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  1. R

    Chicken acting very off

    my hen, mabel, has been acting very off this last week. i’ve moved her indoors during the night but allow her to get some sun during the days. she is usually a very vocal chicken but recently she has been very quiet and not laying eggs. she’s a little older than 6, but overall is a healthy...
  2. R

    New member

    🐣 Hello everyone. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I started having chickens about 3 years ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9 (3) What breeds do you have? Red wing laced wyandottes - 7, Japanese Bantam - 1 , and 1 - Ameraucana. (4) What are...
  3. B

    New button quail hiding all day

    Hi there! I'm veeeery new to this and just got my first flock of buttons- have done a bunch of research but constantly afraid of messing up for these little guys. I recently got my small flock of 6 buttons, still figuring out the sex of a few of them - particularly two identical white ones I...
    • buttonbrigade
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    • button quail hiding injured sad
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Quail
  4. H

    Duck Lethargic, Shaking, and Refusing Food/Water - HELP!

    We've got a young (about 14 weeks old, not laying yet) female runner duck who is very lethargic (hiding, standing away from the flock, standing hunched up, not walking around with everyone, not foraging), shaking like she's cold (outside temp is 64 and headed towards 82), and refusing food and...
    • Humble Shack Farm
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    • antibiotics hiding lethargic duck not drinking not eating shaking sick duck voice change
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. bacibeau

    How to get chickens to come out and see me

    Hey y'all! My coop is off the ground so the run extends underneath it. However, that area underneath is too low for me or my family to easily go under and grab them. We've been having really hot weather here so lately I've been giving them short baths in a big plastic bin outside two at a time...
  6. C

    Lost a chicken in 4 minute window

    Hi all, first time poster here and fairly new to chickens. We have (or possibly had) a silkie chicken that has gone missing tonight. They typically free range and my husband and I went on a walk around our property around sunset knowing the birds typically go in on their own and we’d be back in...
  7. N23

    My chicken is hiding a bush

    My 4 month old buff Orpington hen is hiding a bush. She was fine right before and all the sudden she ran to the bush. We have no idea why we think she might be laying an egg, but she is only 4 months old. One of the chickens went on top of her and she started to do a “bagel” sound. We put them...
  8. V

    Combining Chicks with Flock in an all new coop/run

    Our 9 chicks will be 7 weeks old next week and we have 5 established (7-8 month old) hens. They've both been in a temporary coop in our garage for 3 weeks side by side (can see each other, right next to each other) while I build and finish our coop and run. This weekend I'll be finished and...
  9. DiscoverwithDave

    Broody for the Holidays, Breaking Broody II

    Hi Guys and Gals, Its good to be back, I was offline during the busy holidays and need time to catch up and re-cooperate. Anyway, a couple months ago my 6 month old chicken went Broody. I took all the great advice and was able to break her of Broody in a day (Breaking Broody I). I thought...
  10. D

    Fearful runner ducks don't go outside

    Hello runner duck owners, We recently adopted three runner ducks who were aged between 1.5 and 2 months when we got them. They've been with us for three weeks. They were and still are very frightened of people and try to run and hide at the slightest advance. Maybe after three weeks it's a...
    • darla.m
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    • fear feeding amount hiding runner ducks
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. S

    Chicken staying in coop making strange noises

    Hi! We have a hen (brahma) who has been acting strange the last couple days. She stays in the coop and makes a very concerning sound (like a yell or scream) whenever I or another chicken approaches. I’ve considered that she’s just guarding the eggs, but I’m honestly concerned that it’s more...
  12. Chickening101

    She was sitting on eggs and I didn’t know

    My hen got into a pool equipment area in my yard, and was unusually comfortable....I looked under her, and there were three eggs! :D I had no idea where they were from, because she had only been laying for three days and had layer eggs in the nesting box each of those days, which I took, so I...
  13. R

    Unresponsive chicken hides in the corner, lathargic

    Hi everyone, I have a flock of 7 layers, part way through their 2nd laying round, and one of my girls, a rhode isLand red, has been un social, not eating, and hiding in a corner. Any thoughts?
  14. H

    Hen won't come out of nesting box. Concerned that she is sick.

    Hello! I am a very new chicken owner and have had two hens for about 8 months. They are laying and usually very active. I have a coop in my backyard and allow them to roam freely during the day to dig stretch. Recently one of my hens won't come out of the coop. At first I though that I just kept...
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