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Last weekend we got two previously healthy looking chickens from a relative that sadly didn't last three days. They were two of three, their sibling having died suddenly a week earlier, but other than that none of the other chickens that had been living in close proximity with have died so it...

So, up until I got on BYC we fed corn (whole, dry corn like this for the prevention of confusion :D : http://photos2.demandstudios.com/dm-resize/photos.demandstudios.com%2Fgetty%2Farticle%2F240%2F100%2F158441697_XS.jpg?w=400&h=10000&keep_ratio=1 ) As the main base of our chickens diet, with...

We had only had Pond (Doctor Who fans will understand!) a few days when she apparently wandered off right into the jaws of our neighbour's dog. She obviously hid out/hopped off somewhere and managed to survive with little food or water and only one functioning leg for at least a fortnight! She...

We have a small coop with our three little d'anvers/modern game mixes in it. Right now its on gravel and it's very messy - the poop sits on top, they step in it and tread it everywhere and the feed is growing shoots round their bowl where it's fallen under the gravel XD they love it but again...

Just googled 'fancy chickens' out of boredom and this gorgeous boy (admittedly in an odd pose!) popped up and I fell in love a little bit XD any ideas what breed he might be?

This big black lab just ran into our garden, picked her up, and ran off before I could do anything. I'm absolutely devastated because this chicken was a super affectionate little old lady who I've had for years (she's the hen in my avatar pic) and there was absolutely nothing I could do beyond...

We got two lovely kittens a few weeks ago, they're a few months old now (about 6/7) and today I saw the more boisterous of the two chase our fully grown Indian Game. In this case I'm more worried for the cat than the bird because she has a nasty beak, and an equally fierce temper, especially...

Somebody dumped him in a friend's garden ( not cool, whoever you are! lucky she knew we were a cockerel down.) , so we assumed he's a cross breed, what he could be? Or is he just an unfortunate pure breed? These pictures are a little old, and he has since regrown feathers down the sides of his...

This may seem like an odd question, but if you feed dry pellets or corn, how do you get powdered medication to stick to it and not blow away, or gather at the bottom of the food bowl? Our chickens are fed corn (but they free range and eat kitchen scraps too) and this is a problem we encounter...

Our Faverolle hen has recently started making the odd gurgling noise - she has just gone broody for the first time wince we've had her, and I've noticed when booting her off the nest that she has started gurgling sometimes when she breathes. Then she sort of coughs and it stops for a while...

Our beautiful Salmon Faverolle, Gwendolyn, is the only one in out flock I have taught - trouble is that she learnt the few simple things I taught her so quickly, she now gets bored practicing them and loses interest. Can anyone suggest any new tricks to teach her, anything at all? Here's what...

My little bearded Belgian has been laying paper eggshell eggs, we've put mineral mix and oyster shell in with their feed, but today one must have split as she was laying it - the yolk had come out whole but the shell was in pieces and a bit of it was stuck. I gently pulled this bit out, at which...

That's "old" Jersey, one of the Channel Islands- not New Jersey :p don't worry - you wouldn't be the first to make that mistake! Have been looking at this site for advice on chickens for a while- decided to join today because our beloved Rhode Island, "Dora", is finally feeling her age and...

For a few days now our very old Rhode Island hasnt been eating well - doesn't touch grain, ate various other, softer things like porridge and crushed biscuits and cereals. Today she is barely moving and has dropped wings and as far as I can tell has not eaten at all. I am aware that her age is...