Recent content by MintyEgger

The treats were a small handful of black oil sunflower seeds in the morning when they were let out, mealworms near the evening so I could lure them inside with no issue, and their lay feed which they have constant access to. They also eat any bugs they find during the day and small leaves that...

Two are nearly exactly 2 years old. I’m not sure about the other one since I found her wandering the street and rescued her. No idea who’s doing it, since I’ve never caught them laying the egg. But they’ve all been laying healthy eggs, I’ve just found 2 of the soft eggs on the ground within the...

In the span of just over a week, I have gotten 2 soft shelled eggs. The first time this happened, I stopped giving all my chickens (3 of them) their small portions of sunflower seeds and mealworm treats and kept them on their lay mash only, supplemented by chicken friendly yogurt for calcium...

Ive finally gotten time to respond to everyone’s helpful comments! I’ve tried to take some pictures, but it’s showed nothing but her being a normal chicken! The shivering is almost unnoticeable unless you hold her. It’s seemed to recede as the winds have died down around here and the days have...

I recently added a new bird to my flock. Funnily enough, she wasn’t planned, but instead rescued from the street and after a few weeks of her being quarantined as we tried to find her owner, we gave up and slowly integrated her. She’s now just fine with the flock. However, I think she’s cold...

Update on her. After last night I woke up and she is eating and drinking. Still not sure what happened with her. We don't have any roosters, just her and 2 other hens. I'm still thinking one of the others attacked and plucked her. But she seems to have calmed down now. I don't think there's any...

Maybe, but what confuses me is that she was in the coop with her two friends when it happened. The coop is predator proof, so unless a rat snuck in and scared her I think it was the younger ones bullying her. It's been a few hours and she still hasn't eaten. Just did a (sorry for tmi haha)...

No, I don't think it was a dog. She was in her coop, which is in a fenced off garden that needs a gate open to access. I have food and water inside the crate, but she hasn't even acknowledged it. Even her favorite treat mealworms haven't been touched. I gave her water through her beak because...

The oldest hen in my 3 chicken flock was found today lying on her side with head feathers missing. I took her inside and we've kept her in a box at first as she was stiff and frozen, only blinking. A couple hours later she started looking around, basically tilting her head and moving her neck...

Thank you. She has sneezed once but is otherwise active and interested in food and water. She's wandering around just fine and poop seems all good. Nothing else wrong with her, just the breathing that I can sometimes hear. But vocal and active as always.

My 10 month old Plymouth Barred Rock has started breathing audibly. Not labored, just some whistling occasionally when I lean in. Should she be quarantined from her two buddies? Should I be worried? It's been a little rainy in my area, but I've continually kept them dry and have been waiting...

I smelled her breath and it smelled fine. Nothing at all. I just noticed her acting strange today, so I'll check on her again tomorrow. She laid a few days ago. I have yet to worm her. We haven't had problems with worms before, but would you find dewormers at feed stores?

My 5 year old EE hen has been acting funny today. She's been low energy, has a squishy crop, has been drinking lots of water, and passed this poop. I think she might have sour crop, and have massaged her crop already. I'm planning on giving her ACV in her water. What is wrong with her, and...

So this is again about the white leghorn chick I have been raising. I am almost certain now that they are unfortunately a rooster. I've been hearing some weak crows from them for the past week. But I read that it's rare for a month old cockerel to start crowing so early. I have also read that...

Oh dear, so I'm guessing that it's, without a doubt, a rooster? Considering these replies, there must not be a lot of wiggle room for this.😓