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I have a glassed in back porch room that I am currently using as a nursery with several chicks of various ages. I did have a mama hen (bantam silver laced cochin) in there with her only chick for awhile, but I had to keep throwing them out during the day to free range because she was aggressive...

Three of my pullets have come down with coryza from two birds that I introduced to the flock a couple weeks ago. I gave the carriers back to the breeder and have been treating mine with cephalexin and sulmet. They have days when they seem to be getting better and then days they seem to be...

I bought two Jersey Giant pullets from a woman on Craigslist, there's my first mistake. The operation didn't seem too bad. Relatively clean, compared to what I've seen. She showed me the pullets and nothing seemed odd about them to me. They looked healthy and quite content. Friendly too. I...

I bought two Jersey Giant pullets on June 7th. They both have this poopy smell around their head, which I've found is coming from their nasal passages. Every once in awhile one of them has a crusted boogery thing next to it's nostril. It appears there is a bit of clear discharge as well. I just...

I've been digging around in my chickens foot looking for bumblefoot kernels and pus, but am finding nothing. I can't get past this fleshy skin piece and the rest of the pad just feels soft. It's not red, it's not hard, it's not warm to the touch. She walks on it just fine. It's just big and...

I just bought a couple hens from a swap last weekend, and they both appear to have bumblefoot. This is the first time I've dealt with it. My other birds I got as chicks and they are free range. None of them show any signs of bumblefoot. One of the new hens has it on both feet, and it seems quite...

Bought a hen at a swap on last Saturday, June 16th, and was told she is almost two years old and still laying. I bought another chicken with her, an Aracauna of the same age, and that one does lay. I've gotten two eggs so far, but nothing from this one. Is this normal? Is she just old and not...

Bought a hen at a poultry swap, have no idea what she is and didn't bother to ask. The seller didn't tell me either. He did say she is nearly 2 years old and still lays eggs.. which I'm not sure about. She hasn't laid me one since I bought her last Saturday. Kind of disappointing. The other one...

I adopted a hen from a friend of mine a couple days ago, and the rest of my flock seems to despise her. Of course, she is quite a bit older than the rest. I think she is about a year old. The rest are between 12-20 weeks and are all bonded together well as I raised them as chicks together. We...

I just 'adopted' a chicken from a friend recently, and she was not free range before. She has a dependency on grain and I'm trying to break that. I've stopped giving her grain during the day and have been keeping her outside to free range with the rest of the flock (who hate her, by the way)...