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I found my chicken Ginger dead this morning. She was curled up on her side half underneath the hanging waterer. Her mouth was dripping with a brown liquid and a string of brownish mucous. She was perfectly fine yesterday. I don’t have any idea what happened. I could’ve sworn that yesterday she...

This morning I walked into the coop to find poor Chardonnay frozen solid. She was in the corner of the coop with her head tucked away, and looked as if she was sleeping. She is in a way, just permanently. It was 30 below zero last night, and she hadn’t been on the roost when I checked them. I...

I have one chicken, Gigi, who is molting late. She was doing okay until a few days ago when I saw her crouching on the roost looking awful. She looked skinnier than normal and her crop was empty, so I decided to check on her again in the morning. When I got there she was in a corner crouching...

Recently my hen Esperanza’s been acting weird. She’s been a little puffed-up lately, but I haven’t paid any mind until this morning when I saw her standing in the corner of the run with her head tucked into her neck and her eyes closed. She just stood there and didn’t move, so I brought her...

This morning, one of my hens layed this monstrosity of and egg:It weighs over 119 grams and is just over three inches long. All of our hens are about one and a half years old. I thought I’d post about this to see if any of y’all had any thoughts

This morning when I was free ranging my girls, I noticed that Ginger was developing a bit of a bald spot on her rump.Is she molting already? I thought that usually started closer to fall, and does one chicken usually start molting before the others? What do you guys think?

This is Butters. She has recently acquired several bald spots from being mounted. The funny thing is that we have no roosters. Almost every day, the hen pictured below chases and mounts her. Butters is not mounted by any other hens, and Chardonnay doesn’t mount any other hens. Is this normal?

This is Nutmeg. She has been laying for less than a year, but we think she’s broody. She’s been sitting in a nest box for two days, but there aren’t any eggs underneath her. We’ve tried to get her out, but she refuses to move. Is she broody?

Some people have all one breed, and some don't have two chickens that are the same breed. How many different breeds do you have? (Edit) Oops! I posted this in the wrong forum. Could someone please remind me how technology works?

Help! I went out to the henhouse to collect eggs, and I found Nutmeg like thisI don’t know what happened, but it seems that she got in a fight with another chicken. Any advice would be helpful!

Hi! I have this one orpington, Butters, who seems like a runt. She’s eight months old, and she’s the only hen I haven’t seen laying an egg. She’s never been as big as the others, but she was at the top of the pecking order until recently. About a month ago, she stopped roosting with the others...

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Went to the nest boxes today and found this. I’ve seen many deformed eggs, but none like this one. Does anyone know why something like this would happen?

Went into the coop this morning to check for eggs, as soon as I open the door, Chardonnay screams "BA-KAAK BA-KAAK Buk Buk Buk ... BA-KAAK BA-KAAK Buk Buk Buk". I have no idea why, I've never had a hen be so protective of her eggs. Thoughts?

Help! Rhode Island Red won’t stop biting my foot! How do I get her to quit?

Third egg - strangely long?

First Egg!!!!!

This is Gigi. I got her in a box of sexed pullets, but she stumps me because she has such a large red comb and wattles, but she’s four months old so I think she would’ve started crowing if she was a cockerel. Advice?