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I am trying to remain calm when I see chickens looking sick. I have a red hybrid chicken that has laid her firs year straight through, lost a few feathers on her hind end then stopped laying in June. Now she stands around lethargic with eyes closed. There are two others in the flock, anther...

This was such a success! AND Rosey is laying again after about a week of getting out of confinement. I used my dog crate, placed wire mesh on the floor of the cage (the holes were too big for her to stand on somewhat comfortably), raised it about a foot off the floor, put food and water inside...

I have a 3 year old chanteclerc that lays 3 days, stops 4 days, lays 2 days stops a couple of days. She ranges with her two sisters all day, free food as she wants. She is very healthy, has been through a few traumatic events, but is well now. Are her egg laying days waning?

Help! I have a hybrid chicken, one of those sweet red girls that lays all year long. She has been laying well up until a couple of days ago. I couldn't finder her, went looking for her and saw a rubbery egg next to her. I tried to take her and she laid a shelless egg right on the spot. Then she...

Here is my story in a nutshell...i recently lost two of my 5 girls to a fox and one of the 3 that is left was almost dead because she had been also attacked. She was close with the two that died but there were 2 others she was used to hanging with. She, of course, stopped laying after that, she...

My poor chickens are slippin N slidin whenever they step out into their run. It is a skating rink with chunks of poop stuck all in it! At first I thought of putting sand down to melt it, so I did that but a little is expensive to buy and doesn't go very far. Soooo, so simple, I spread a half...

I went away for 2 days during Christmas leaving my chicksters well cared for of course! I have two of 5 that lay an egg a day but when I came back after 2 days there were 6 eggs instead of 4, but when I went out by 8:00 the third day I was back to two instead of the 3 I was expecting. Now...

I have been reading about day range chickens. I understand you use electric netting and move them around every couple of days. Does anyone have any advise/ideas/suggestions on doing this? I would be starting in the spring (too much snow now) on a good sized piece of pasture. I liked this idea...

Are there any chicken breeders in Quebec (Eastern Townships to be precise)?

Do all hens cower before they start to lay eggs? My two reds, bred for laying lots of eggs, crouch and cower when I come up to them as they think I am a rooster, but my pure breed birds aren't laying yet...a huuuuge buff orpington about 5 and a half months old a chanteclerc and light brown...

I got 2 new reds yesterday (a type of Rhody), very docile and easy-going with people. I already had 3 other girls, a 5 month old buff orpington (she is huge...no eggs yet though), a 4 month old chanteclerc and the reason I'm writing, a 4 month old brown leghorn (that if very small, maybe a...

My buff orpington is so huge, she is about 21 weeks old, no eggs yet but she has to fly to get somewhere. Is this a huge breed or what?

Is it essential to deworm/delouse chickens for the winter...I am up North and will have the chickens in from November through April. If so is there something nontoxic/non-chemical to use?

Has anyone on here ever used homeopathy to cure chickens?

I am so sad to have lost my 5 chickens to some predator I had to leave my 3 Chanteclercs and 2 reds with my husband and sons while I went to help out in a family emergency and they did not heed my warning of do not leave the coop door open past dusk. They did and all five were murdered ...

I knew she was up to laying an egg this morning while they were all roaming around. I decided to cut down the sticker bushes this afternoon and there it was her first egg. It was like Easter, but I wish she would had gone off back to the coop like her sister does at noon every day like clock...

Now I have a chick feed question...I have 3 chickens about 12 weeks and two about 22 weeks, one has just laid her first egg. Do I feed them all chick-layer feed? They do get to free-range all day too. OR Do I feed them all chick grower until the youngers are 16 weeks?? Some advise please.

why does my chicken crouch down and spread her wings as I walk up to her? Then she lets me pick her up.

:(No Eggs yet. I don't want to rush things and be impatient but I guess I am. I recently (2 weeks ago) added two red Bovans, 20 weeks old to my new 'flock' (I guess a flock is more than 1) of 11 week old Chanticlercs and the older girls are not laying yet, when I got them they said they would...

How do I get my girls into the chicken tractor aside from running after them, picking them up one by one and putting them inside it? Any suggestions?