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My 3 year old Sapphire Olive Egger did not want to eat or drink today. She wasn’t running around like everyone else. She didn’t perch with everyone at bedtime but nestled on the floor. I gave her some droppers full of diluted apple cider vinegar and water, and put water and food mixed with...

My guess: 06/18/23 9AM, my birthday!

The last two springs, Henny Penny (she’s a Red Leghorn) went broody. It was nice because I put the new chicks under her, and she loved an cared for them for 6 weeks. This spring she didn’t go broody, so I had to get a heat lamp and reptile thermostat for the new chicks 😢. I forgot how...

Baby Sapphire egger with foster mom Henny Penny. Henny Penny was broody, so we picked up some baby chicks from Tractor Supply, and she raised and loved them as if they were her own.

Goldie, my gold star hen

Dottie, a red leghorn, posing in the fall.

Here’s Posy, one of my red leghorns, who was killed recently 😢😢. She was a good hen, smart, friendly, and a good layer.

What happens to the Jack o Lantern after Halloween 🎃

Growing chicks need to eat!

I use those exact ones on my hens, they’ve had them on for almost two years and it doesn’t bother them.

Update on Princess Lay A: It turns out she had a torn ligament in her left leg, she couldn’t grip her toe. Not much I could do but wait for her to heal so I’ve been giving her vitamins, live and dry worms, boiled eggs, etc. She is standing and walking more, and started going outside with the...

Hello to everyone! Thank you for all the warm greetings! I feel welcomed 😁. It’s great to meet so many fellow chick moms & chick parents. I can talk about chickens all day, and I think here I’ve finally found my people ❤️ This site is a great resource.

I’ll try the epsom salt, they do like to perch during the day on the windowsill or other weird places. Maybe she landed badly. I looked for cuts or bumble foot but didn’t find anything.

We looked very closely with a flashlight and magnifying glass at her vent, wings neck, etc like the article said and found no sign of lice or mites. Her skin looked normal beside the molting. I took her outside watched her for a couple of hours and she was actually flapping around the yard a...

I have 4 Sapphire Olive Eggers, and they each lay a different color egg, 1 lays blue, 1 a blue green, 1 an olive green, and 1 lays brown. They’re 6 months old, and Darla ( the brown layer) keeps laying double yolk eggs, about twice a week!

Thank you, it’s a great site with so much information. Wonderful for me because before this I had no chicken raising experienc!

Thank you 😊. I’ve learned a lot from this group, I come to this page often when I have a question or need to learn something. It’s great!

Thank you for the article, I looked at her skin and it looks like she has dandruff so maybe she has lice? I’m going to try the treatment spray recommend in the article, and spray the other girls in case they’re infected!

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/sav-a-chick-electrolyte-vitamin-supplement-017-oz-pack-of-3 I gave this to my hens when they were chick’s