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Our entire flock has stopped too. A mixed flock of Barred Rocks, a Dominique, Andalusians, Ameraucanas, bantams and Hamburgs. Some are around 18 months, but the younger ones are only about seven months old. A couple of the older ones are molting, so I can explain a reduction, but the younger...

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I have 12 laying hens. Two Ameraucanas, two Barred Rocks, a Belgian D'Uccle, a Cochin, 3 Andalusians, 2 Hamburgs and 1 Dominique. So, I should have 4 brown egg layers and 6 white egg layers and then the two Ameraucanas (blue and pink/cream). I am consistently getting 1-2 small brown eggs that I...

Thanks both of you! Love the panic room concept and we just found some HVAC foil tape that I think will work. Fingers crossed!

We had a free-ranging flock until two weeks ago, after two unsuccessful hawk attacks on two of our hens and then a disappearing guinea cock. Reluctantly we put up a 6-ft-tall fence, approximately 33yd x 12yd (not feet). There is good foliage and tree cover for the flock to hide in. We strung a...

No, we keep the garage closed while they're out. I first thought it might be mold (we had some feed that fell and decayed on the ground) but I heard that kills much quicker. This has been going on now for a couple of days. Could it still be the mold? We're going to get lime to rake into the...

Can't get him to take any vitamins, (won't open his mouth) drink or eat. Still lying down awkwardly. Just doesn't look right. Trying to upload a pic, but I think we may have to cull. In fact, I just went back out to check on him, and he looks worse. Pretty sure he's dying...

One of our very healthy and happy five month old male guineas started acting sick yesterday, laying on the floor of the coop and not coming out. When we pushed him to come out, he stumbled around in circles and we noticed he had one completely clouded eye (doesn't look like he can see at all out...

Now we have a new issue with the same hen, believe it or not. This morning her toes on one leg were all curled under. Is it possible the two incidents are related?? At any rate, we're going to try Poly Vi Sol drops today and see if that helps. Any other thoughts appreciated. Also, sidenote --...

I have a 3 month old Barred Rock who had her toes all curled under this morning out of nowhere. She's the same one that just last week had a puncture wound that we had a hard time getting to stop bleeding. That finally stopped and now this is happening. Is it possible the two incidents are...

Sorry for the delay in responding. We finally got it to stop bleeding! Thanks for your help. I finally tried a little bit of everything and something seemed to work, but now sure what. If you want details, I did a blog post about it, which you can find here. http://themommahen.com/chicken-md (I...

Just found some corn starch. Think it'll work? The puncture wound is right in the soft underbelly between her legs. Every time she moves her leg, it oozes out pretty fast. I'll try it!

Cleaned her off and unfortunately it looks like a snake or something got her underneath. I can't stop the bleeding. I'm thinking I'm gonna lose her unless anyone has any great ideas on how to staunch it. Flour, styptic, pressure, nothing's working...

Looked for info on bleeding vent on here, but everything I saw was on possible prolapse. Our hen is not sexually mature yet, only 3 months, so that makes a bleeding vent even more peculiar. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!! 1) What type of bird , age and weight. Barred Rock, 3...