odd weird chicken behavior

For the past 2 months my chickens hang out in the coop A LOT. They’ll come out here and there to eat or drink, but it just seems like they’d much rather hang in the coop than in the run! We do give them time out in the grass, supervised, but when not out there they’re usually in the coop. I...

I have a hen that had poo stuck all over her vent and the feathers below. I noticed she had (and still has) an awful smell and she looks like she is struggling to poop, she kinda squats down and makes a sound. Her poo is like dark oval(ish) balls. Ive been giving her epsom salt baths, but I cant...

I have ten chicks of my flock that are just reaching five months old. One of the girls broke her leg quite badly while young, we gave a good try but decided she needed to go as she got older and getting around was difficult. Here's the sad part. One of the americanas her age "befriended" her as...