens...well...now I have two, but after all the money we've spent and all the work I've gone through, I'm not sure this is a good idea. Four lovely chickens about a season old came to us in April, Easter Egger having been bullied in the larger flock they came from but the...

I bought a five gallon double wall galvanized waterer like the pic below but I'm constantly having to "burp" it or it doesn't keep the reservoir full. The reservior also gets really dirty even though it's about a foot off the ground. I tried a bucket that I just kept full, but with so many...

I feed my chickens in the morning, around 7 am, and again in the evening about 6 pm (summertime). I am currently feeding them layer pellets and scratch, but sometimes less of that if I give them other foods at the same time, like yogurt or veggie scraps or fruit or meat, etc. I try to get them...

I saw this today and thought I'd share it. I finally got my dirty butt chicken cleaned up by cutting away poopy feathers. Her skin and vent looked pink and healthy though but I didn't really know what the difference was between dirty butt and vent gleet. This video really helped me see the...

This is NOT intended as a recommendation or medical advice at all, but I thought I'd share what I did for my chickens and why. I thought one might be developing gapeworm, and while the one local vet is not taking any more patients, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I read up a lot...

We got a load of wood mulch dropped off by the local tree trimming service. They did this last year and we used it in the garden. Both last year and this year, it immediately started cooking in the damp and heat and when you dig into the pile for any reason, you can see the mold spores flying...

Hi, what a great place. First time chicken mama. I am 62 years old, married, settled down in Kansas almost 5 years ago and got 4 laying hens about 2 months ago. From what I can tell, we have a Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Easter Egger, and either a black Orpington or Australorp - not sure...