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  1. girlychickengirl

    Missing Chicken

    A few days ago, the coop was accidentally left open and the next day, all 4 chickens were out and we only found 3. My favorite chicken, a speckled sussex named Tina, has gone missing. It's been 2-3 days now and I've looked for her every day and I can't find her anywhere. There are feathers...
  2. RynNightmare

    Egg binding? Please help.

    The problem childTM (Colby) has started laying eggs for this season, laid 6, then hasn’t layed for 2 days. She’s not isolating, she was swimming and eating earlier. I checked on her now and she doesn’t seem to be eating she’s drinking fine, I sat outside with them for 30ish minutes and didn’t...
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  3. lillykew

    Can I vaccinate chicks after 24 hours?

    Hello all! Please let me know if this is better posted elsewhere. I'm ordering chicks from a small farm that doesn't vaccinate their birds. They go to great lengths to keep their flocks isolated and free of disease, including making sure they don't come in contact with wild birds. However, the...
  4. cwb

    Eggs Not Fertile Even With 3 Roosters

    I have got 7 Barred Rock hens and 3 Barred Rock roosters. They are around 1 year old. I started hatching eggs from them September of last year and all were hatching with no fertility issues whatsoever. But just a couple weeks ago, all of a sudden, none of the eggs were fertile. I have tried...
  5. C

    Lethargic Chicken with Black Sludge Poop

    Please help :(( I joined this site in desperate help for my hen, Yoli. She is very weak, mostly lays down and when she tries to walk she tends to fall. She hasn’t been eating the best the past two days nor drinking water. She tries eating and drinking on her own but she gets too tired or falls...
  6. Just started raising chickens? What breed do I start with? From hatching eggs to chicks to hybrids from pullets, Today, we will find out what to do!

    Just started raising chickens? What breed do I start with? From hatching eggs to chicks to hybrids from pullets, Today, we will find out what to do!

    Hello everyone! So, are you looking into buying yourself your first chooks? Or are you just wanting to try some different breeds? Well today we will discuss… • Should I hatch my eggs? • Are chicks the best to start? •Hybrids or heritage, which ones are worth it? •Please note• Most if not...
  7. G

    Looking for run addition ideas.

    m seeking designs for a secure and spacious chicken run using T-Post, hardware mesh, and hawk netting to provide my girls with ample space to move around while they're confined to their 8x10 coop all day. What are some creative and functional ideas for maximizing space and safety? I have about...
  8. MinervaTheHen

    Tips for managing a horse with dry coat syndrome?

    Hello! I have a gelding who seems to have Equine Anhidrosis (dry coat syndrome), and I had to admit, I’m a little out of my comfort zone here when it comes to management. So a little context for the issue; he is a 3 year old purebred chincoteauge pony with no other obvious health concerns or...
  9. S

    Looking forward to getting started and talking with educated people.

    Hello, I live in WA state and I’m sure everyone knows how prices are, not just here but all do the nation I’m sure. I’ve thought about getting into this Hobby/lifestyle since I have moved out of my parents, mostly due to the fact I come from small to moderate farm life. I have helped my family...
  10. Chrischiken

    Polish pullet, 13 weeks, minor beak injury, Reccomendations?

    Just curious if others have seen similar with metal feed bowls? Is this just a chip that will heal over? Have changed to plastic bowl now. She seems un-bothered if I touch it or clean it, it appears to have formed a scab over the top.
  11. ebisu

    Wet Mash and Tube Feeding: Storage questions

    I work in healthcare so some days I'll have to work 10-12hr shifts. I'm currently tube feeding one of my girls who may have canker with no vet around to help (I've already made a thread for it). I have some questions to help me readily feed her with the aforementioned work hours: If I pre-make...
  12. B

    is it bumblefoot or something else?

    my chickens foot has been swollen for 3 months now. it was swollen on just her foot and we cut into it and meaty blood came out. there has been no scab to sign that its bumlefoot. its just a blood pus filled foot and leg. i feel like if it was bumblefoot it would have killed her by now. we...
  13. ebisu

    What is this under my chicken's tongue?

    Lately one of my EEs has been sneezing with her whole body kind of like a small dog would and I also noticed that she tends to drop food when trying to eat. So I opened her mouth after noticing some brown drool and her neck all wet and I find this stuff under her tongue. Me being an idiot, I...
  14. B

    Chicken Went Under Coop! Help!!!

    UPDATE!!! We got her out! 🙂 I couldn’t leave her out there tonight because she definitely would’ve gotten eaten; we have a lot of raccoons that have picked off chickens before. It was way too heavy to lift, but we were able to move around some loose cinderblocks underneath of it. I was able to...
  15. C

    Hello fellow chicken lovers

    Hello everyone, I am Bell I love to use this site and reference and learning guide. I’ve joined today to ask one of my own questions. How to improve fertility in Heavy Breed? (Specifically Orpington 50% and Brahma -%) I’ve had great fertility rates with my lighter breed of my three flocks...
  16. Timbers Happy Hens

    Staggered hatch question

    I started a batch of eggs about a week ago, they are silkie and silkie mixes. With winter my roosters fertility has dropped quite a bit so out of 20 eggs I only ended up with 9 developing. The rest didn’t even start. I was hoping for a bigger hatch than that so my question is could I add more...
  17. M

    Does this chick look sick? Vent Gleet?

    Hello everyone! I’m new to raising chicks myself, but I’ve grown up around chicks so when one of my babies started getting pasty butt, I treated it with warm water like I was taught. A few of my chicks had pasty butt as well, and after being cleaned once or twice, it resolved itself. This one...
  18. Quail hatching day 16

    Quail hatching day 16

    Hello it’s day 17 and one of my quail hatched this could be because all of the temperatures are good as I said in my previous article a dry hatch a dry hatch is a great thing to do in my opinion definitely consider it explained more in other articles so if you have one quail that hatched expect...
  19. Sparrow-Song

    Whole Flock Sick, May Need to Start Over -- Advice Needed

    So, recently in this thread I made a post about one of our roosters, Cheeto, who was exhibiting symptoms of a respiratory illness. Well, we took him to the vet, and they said it was likely CRD. This was really heartbreaking, as he's one of my very favorites, a sweet and very handsome boy. But it...
  20. A

    Help/advice ASAPP

    Is anybody able to tell me what these bumps on my chicken are and how I’m able to treat it?I recently noticed that she had these bumps around her face and she’s been loosing a lot of feathers which I’m assuming its because she’s older than a year but she’s my only chicken with these weird bumps
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