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I have a 3 year old EE. A few weeks ago she had a prolapsed egg vent. We worked through that and she seemed to be doing better. She has never been one to fight over who gets to eat first but she recently has not ate very much at all. She has lost weight, even more since the vent issue. I feed...

Hi all, I just wanted to share my happiness with you. I have a 20 mo old leghorn hen. She has had a horrible time this fall. She moulted and lost her place in the pecking order. She of course stopped laying. She still seems to be out of the pecking order, she has a hard time getting food, but...

Hi, please comment if you know of what could be wrong with my chick. She is 2.5 weeks old, Americana purchased from Ideal. Her belly is swollen some, not a lot. It is also bear (no down) from her vent to between her legs). The opening of the vent is protruded. She has been seen moving around...

In your experience, do dogs help keep away predators??? I lost my very dutiful border collie back in the spring. She was my chicken shepherd. Since loosing her I have lost 5 hens and today lost my roo. I also had a dog get in my brooding box and kill 9 of 10 baby chicks. In the year and a...

1) What type of bird , age and weight. Ameraucana hen, 9 months 4 or 5 pd. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. holds beak open. gave her some water and then heard a gurgling noise, some whezzing before that. poop is white foamy, would not come off roost this morning., has not laid an egg in...

Hello all, My 21 week old EE's have been laying for about 2 weeks. They are very small compared to my SexLink eggs. Are EE eggs ussually smaller?

OK have a nother guessing game you all. This one is around 8-9 weeks old also. It is bigger than my 1 year old red sexlinks. I got it from TS out of the mixed bin. Non of the other chicks like it. It stays by its self most of the time, and eats by its self after every one else is done. I am...

[/img] This is Dolly, I posted some photos of Dolly a few weeks ago, and didn't get any ideas on what breed. So since a few weeks have passed any ideas now on breed and gender? The age is around 8-9 weeks, cant find the calendar that I have the exact date writtend on. TIA! [/img]

Last night, It had just got dark, I went out to close the coop door. About half way there, I notice what (in the dark) seemed to be a "rope" going from the hoe handle to the shovel handle around the wooded latch into the hen house. I have 3 boys. I thought, "what have those crazy kids tied to...

Hi, Below are some chicks that I pickup at TSI. I really have no clue what any of them are. Any help would be much appriciated. They are all about 7 weeks old. "T" Has green and blue high lights on its back. "S" Has golden high lights on shoulders and chest. Black Sexlink pullet...

Hi, I have four 6 week old Ameraucana 's that I ordered from Ideal. One is white. Does anyone have a photo of what she will look like when she grows up?

Do you have to buy in bulk? I went to the TS today in hopes of getting 2 or 3 chicks and there was a sign that said you had to purchase at least 6 chicks. What is the use in buying at the feed stores if you have to buy in bulk? Do any off the stores near you have this rule?

Any help or ideas here appriciated: 4 day old, barred holland pullet from I deal. no injuries, bedding is pine shavings. chirped a lot last night. today at lunch (3 hours ago) found her sleeping under the light, all 15 others were up and spread out. I thought maybe she went to sleep under...

Ordered some pullets from Ideal. Got 6 packing peanuts. What breed do you think they are? They were hatched on Tues. [/img] What did your packing peanuts look like this week? TIA.

Hi, I have just placed my first order from a hatchery. When my shipment gets here, how will I know what are the chicks that I ordered and what are the ones that were considered "packing peanuts"? I ordered three different kinds of chicks, with a total of 11.

6 or 7 of my 20 week old red sex link pullets are laying. I have a few slackers. So anyway, yesterday the grower/starter feed ran out. I went and purchased layer crumbles. They don't like it. I have added sand for grit in a seperate bowl. They just are not eating as much. Some even turned their...

are you looking forward to taking a basket to collect eggs in? We got one egg for a few days, then we got two eggs all last week and for the last three days we have got 3 eggs. I have 10 hens. So now as I am walking to the coop I am looking forward to when I need a basket to collect the eggs...

OK, I am thinking of putting in my nesting boxes. What are the rules/guidelines for heights of perches compaired to nesting boxes? Which should be higher? I have seen this addressed somewhere but do not know where to find it. Thanks!

I have one pullet in my flock that seems very "tired". I actually saw her walking around with her eyes closed. See is now out in the middle of the run, hunkered down, asleep with the other 9 living life all around her. Yesterday was the 5th day on sulmet, I believe they had cocci, due to...

I have 10, 14 week old sexlink hens. They of course are not laying. But this morning about half of them have blood in their stool. This, I believe is not the lining, doesn't look stringy, more runny like real blood. One of the hens refuses to leave its roost. Very unusual. I have looked for...