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Hi. I'm trying to determine what's wrong with my Australorp. She's a little over a year old. A little history of my flock: I got four chicks from the same person in March of 2015. One, a Silkie, was full-grown and the other three were 8-10 weeks old. About 6 months ago, my Silkie stopped...

My precious silkie has been gaping for 3 days. I swabbed her throat for gapeworm but saw nothing. She won't make her usual cooing noises but I can hear slight squeaky sounds when she breathes. She also has diarrhea and is losing weight. Her gait is slow and wobbly--just no energy. I put a...

Today I bathed my black Silkie, Luna, and put her polka dot diaper on her so she could sit in my lap while I work. Hopefully she'll get comfortable and fall asleep. Right now, she's just making her little peep noises. It took us a little while to figure out the diaper but I think it's on now...

My black Silkie, Luna, has had a rough couple of days (recovering from Cocci treatment, getting pecked on head) so I decided it would be good for her to have a spa day. I let her sit in a warm Epsom salt bath with a drop of lavender and geranium essential oil. She sat down in it and looked...

Well, I learned my lesson. A couple of weeks ago, I started a new flock with four pullets--a 6 month old Silkie and three 10 week old pullets (EE, BR & Australorp). I got greedy and decided to add just one more from another seller--a beautiful 7 month old Ameracauna. I just couldn't resist...

Last night , i put my chickens "to bed" as I do every night, but instead of hopping on their roost and going to sleep as usual, they kept on making this huge ruckus. I waited a while until my DH finally said, "WHAT is going on with them??!" When i went outside to look into their coop, they...

My black Orpington is so LOUD. I'm "illegal" and am worried about the noise...any tricks on getting them to be more quiet?

My newest chicken, either an australorp or blk jersey giant, has just introduced herself to my flock of 3 by tousling with my "top" pullet, an black orpington twice her size. And i think she won. The blk orp is now sulking in the dog pen making all kinds of angry noises. My Orp's best friend...

We got a new chicken yesterday and boy is she feisty. She ran right up to our alpha chicken and promptly tousled with her until i had to separate them with THE BROOM. Guess i wont have to worry about her getting pecked on, no sirree. I think she's a black jersey giant although she's not that...

Last Friday I gave away a Buff Orp who only laid soft shelled eggs (I tried everything, to no avail). On the same day, I brought home a seven month old Plymouth Rock and added her to my backyard flock of two (now, three). She laid her first egg in the coop today...but my other two pullets who...

Today I adopted a new chicken...she's about 7 or 8 months old and her feathers are really picked off on her back, bottom and even her wings. I have 2 other chickens at home--a Sussex and an Orpington, each about 8 months old also but bigger than the Barred Rock. The BR I rescued came from a...

I'm looking for a gamebird layer feed that's organic. Is this an urban legend or does it exist at a reasonable price?

So I found Purina Layena feed for my chickens. Check. $17 per bag. Check. Go to the cart to check out and shipping is $38???!!!!! Are you kidding me??!!! Does anyone know of a supplier with reasonable shipping rates?

Can someone please give me websites/phone numbers for some companies who will SHIP a high protein layer feed that is organic? My three girls free range in my large backyard. I want a feed with a minimum of 20% protein, preferrably in pellet form (they don't seem to care for mash/crumbles)...

I have 3 chickens-one, maybe two, are laying. Both go into the nest box frequently and sit with their tail high up in the air. They also sing the "egg song". But when I go out there to retrieve an egg....NOTHING!!! I thought I'd have more eggs by now, but all but one have been soft-shelled...

Today, I videotaped my girls taking a dust bath. They'd been locked up in their coop all day and as soon as I let them out, they ran to what USED to be my vegetable patch and practically buried themselves in the dirt. I got a big kick out of watching them. Enjoy!!

My 7 year old swears that she was chasing our Buff Orp and, as she was running, the chicken laid an egg! Is this possible??! The egg had a soft shell, but all our BO's eggs have had soft shells since she came into lay a few weeks ago.

I have two pullets who just came into lay 2 weeks ago. All the eggs they've laid have had soft shells...they feel like under-filled water balloons with perfect whites and yolks inside. I am currently feeding them a soy-free, organic laying mash, (which I began 2 weeks ago) and am adding...

Two of my three pullets have started to lay. Both have only laid soft shelled eggs so far...two or three each. All but one have been broken in the coop or nesting box. At first, i thought that they were broken because they were so delicate. This morning however, the "egg" I found was...

My HOA does not allow chickens in our neighborhood. I'd like to change that. I have chickens already (3 pullets), so technically I'm "out of compliance" already. I don't want to call attention to the fact that I ALREADY have them. I only have one neighbor and they don't object. Our city...