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One of my hens has sour crop. I've had her isolated for about 5 days now. She has the typical "nasty chicken butt" so I've bathed her a couple of times. I've been feeding her a little yogurt (which she isn't eating anymore) and I put 2 tablespoons of ACV in a gallon of her water. She is just...

I have an almost year old hen who prolapsed 4 days ago. I've been bathing her rear end at least once a day and applying either Preparation H or honey twice a day. Unfortunately she's still laying, so the prolapse isn't getting better. I've isolated her from the other hens so that I can limit...

I need some input/advice. I have a 2 year old barred rock hen and 3 other assorted rock pullets that are 7 months old. The 2 year old hen is molting so she isn't laying right now. The pullets are all laying very nicely. So recently the hen started picking on one of the pullets. She wasn't...

So, my niece has a one year old hen that has blood coming out of her rear end and is listless and hunched up. I can't personally look at the the hen and see if it's bloody diarrhea or actual blood because I live 300 miles away from her. Any suggestions? I thought maybe coccidiosis, but we...

Yesterday one of my hens was attacked by a dog. She has several puncture wounds on her rear end and a long gash on one of her breasts. The breast wound was just the skin, so we sewed it up with thread and sprayed all the wounds with Blue-Kote. The only antibiotic I have is amoxicillin in 250...

I have a 2 year old barred rock hen who lays thin shelled eggs. Almost every day her egg is either cracked or broken (usually just cracked). She has calcium (oyster shell and recycled egg shells) available 24/7. In spite of having the appropriate feed when she was growing, I think she must...

Thanks to various threads here I finally stopped my broody hen from being broody! I tried putting her in a dog crate, first with some pine shavings with no success, then with a wire bottom with no success. Then I found a thread where someone said their grandfather used to dunk a broody hen...

I just got 50 chicks on Monday and I was wiping poo from pasty butt off one of the chicks and accidently tore the skin! It's not bleeding and the other chicks don't seem to be pecking at it. Will it heal or do I need to separate it from the others and treat it? How do I treat it? Thanks for...

I have a 7 month old Barred Rock pullet who may have cage fatigue (my pullets are confined in the winter). I see no signs of injury (no wounds or obvious swelling), but she can barely support her weight on her right leg and spends most of her time laying down. I have separated her from the...

I've raised Cornish Xs for meat birds, but I'd like to try something different. Has anyone raised Dark Cornishes as meat birds? How long do they take to get to 6 to 8 pounds? Any other breeds that make good, fairly fast growing meat birds? I'm willing to raise all males since they grow...

One of my 8 month old barred rock pullets has a cracked top beak. The crack is from the tip up the middle and is maybe 1/8 inch long. She seems to be eating okay and is alert. I'm afraid to trim it with a nail clipper for fear I'll make it crack more. I saw on an old link to put a...

Hello. I have a batch of cornish X broiler chicks that are 2 1/2 weeks old. I noticed the last couple of days that one has what I think is slipped tendon. One hock is definitely swollen and it puts little to no weight on that leg when it walks around. It is still able to get to the food and...

My chickens have been passing around a mild respiratory disease (coughing, wheezing, sneezing). Nothing serious as no one has died and it only lasts a day or two. Ever since one of them got it, she has been laying "fart" eggs. Does anyone know if respiratory disease could cause this? Will...

Hello. I have a 6 month old pullet that started coughing yesterday. It's a prolonged hacking type cough that sounds like she trying to expel something from her throat. Today she rattles when she breathes. I looked down her throat and can't see anything. Her crop seems fine. She doesn't...

I just got 2 new hens yesterday. When can I let them out of the coop to free-range? I want to make sure they know where home is and where to lay their eggs, but I don't want to keep them locked up for very long. Should I put up a temporary fence for a couple of days? Thanks.

I have a 9 month old black star hen that has stopped laying and has been panting excessively (all the time). She has always been bigger looking than the other 3 black star hens and appears to have a swollen abdomen. But she's looked that way for the last couple of months. She also has had a...

I have 4 black star hens and it appears that one may not be laying eggs. Once a hen enters the nest box, about how long does it take her to lay the egg and get out of the nest box? I have been watching the hens to pinpoint which one is laying which egg. I'm trying to gather the eggs shortly...

Does anyone know: if I give Lincomycin orally to laying hens with bumblefoot, can I eat the eggs? Can I give it to them in their drinking water? And if so, how much per gallon? I have 4 laying hens. Thanks.