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Hi, last night I noticed 1 of my hen’s eyelid is swollen some and it looks like she has some peck marks around her eye. Do you think another chicken is picking on her or is it an infection? Thank you

We recently got a silkie rooster to add to our flock. The lady who we got him from didn't know how old he was as she got him from someone else (she got him in a random assortment of chickens and didn't need any more roosters), but he seems to be about 1 year old to me. He is our only rooster and...

I have fresh chicks that are days old (one was born 2 days earlier than the other 2). The oldest chick is MEAN! She keeps grabbing the other chick's beaks & shaking them around! 😭 Their beaks were totally normal.. but now they're damaged! Should I isolate the mean one? They're still with mama in...

Need some advice/help figuring out if this is fowl pox or just pecking marks? These are pics from my two barred rocks.they are pretty top of pecking order between my 7 chickens…so I was surprised at how many sores there are. Either way any advice how to treat either one?? Thank you in advance...

Please help me with this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bully-4-week-old-chick.1475476/page-3 I have two week old chicks yesterday found with bald spots on their back near the tail area. Could this be caused by parasite? Or is just pecking by others? 5 out of 7 chicks have...

Hi, i have 3 chicks from the hatchery last May 17. 2 were male and 1 was female. One male last week had a bloody diarrhea and i treated them all with Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole. They are on day 4 of treatment, tomorrow will be their last day. For the first two days of treatment, the male is...

I'll keep it quick and short, is our little baby a hen or a rooster? We got her a few days/weeks ago to replace our rooster, since we can't have any of those. She doesn't crow, for now, but we don't know how old she is. She still peeps. Our other hen pecks her from time to time too. Any ideas...

I recently rescued a 2 day old Icelandic from a failed adoption scenario. It had significant head wound from getting pecked by the broodie hen and has been isolated. Upon rescue the poor little think was screaming it's beak off... but now 24 hours later he still doesn't shut up at all... He is...

Hi there! This is the 2nd batch of chicks I've raised so I'm not totally new but still have a lot to learn. Thanks in advance for the help. I have a carmel on white speckled Isbar that went Broodie about 4 weeks ago and started sitting on just 2 eggs. She is super easy going so I figured she...

So can we talk about pecking order? What is normal and what is considered okay to leave alone and when you need to take action. I have seven 12 week old chickens. I believe one is a male and one is a hen but not positive on the mixed Dominique. Dominique hen or rooster is named Woody. He reached...

Hi all, I have 6 chicks and one of them is a little smaller than the others. She is getting pecked a lot and has a lot of stress. She has been having pasty butt off and on. I moved her to a different bin with a different heat source. She of course has food and water. Wood chips are on the...

Hi everyone!! I recently got a new batch of chicks from Orschlens (they are probably only a week old or less) and my Silver Lace seems to have gotten a scab over/in her eye. Its not fowl pox as I unfortunately have dealt with that before. She is eating, drinking, and seems to be a happy little...

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I am at my wits end. I've had chickens for 5+ years, and have never had an issue like i'm having now. I introduced 6 pullets to my established flock at the end of the spring. Things went as expected, and all was fine. We took a bunch out to show at the local 4H fair in September. The day...

Hello there, I am fairly new to raising chickens, as I started in April of this year and have recently bought 4 standard size chickens varying in breeds and would also like to get a silkie to add to my flock, but I am afraid that my bigger birds will peck and possibly injure a silkie since I am...

I have one approx 10 week old buff orpington that readily goes for my eyes if she is close enough. I am now recovering from a scratched cornea. I know that she is just pecking at a shiny object and not purposely trying to hurt me but the others don't do that. I now wear safety glasses if she...

Dear All, I've 6 chickens in a run about 105 square feet. Chickens spend almost all of their time in the run. Two or three times a week I let them out to the larger backyard for a few hours. 2 of my chickens are very good layers and laying consistently even in the midst of winter. However, they...

I'm fully expecting that nothing can be done about this, but here we go..... One of my three hens loves a good peck at the other two. The pair getting pecked are almost constantly in a disheveled state - stubbly necks and down feathers showing on their backs. Meanwhile the pecker is in...