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And I wanted to update what worked for us, but my other post was already so long, so figured I would post another. We gave her a lot of stuff and not sure what exactly did it. But, daily super vitamin complex b, vitamin e, calcium citrate + D3, and a stool softener twice a day until her crop...

Hey, so I've been meaning to but wanted to make sure things continued to move in a good direction before I did. So we were all ready to have to put her down, but decided to wait a few more days just to be sure. We had a huge heat wave and figured that might just get her. However, a week ago...

Quick question, for that Vitamin E, do we just break open the capsule and have her drink the liquid? And as for the calcium citrate, is there a specific dosage of that? Looks like 600 is pretty common, while there is also 1000mg. Calcium for 3 days, any limit to the b-complex and vitamin E? Or...

That post you linked is the one I've been following. So far with a few doses of coconut oil and massaging, we've got the crop to be WAY less hard, but still some stuff in there. I brought her in the coop to lay down tonight hoping that maybe it will work through overnight. I want to check first...

So I have an update. I went to take pictures of the eye of the chicken and now it doesn't seem to be as bad. I also decided to check her crop, since I was reading somewhere about that and didn't think to do that before. It's really hard. Compared to the 3 other hens where it's somewhat full and...

Hello all, I've got a 22 week old hen that hasn't started laying yet (Barred Rock) and just yesterday started acting really strange. She was sitting down while eating a cucumber we provided to her with her legs sticking out. Then as she tried to get up, would fall over and I noticed she can't...

Hello, I have 2 hens that I'm unsure what breed they are. One was supposed to be a Speckled Sussex and the other a Rhode Island Red. I'm thinking the one RIR is probably correct, but I know for sure the SS isn't right. It was the first year they did that breed, so wondering if it's maybe a...

Thanks. I figured it would be fine. I'm probably just overthinking it as this is my first setup :) I've been reading around the site quite a bit about wood chip bedding and thought I would just see what this stuff looks like and what you guys thought of it.

Hello, my chickens have eaten down just about all the grass in my new coop and it's time for some bedding. Seems like wood chips are very popular and usually easy to obtain and not too expensive (or free). My local city compost site chips all the brush and branches they receive into large piles...

Hello all, so I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this question, but I'm going to ask anyway; as it's my first time having chickens. Little over 7 weeks in and I think I've got 2 cockerels. I wanted to wait until about 10 weeks or so to be sure before giving them away, but wanted to...

Just realized there is a whole thread for breeds or genders. Oops. I'm new and apparently didn't notice that. I apologize. Feel free to move it if possible or I can repost.

Sorry, I've been having issues seeing replies to my posts. Not sure what setting I'm missing. I just got our chicks last week on March 28th. Ended up going with 6 right away and got one of each breed I was interested in :) Barred rock, speckled sussex, golden laced wyandotte, rhode island red...

I meant to say I'm thinking possibly a white leghorn? They weren't on my list of breeds I wanted, but seem fine I guess? The prototypical egg layer. Heavy production, which is nice, but not the friendliest and a bit loud. And for my subdivision with 2 kids, I'm hoping that won't be an issue. If...

Yep, that's what I gathered as well. Sigh. Oh well. I guess I'll find out in a month or so.

Hello, we just picked up 6 chicks last week and 1 was supposed to be a Salmon Faverolle. However, I'm not totally sure at this point. I'm trying to remember what other breeds they had there that would look like this one but can't think of any. So, I'm going to post some pictures and ask you guys...