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Found during the day, with a flashlight. Doesn’t move/crawl away when we touch it. Their leg scales aren’t raised, they eat and drink normally and lay eggs. The hens are in an enclosed run, and no access to chickens from other flocks, or birds.

Mites, feather pecking or a molt? 5 out of 6 hens are losing feathes on their necks, heads, backends or stomachs. Their skin looks clean and mite-free under their feathers, they’re about a year old and we don’t have a rooster. All are laying semi-regularly, one lays soft eggs frequently. We...

I guess this would fall under behavior? How many of you have hens that have grown spurs? My Easter Egger girl is a year old, very docile, friendly girl and lays green eggs…many of them soft shell. She’s been growing some big spurs compared to the rest of her siblings.

My hens have constant access to oyster shells, high quality Kalmbach feed, and only a small amount of treats, like soldier fly larvae or veggie scraps. They even have calcium deposits on some of their eggs…so why are their eggshells brittle and cracking easily? Hens are 12 months old btw.

Why is she panting and fidgeting? Is that normal? It’s not hot, we’re located in Jersey.

What’s going on with my girls? All super active and clean, zero signs of mites. Full access to oyster shells and high quality, Kalmbach feed. Are they just molting? They are about 12 months old now, and no rooster.

Is this just a molt? We have no roosters, all the girls are in a very large, enclosed space. Super clean coop and feathers, no signs of mites or bugs. They’re about 12 months old. Cold and rainy here in the Northeast.

Hi! I don’t think this is necessarily an injury, but I’m not sure. Her neck has been bald for a couple of months now. No signs of mites or any other infestation, all of the hens get along super well and I don’t have any roosters. Is she just going through a molt? My Easter Egger also had the...

I put old leaves from the ground all around my property in the chicken run. These girls are THRILLED. They’ve been foraging through this all day. This is safe, right? They don’t leave their huge run, and I just realized that I may have disturbed the bacteria/biodiversity that they’re used to. I...

My girl got a very, very slight scrape on her foot. Just enough to peel back some skin. I cleaned it with soap, water and peroxide, treated it with Neosporin and wrapped it with what I had on hand. How long should it stay wrapped? It’s not much more than a paper cut.

My little Ginny was eating corn off of a big snack cube that my mom put in our run, and she got a small crack on the tip of her beak. Anything I can/should do?

Did I make a mistake? I had to rehome two accidental roosters, and was given a hen that is the same age as my flock of 5 girls. I had her in a dog cage against the main run, and they seemed interested but weren’t acting up. She was terrified and trying to get in with them, slamming herself...

Is someone picking at her pin feathers coming in? I spend a lot of time with them and haven’t noticed anyone pecking or picking at her.

My oldest are 5 weeks, my youngest are 4 weeks. They don’t seem to be using the brooder heat plate at all anymore, not even at night. When can these goofs go out to their new coop? They’re getting very bored and stuffy.

Am I looking at yet another roo? I already have one suspected roo in my batch of 7 vent sexed chicks. 4 week old Blue Australorp. 🥺

She was vent-sexed as female, 4 weeks old. Very docile. Could she be a he?

Does a 3-row pea comb on an Easter Egger automatically mean roo? I have several vent-sexed as female Easter Eggers with that type of comb. Do I have all roos that surpassed the 90% accuracy odds?

She was vent sexed as a female (90% accuracy), but I’m a little concerned about her splotchy coloring and large comb. She’s a little over 3 weeks old. Her sister has a similar comb, but more even coloring on the feathers. They both feathered out super early. The comb is yellow with no signs of...

Can chicks of the same breed have different size combs and still both be female? Both Buff Orpingtons. Vent sexed as female. 2.5 weeks old.

Hi! I'm a first-time chick owner. This is also my first day on this forum, which I've heard a lot of great things about! I got 7 chicks from a really reputable guy in our area. He gets all of his chicks vent sexed at the hatchery where he orders from. They're all soooo friendly, and they...