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Update: chick's eye is doing much better! She has it open as would be usual and it looks *almost* normal. A little cloudy, but soooo much better. She is very non-plussed with me right now and cheeping like her life is ending while trying to wipe all the ointment off onto her back, but cuddles...

Hello wise and experienced chicken keepers! I currently have a flock of 8 4 year old ladies (we became chicken keepers during the pandemic as many did)--3 australorps, 3 sapphire gems, one Easter egger, and one speckled Sussex. They are not able to free-range due to predators--found that out a...

Thanks for the suggestions. I have flushed it and applied the Teramycin. Put her back in with the other 3 and she's just acting like her eye is 20x worse after I messed with it, which maybe it is way more aggravated now. She's now standing dazed in a corner by herself, occasionally rubbing or...

Thank you for the reply! There is indeed an eye in there...was able to get the lids partially opened and flushed. And then put some simulation in the brooder to divert pecking since her swollen eye attracts attention. Will make a chick seperator if needed, but dont have materials yet. Will...

We just brought home 4 baby chicks...a few days old. Got home and upon inspection, found out One's eye is not normal. Anyone know if this is a birth defect, disease or injury? I have no problem with a one-eyed hen...just want to know if this is something that could spread or if I should be...

Hello, 3-4 year old sapphire gem (name is Luna) with a swollen area between her toes. Don't see any black part like I hear for bumblefoot and she is using it as normal, but....that definitely doesnt look normal. I've never had a chicken with a foot issue, so I need some help. She is in a run...

My sapphire gem showed up today looking like this. It was very cold last night (30 f--compared to most other nights) and I'm just wondering if this is pecking order issues or frostbite...or something else. Any thoughts? Thanks.

Thanks! That is the plan for this weekend...yayyyyyyyyyy....:rolleyes:

Hi. My easter egger just started laying a few days ago--and I found some bugs on the eggs the last two days. I managed to finally catch her and yes, there are definitely bugs on her as well, and so I am assuming others in the flock have them as well and we need to treat. Will be spot-checking a...

I only have one laying right now. The rest are still too young. But she was dropping her eggs all over the place. My Brother-in-law told me that chickens like to lay eggs where it is dark. I put my nesting boxes under the window where the most light comes in, so that they are in the darkest...

Underestimating predators. I left my 10 pullets outside in a (what I thought was a) protected space to forage for 10 minutes while I dealt with an issue for one of my kids inside, and when I came back out, a fox had gotten every single one, except for one we found the next day who had escaped...

I keep eyeing the one in our backyard that is exactly like that.....I figured it is heavy enough that it would be a safe but moveable pen. I'm trying to figure out the "chunnel" to and from as well in my head....there is no herding my birds. Haha. Really liking the ideas and suggestions. My poor...

Thanks everyone. I appreciate it. I don't care about the breeds of my chickens so much, but a rooster would make things more difficult in our neighborhood. And she is so pretty and different than most of my other chickens that I was getting sad about possibly needing to rehome her. I guess the...

I really appreciate hearing that. Thank you for your response--so quick!

Hi--this one is 9 1/2 weeks old. Name is Luna...for now. Sold to me as a sapphire gem pullet which is sex linked, so I would have thought that one would be an easier one to get right by the people who sold her...but I'm questioning. S/he pinked up faster than all her flockmates, and still is...

Update if anyone wants it....we raised the fence a few inches and took down the above chicken wire, so we just had the "gate" across the middle. Seemed to work well at slowing down the bigger girls but everyone has taken turns up on the gate as a perch. When the boss/dominant chicken gets up...

Thanks for the reply! Multiple feeders and waterers is a good idea...just like now and maybe another hiding spot or two. Here are some pictures...the little coop is up on 2 cinderblocks that do allow the chicks under easily. It was their third night out there last night and 5 were already in the...

Hello, Long story short, we had a flock of 9 ladies, but a fox got all but one. Heartbreaking. So we got another pullet of the same age to join the survivor so she wasn't alone while we raised some more chicks. We now have 8 6 week old chicks out in the run that is attached to the coop, which...

This one is 5 weeks old today. What do you think? Thank you in advance!