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Hi everyone! It's been quite a while since I've posted, but I was hoping the more experienced people here could help me help one of my 6-yr-old Golden Wyandottes who's been a little off the past few days. A few days ago (maybe 4-5 days now?), I noticed she had a really large crop first thing in...

Hi all! Haven't posted in ages but logged back in to get your expert opinion on a weird problem I haven't had before. I have a broody hen who, for the past two mornings, has had foamy bubbles in the corner of her right eye. Last year when she also went broody, someone else apparently got tired...

I have 10 laying hens: three 5 year old Golden Laced Wyandottes and 7 year-olds (Silver Laced Wyandottes, Speckled Sussex, and Dominiques). They have all lived here since arriving as day old chicks. Currently, they have an 20'x25' screened run and free range a couple hours a day. In mid-May...

I have a flock of 7 hens, all between three and four years old. They've been together with no additions since the 3-year-olds came as day-old chicks. Last week, my alpha hen, Red, had a terrible sour crop incident. I really didn't think she'd make it through- only with the help of a local...

I have an almost 4-yr old RIR hen who has been "off" this week. She seems hungry, but isn't eating. She'll walk up to the food bowl, pick up a piece, and then let it drop out of her beak without eating. She's done this with her favorite treats- corn kernels and mealworms- as well as regular...

My 3 year old GLW hen, Ro, had a very difficult case of bumblefoot all summer (this is her story: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1016402/bumblefoot-hole-cant-clear-pus). I thought I had successfully treated, though since I did a lot of "digging" to remove so much pus and infection, her foot...

I have 7 hens in a mixed breed flock, all ranging between 3-4 years old. They are older ladies, but have always been great layers (I've had them all most of their lives, most came as day old chicks). This year, the whole flock had a HEAVY molt, picture 7 naked ladies looking pathetic from late...

This is an almost 4 yr old RIR. She's top of the flock. Yesterday, she was a step slow. Didn't eat much and actually hung out in the coop half the way which she never does. This morning I let them out and she was hesitant to come off the roof. She was swallowing heavily and "smacking" her beak...

My poor little Wyandotte hen (Ro) has had a rough summer and early fall. She had a really awful case of bumblefoot that required serious vet intervention, and then went into a heavy molt. Today, while out freeranging, my flock got buzzed by a low flyover from a pair of hawks. The hawks didn't...

I have a 2.5 year old Golden Laced Wyandotte who has a stubborn bumblefoot issue going on. I've successfully dealt with bumblefoot before, but all the things I thought I knew how to do aren't working. We're about 2-weeks in, here's what I've tried so far: 1. Soaked in epsom salts, removed black...

I have a 2.5 year old Golden Comet who's had a tough go of it lately. She's had some laying issues and been generally under the weather, but is on the mend. However, last night I had a disturbing sight when I was shutting up the coop- she had these three little worms along her wing (if you click...

This is a bit of a rant, but I'm really having problems with my neighbor. He won't stop feeding the chickens. We've put signs up, still didn't stop. We've confronted directly, and it got better for while. But tonight we were out for dinner, and came home to find what I can only infer was the...

I have a 2.5 year old Golden Comet who seems to be in declining health. Since she was a day old, she's always been at the bottom of the pecking order, and always a bit smaller than the others. She's always been picked on, and often has feathers out of place from that. But in the past week, she's...

I've never seen a tick embed on one of my chickens. Unfortunately, Ive got plenty of experience pulling them off of my horse, cat, and dogs. However, this one was so tiny, and the surface area on her face so limited (it's right below an eye) that I was not able to get it off with my "tick...

Went out to bring some fresh water to my girls at lunch time, and was greeted with this: This is a 2-year old Golden Laced Wyandotte hen. We affectionately call her "Broody" because she goes a little nutty in the warmer weather. In fact, she had been broody all week until 2 days ago...

Chickens dig holes, I get that. But my flock seems to be on a hole-digging mission lately, and the ground here is hard and dry since we've had very little rain this spring. The ground in their run is a mix of regular topsoil and sand, but is fairly rocky. Lately I've noticed that almost all of...

It's been such a hard winter in New England, I thought folks might like a place to share pictures of their chickens enjoying the spring thaw. Although mud is unfortunately a given when 5 feet of snow melts, my girls have found several places where they can really get their claws in the dirt and...

I wormed my 8 hens (2-3 years old) for the first time ever yesterday. They've never been wormed before because I've never felt they needed it- I've had fecals run by an avian vet over the years, and they've always come back with negligible parasite loads. However, it's been a long, hard winter...

One of my hens got a cut on a wattle, which bled pretty profusely. I wiped off as much of the dripping blood as I could, and luckily this was right at bedtime, so she headed to the roost and I wasn't worried about pecking at the blood since they were all in the dark. In the morning, things...

Had a bit of a scare with one of my 2 year old Golden Comets just now while putting the girls to bed. *Sorry this is a bit graphic, not sure how to describe it politely* She was walking to the coop and paused to poop. But she was having trouble, just stood there straining uncomfortably...