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I just happen to have my reading glasses on when my porcelain D ‘uccle jumped on my lap to say hello. I was shocked to see this lesion on her beak. If I don’t have my glasses on, I wouldn’t have seen it and it could have been there for sometime. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I...

Space is not an issue. The 3 1/2 months old have been divided in a very large fenced area for two weeks from my 8 1/2 month old pullets. The Roost I have separated for now. The Pullets all get along fine with each other. I have a mix of Bantum‘s and regular size chickens . this week I tried to...

I have read conflicting info on this site. It may be a matter of opinion. If it makes a difference which is better ….when massaging to gently massage up or to massage down.? Thanks

The great news first…. Esme is a Pullet ! DNA confirmed ! The fact that she is still with me is due totally to the time that BYC members put into sharing their opinions and experiences .I wish I could thank them all personally. I was so sure she was a he that I almost didn’t post the picture. I...

I live in South Florida that’s been particularly dry this summer and we are going into the dry season. I have a very open air coop,Mostly hardware cloth. Once a year I get a very coarse sand deliveredAnd replace all the existing coop sand. After a year of sifting poop every morning the sand has...

I need to hear no way EVER could this be a pullet. I know,I know the comb , the wattles the color and “she “ crowed this morning! I was just looking at those rounded feathers and hoping…… “she “is a 5.5 mo Marans. You get so attached raising them from babies. I hope I can find a good home😢. I...

I have seven healthy chicksAges 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 weeks in the kitchen. after a few days of paper towels, they are on large shavings. So far they’ve been exposed to nothing which may not be the best. I have a flock of 11. I live in Florida, so the weather is not really an issue as far as them...

Using this heavy sand with lots of small shells, stones, etc. .can this clause impaction in baby chicks in brooder? In the past the sand I used was not play sand, but it was quite dusty anyway. I live inFlorida and this is just sand from the yard. Thanks!

to be brief, my question is crop is reduced to only gravel inside. Can we stop treatment? I was out of town So my husband was unable to do any crop flush. He did the daily routines of coconut oil ,Dulcolax, Crop massages, wormed. This went on for 10 days. Crop slightly reduced each day. Treated...

I’ve read the posts on crop impaction and completed the steps in azygous article.Olive is a 10 week old Colombian Wyandotte . Three days ago I noticed her crap thinking boy you had a big appetite today. Yesterday it was larger and I became concerned and when I checked it this morning, it hadn’t...

most concerning to me is the Florida heat. If I leave them out there I’m afraid they will get so worked up they’ll have heat stroke. The coolest temps are 75 at night 90s plus during the day. I have an openTo the coop screened area that I’ve let them play in all day for a week. I transport the 8...

My 1 week old Marans won’t stop picking at her vent. IOriginally posted this in pastyButt section. But she really doesn’t have pasty butt. I did clean a feel of the chicks but a few days ago and I can’t remember if she was one of them. if she was, I may have irritated the area I don’t know. Her...

I’m worried this will become worse as she keeps pecking at the vent area. It may be one of the chicks I wiped poop off when they arrived but unsure. No poop visible now but Area getting a little raw from her pecking at it. I sprayed vetricin on it and dabbed the blue dye on it. Was this ok? Is...

I currently have a 4 foot fence surrounding my chicken coop. it’s 176 linear feet. My chickens were allowed access out of that areaUntil I recently lost three birds in the last week.These of course were not just birds. They were my pets, and I loved them dearly. I now have only six birds left. I...

I resently lost my darling Sulton Antoinette, my snuggly Cochin Savanna and my sweet Colombian Wyandotte to a hawk. I still have 3 barred rocks, one golden Wyandotte one Dominique and a Rhode Island Red. They are all quite friendly. I have lots of space ( which We have tried to make more hawk...

Electrolytes lots of shade iced water bottles in our drinking water and this fan helped us get through a very hot summer in South Florida.The hurricane hit our area. our neighborhood was spared the devastating damage others experienced.We feel so fortunate. The ladies hung out in the garage for...

Antoinnette age 3 a sultan.Her eggs have been like clockwork until she went Broody.We broke the broodiness in about three days which was probably a month ago. The past week she’s showing signs that she wants to lay by hopping in her nest box and spending maybe 20 minutes and then getting out...

I have been soaking my 2 yr olds Sultan’s bumble foot in Epsom salts for 4 days and coating the black spot with Prid. Today the spot loosened a bit and I got it off. I used a scalpel around the edges aiming towered the inside. Nothing came out when I tried to express it. I thought I was going...

Every day I spend with my little sultan Antoinette I am reminded that she wouldn’t be here except for all the help I got from BYC. She is back to normal after a severely impacted crop. She is even laying her beautiful little white eggs. Someday I’m going to record her egg song as it is one of a...

16 mo Sultan hen free ranges last egg 10 days ago. Not egg bound. Vaccinated for mericks. Acting lethargic 8 days ago. I brought her in house and she seems very content inside, not stressed. Her crop did not empty during the night so I started treatment per BYC. No food .She drinks Frequently...