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My five year old White-cheeked black Spanish has a very large, floppy comb. When she was younger it got a scab on the side, and healed flopped over so it is permanently draped over her face. I have looked at dubbing but it seems to be only for much younger birds? She has a tendency to sit down...

My red hen, Carmen, died of injuries not too long ago on the morning of November 1st. My rooster who was always by her side kept singing and singing looking for her left and right, up and down, wherever he could get to. Ever since the 2nd, he’s refused to come down from the stick he lays on to...

So I am relatively new to raising chickens, we got our first 6 last March. Early on one was taken by a hawk after I walked inside for only a few minutes. We took care of that by putting a top on their chicken run and moving the coop to the back which had coverage from the trees (We have 10...

hi everyone! I’m in need of advice about my poor hen who recently got dumped by my rooster for our newly matured hens. My rooster is a 1.5 year old silkie mix and the hen is as well. These two had the cutest relationship, just like an old married couple (hence the title) but after integrating...

Hello and hope everyone is having a good day! I have something that I have never dealt with before in my 10 years of raising chickens. Last week, our 1 year old Egyptian Fayoumi rooster, Clyde, was killed. His main hen and hatch mate, Bonnie (who is also an egyptian fayoumi) has been slowly...

My Buff Orpington is very lethargic, her eyes are just wanting to be closed, and seems pretty sleepy. And kind of depressed looking. She also has pretty bad balance. Today she had white/green poop. I'm new to all of this. What should I do? What can I give her to make her feel better?

Hi eggy gurus! I've tried searching similar posts but can't quite find an answer so apologies if this is repetitive. We have a light sussex who went Broody yesterday, sitting on eggs, not leaving the nesting box all day, got quite pecky! So I donned some gardening gloves and fished her out of...

I have four 16 wk black sex-linked pullets remaining from a 6-chick flock from which we had to send 2 cockerels to the country since they are not welcome in the city. The boys left 3 days ago. For the last 2 days, the girls have been wandering around the run making a moaning sound that I haven’t...

Help. I have a hen, Magna, who has started acting ill or sad. Magna is isolating herself from my other chickens. I have two other hens and a rooster. The rooster and one of the hens is new. I have had them for about a month now and she has been acting this way for about a week now. She eats...

*I first want to add a disclaimer. I do not condone chicken fighting of any sort. I love my chickens as pets and would never intentionally put them in harms way.* So today I took out my chickens to wonder outside in my front yard. I stood there watching and went inside to get some treats. My...

Hello, I live in Western Australia and I have two hens and one hatched a single egg. When it was hatched I noticed it wasn’t breathing so was able to resuscitate it and bring it back to life. It grew to about 3 months old and I suspected it was a rooster so I had to rehome it as I was moving...

Someone recently gave us a rooster and a hen a couple days ago and we noticed the hen was just in the corner getting bullied & noticed neither of her eyes will open. Their previous owner said it was because he had 2 roosters and 1 hen and they injured her eyes. She was also a regular layer and...

Hello all - I am new to BYC and desperate for help. On Saturday morning my 6 month old Wyandotte rooster was very lethargic and not eating. After several hours I noticed he was not perking up or showing any interest in his flock mates so I separated him. He didn’t eat all weekend so I ended up...

So, a few months ago I got two chicks, later figured out that they were both cockerels. They’re besties, ya know, cuddling in the corner and such. Well, my Australorp was killed by a hawk. My other roo is a Dominique, and he seems really sad about it. He’s not talking much and just lays down in...

hello all, I am going to pick up a new hen from another homestead. This hen is the last left of a small flock. She’s currently reported as sad and losing weight, so she needs a new home and new flock mates. I have four hens and I am wondering what is the best way to introduce her to the flock...

Hi all, Could you please help out a worried chicken mom?! I have two, two-year old, cream legbar hens (sisters). They've don't have anti-social temperaments, have been laying eggs like crazy, seem healthy in every other way but this: I noticed today that one of my girls is featherless and raw...

so, I got a new dog last Saturday and the second day she was out she attacked one of my chickens and made a deep wound in her back/tail and I tried to help the chicken by cleaning the wound and blood and after that I set her down in the coop and she just done was she normally would do but 2 days...

Hi there everyone, I know similar threads have been started here about the same subject, but I'm a very new backyard chicken enthusiast so any help would be much appreciated! I went out and got four chickens from a reputable breeder on the weekend just passed, all wormed and vaccinated. Have...

Hello everyone. My beloved flock of 4 hens was attacked by a pair of raccoons a few days ago just before dawn. One of my hens was wounded so badly, we ended up putting her down at the vet shortly after. The two of the girls were unharmed, but one has suffered a pretty bad gash to her breast. She...