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My 3 year old Barred rock hen is broody. But usually if I take her egg or eggs she leaves the nest. Today she seems a little off after I removed her egg, or what I believe is her egg because of color, so I took her off the nest and put her on the ground in the coop. She walked off to where the...

I missed it!! I submitted a picture of Cookie my barred rock. But I missed what chicken won. Where is the winners picture??? Thanks!!

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I live in San Bernardino County close to the Cajon Pass. It get toasty here but it really isnt desert. This is my 2nd time putting sand just in their roosting coop. After winter and any rain I may hate it.

I live in a residential neighborhood. I have an enclosure like this attached to my original smaller coop. It has a dirt floor while I use sand in my small one. I only have 5 hens.

I use play sand in 50lb bags for my small coop. I scoop my 4x8ft coop floor periodically because I only have 5 hens. For larger coops it may not be ideal.

My coop is 4ft × 8ft and fully enclosed. They sleep in it or walk through it to get to another part of my yard. Ive tried a few different things. The dirt floor it was built on, fluffy small animal shavings, (we get the Santa Ana winds. OMG what a nightmare that was!) the mulchy wood stuff you...

I scoop mine out every 2,3 months. I do rake it every so often but it boggles my mind how fast they mess it up!!! With only 5 hens it becomes a LOT pretty quick. Ive tried just the dirt, pine? shavings (that blows EVERYWHERE), leftover garden mulch,HATED that (too hard on MY feet) and finally...

I have oyster available all the time and some hens eat it regularly. When I use our eggs I save the shells and crush them in my hands and toss them out to the girls. Some days they eat them all other days not so much. I only have 5 hens.

It reminded me of a Indian headdress honestly. Cookies humiliation was evident. 😂

It is probably one of my favorite pictures of lil miss Cookie.

Miss Mildred would love some treats. She chases the Japanese beetles around our yard and once in a great while she gets one!

Here is what Pennys foot looks like today. The balls on top of her toes look way smaller but the pad of her foot looks puffy. This is before I tried to reopen it. The wound has closed so I tried to reopen it but got nothing. It is soft and pliable bot hard or fat like its full of pus. But its...

I will get pictures when I change her bandage. I had read this article and followed it pretty closely. I will lance those if it looks necessary. A very small amount of pus did come out when I pulled/lifted the scab off and then I pressed and massaged but got no more. The tiny hemostats were...

She looks like my Mildred! Great photos but wrong format😒the beautiful rooster Pepper is who got me started having chickens. My little ugly foundling from 2021. But I had to rehome him weeks later and this is one of the few pictures I have of him grown up. He wound up being so beautiful. The...

After reading numerous articles here about treatment for bumblefoot I tried it on my largest RIR Penny. I soaked her foot in Epsom salt and while she was soaking, very calmly I might add, I used a soft toothbrush to clean up her feet.After cleaning everything with betadine solution I was able to...

Well we our hen Twinkie aka Goldie has passed away. The crop problem was much more complicated. She is our first loss. Thanks to all the good advice and articles from this group I was able to at least give it a go in treating her.

I was a vet assistant for many years but I dont feel quite qualified to do that.Nor do I really have a reason as I wouldn't know what I was looking at for diagnosis. We only have 6 hens well 5 now. Goldy had an issue about 3 mos ago and I wrote about it here. After a time she was back to her...

Evidently she had that or? on top of the crop issue as I read they can complicate each other. Shes at peace now. It's our first loss so it's sad for our family.