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Not quite sure how to term this or what to call it. For the past few weeks my Ameraucana hen, Hawk Eye, has been laying funny shaped eggs. They are also a bit larger than anything she has laid before, the tip is like a slightly twisted ice cream cone to it too, almost like someone pinched it...

Never thought I would have a problem with the wildlife around me...we enforced the fence, I keep around the bottom of the fence lean, and each day I walk around it then at night close up everyone. Few weeks back, prior to the heat getting bad, we ripped off the old chicken wire and started a new...

It is even a bit gross to me but....yesterday I found an odd egg in the coop in the shavings we put under the roosts. It was round, not oblong like most eggs are, a washed out brown and rough on the outside. This morning I cracked it open and this is what greeted me. Not sure what is going on or...

My now 8, seven week old Ameraucana pullets have been outside for about 2 and a half weeks now and love it. Their "coop" is a giant dog kennel with several roosts for them to get use to that and an old horse blanket thrown over for protection on the sides and back and to protect them from the...

I have 9 four week old Ameraucana chicks. This past week we have been taking them outside during the day, we ensure they have sun and shade, water, food, etc. Today because we had some drizzly weather, my husband put up our open air tent for them to have protection. They love it out...

I have a Golden Comet hen, approximately 4 to 5 years of age, about a week ago she started to show signs of her comb becoming discolored, it flopped over and yesterday, it was a darker color or a purplish. She has been eating, but not as vigorous as normal, a bit lethargic and when I could catch...

As the title implies, I got 9 baby Ameraucana chicks, who came into the house in our den by the back window, in a giant dog kennel, so they got light and could see the comings and going as well as I could keep an eye on them when I was upstairs by looking down at them. They have food, water...

The results of the necropsy I had done almost 3 and a half weeks ago for my one hen that was so bad, that my large animal vet and I thought could be Merek's Disease, turned out to be a form of cancer. Below is the cut and pasted results: Animal Information: Chicken ; Galliform / poultry -...

One of my hens, a 3 year old Buff Orpington hen, Sansa, has been slowly going downhill and I have done research on line, I have read all the diseases and symptoms and today called our small animal vet to please see her. Have an appointment for tomorrow early afternoon. For the past few days...

I have two hens that, after the initial quarantine, keeping an eye on them, worming, etc. they were released into my small flock. Lately, I have noticed that one of the hens, a year or so old Buff Orpington, will slightly gasp when she breaths, it is not very noticeable, you have to stop and...

WoooHooo! The hubby put up a newer, better, and more study fence for our chickens and they are so much more happier. Here is the start of it with everything we needed to complete the task. The yard is 100ft around total space: Here is the corner posts with the braces: This is the door, we...

I didn't want to take over the previous posting by a very nice young lady with her own ordeal with bumble foot in her hen so started my own thread. After cleaning out and trying to get what I could out of Lil Bit's feet, I realized that unless I cut open the left one I was not going to do any...

Not sure if this belongs in here...about 2 months ago our neighbor behind our farm passed away and her two daughters, both who live other places, came to clean up, sell and do what needs to be done to get the house on the market. We went over the other day to offer our condolences, the one...

Not sure that these two are, I know the one I call "Moe" is a rooster, his poor little crow sounds like he is a wind up toy! Very plucky, has done the pimp dance at my feet and I scooped him up, carried him around to let him know that if he has any inclination of going after me he should think...

Or more technical, ascarids or also known as large roundworms... Wormed my flock this morning and later on this afternoon I went out to check on them and there were a lot of piles of poop, a few with almost nothing but white, slow moving worms!! So, I am keeping a close eye on them, I have NEVER...

It is that time of year again...the heat is horrid here in Northern VA, yesterday it was 102 and today it is 100 at the moment, at 16:30 in the afternoon. Because I have no electricity in the coop and yard area, the husband is now looking at a solar panel for me, so I went to Wal Mart and got...

My Wyandotte hen, Cordelia aka Cordy sounds like she has a wheezing breath. Noticed it a few days ago when I was bent down giving them watermelon as a treat. She is in good health, she has a nice colored comb, eating and drinking fine, laying eggs, and her poop looks okay too. I just took them...

When I got my small flock of hens almost a year ago, when I went to pick them up, I fell in love with a large, stately Buff Orpington roo we named Chief, who came home with us. Since then he has been a great roo, taking care of his hens, calling them over when he finds food, will pick something...

Is it alright to take the young chicks and put them in the already established flock? My peeps are about 5 or so weeks old, have most of their feathers, and just today, put Mama back in with the main flock. When do they go off of chick crumbles and something different? As for Mama, she paced a...

While treating for mites this morning when we let all the hens out when we were done with them I noticed my one Wyandotte hen, Cordelia was straining and squatting while she walked. I went to her, picked her up as my husband said it looked like something was hanging out her bottom, sure enough...