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my hen's been breathing really heavily for a while now, kind of like a wheezy breath but there's nothing else wrong with her, she eats, drinks, moves around perfectly fine. I'm not sure what's wrong with her (video of breathing)

I closely interacted with a couple of my chickens without knowing I had covid. Should I be concerned? Our faces were close but it wasn't longer for 15 seconds.

One of my hens got attacked by a hawk about an hour ago. Took her into the house and shut the others into the coop because the hawk is srill circling around. Her neck was bleeding but I cleaned and sanitized the wound. Then about 10 minutes ago we found another wound near her oil gland and the...

Today I went outside and saw Venus chasing Peep around in circles. They used to be best friends and were always together, but recently Peep had been sick (egg bound) and I took her into the house for a few days to rest (though I still took her outside every day to see her flock so they wouldn't...

Hi, one of my hens has been acting extremely lethargic the whole day. This has happened before twice, but only for a 1-3 hours- she would pass the egg and then be fine for the rest of the day. She spent most of the day hiding in the shade with her eyes closed not moving, and also a couple of...

I just got back from my 5-day trip and then noticed that two of my hens had a couple bright red spots on their legs. One of them has white legs and one of them has orange legs. At first I freaked out and thought it was mites. About 2 hours later I checked back and some of the spots were...

I'm looking for a forever home for Dixie, the 10 m/o white leghorn cockerel ASAP. Because of some HOA violation things we can't keep him :/ He's very sweet, curious and pretty calm, always alert, and tending to his hens (I can already sense him gaining maturity as he attempts to mate them). We...

Help!.. my leghorn pullet is acting very lethargic all of a sudden. At first I thought she was sunbathing but while all the other hens are running around she's not moving. Her comb drooped over (though it's still normal in color) but she looks really tired and is hunched over. She won't even...

One of my Leghorn hens has the biggest comb ever. Which basically means whenever my rooster mates her, he accidentally grabs down on her comb instead of her head feathers... and of course it rips and starts bleeding. It's not his fault, he's a very gentle boy and if they start squawking he gets...

One of my hens (not sure which one) has been laying shell-less eggs at night time. I've found about 3 now. They eat 17% layer crumbles. It's strange because a while ago they were laying eggs with lots of calcium deposits since we gave them eggshells, so we took away the eggshells and now one of...

Hey! I'm going to celebrate Chinese New Year soon (in a couple of days). I thought it would be funny if I could make the chickens some Chinese New Year related treats. Red / yellow / golden stuff maybe. Any ideas? Maybe a cranberry garland or something (I found some wire to string them on)? Most...

Are there any piano players here that are maybe Level 6+ that know how to sight read and have tips? I'm testing for Level 5 and I can't even sight read Level 3 without panicking. It's part of my MTAC test and I absolutely CANNOT sight read to save my life. I can play songs after practicing and...

My speckled sussex hen laid an egg that was covered in tiny bumps on one end. Any reason why?

My rooster was probably mating with my hen because her comb tore and her head started bleeding. It was dripping blood and her entire face was soaked and red. We took her into my bathroom and cleaned the blood/disinfected it (with Neosporin since that's the only thing we have). She's not making...

I have an Eglu Go coop and there's multiple problems with it. I don't think anyone else has these same problems. Could there be something we do different? First of all, the width of the "roosts" is too wide. My chickens usually poop on the roost, and then they step on it and it gets smeared...

What kind of grass is fast-growing and strong enough to not immediately die after being stepped on a few times? Is Bermuda grass good for chickens? Also, any tips/ideas on how to get it to grow faster? It ranges 50-65 degrees during the day and 35-45 degrees at night. *Also they have around...

I had a chick named Sweetpea that died a couple months ago. Recently I only thought, "Why don't I ask what her breed could've been on BYC?" I didn't manage to get many pictures of her during her 2-week lifetime so I included all the useful ones. She was very calm and friendly. Her comb and legs...

I wanted to share the story of my chickens because personally, I think it's pretty unique :p My dad bought my chicks when they were 2 days old, so we could play with them, intending to probably give them away once they reached pullet size. He did no preparations at all, just went and bought...

I have this 7 month old Delaware hen that is absolutely obsessed with me. Her name is Sunny, and she follows me everywhere. She preens my clothes too and pecks me to get attention. She gets mad when I give attention to other hens and chases them around pecking them. She tried to get into our...

Can chickens eat earwigs/pincher bugs? Are they poisonous? I've seen my hens eating them before.