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Update: broken soft shelled egg confirmed. Just looked again and a bit was sticking out. I gently pulled out as much as I could, which didn't seem to bother her, but a good sized clump went back up in. :(

Hi all! We have a favorite Comet who's a few years old. She's had trouble with prolapsed vent a few times, and try as we might, we can't seem to keep her consistently laying harder-shelled eggs. This morning when I went to the coop to let the girls out, she was sitting on the ground, away from...

Thanks, chicknmania. I brought her inside today and was able to get her to eat some banana and tomato innards. It's progress! She's now resting quietly in our bathroom. Am going to look into the baby aspirin route and keep researching other options. I appreciate your input!

Hi all! I'm always so grateful the the wealth of experience & knowledge here, and I'm hoping someone might have some thoughts on what's going on with one of our girls. She's about 5+ yrs old and came to us last year after the entire rest of her flock got massacred by a dog that got into...

So sorry for you and especially for your poor girl! Our hens free range, and last year I came home to find one hunkered in to a big patch of long grass, dried blood all over her side. When I lifted her wing, she had two deep puncture wounds like the puncture wound yours has. (Our best guess was...

Hi Chicken Friends! We have a patched together flock of six girls (1 Buff Orp., 1 Comet, 4 White Rocks), and late yesterday a friend emailed to see if he could bring us his 4 yr old Jersey Giant. He'd had 8 hens, and he and his wife foster rescued dogs...unfortunately, yesterday the coop gate...

Thanks for your thoughts! We live on a few acres of land just outside of the city. Our birds free range during the day and are locked up at night. We don't lose them often, but we also don't start with a large flock, so... Am going out to get her now.

Hi all! I hope this is the right thread for my question...had a tough time figuring out where to post, but will give this section a go! We've had a tough year with coyotes and hawks and thus have found ourselves with one remaining chicken (a fabulous Buff Orpington named Peas). And she even...

Hi all! We have just two hens, a BO and a Barred Rock. Both were laying like champs and then the BO went broody last month. After doing some web searching and chatting with other chicken folk around here, I decided to borrow a dog crate from a friend and keep her in there for a few days to...