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Last year I lost a Buff Orpington due to a strange blockage in her reproductive tract. She had become lethargic, stopped eating, and lost a lot of weight. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her and then thought maybe she was egg-bound. She was so weak that when I tried to examine her...

I have 3 roos and 21 hens. The roos are: DJ (Buff Orpington), Rusty (Beilafelder), and Goose (Buff Brahma). They’re all the same age, about 3 yo, with DJ just 4-6 months older. I got DJ at 4 months old and hand raised the other two from chicks. DJ has been the dominate male and, while he...

My New Hampshire Red, Penny seems to be having problems. Last night I noticed her large comb has become limp and falling over. I picked her up and she’s lost weight and her crop was empty. Obviously, she’s not eating, but I don’t know why. This morning when I let the chickens out of the...

Does anyone have pictures of lice? I found very tiny tan bugs on a hen I was treating for long toenails and possibly bumblefoot. They more fast and many ended up on ME, in my hair! Would like to know what the lice look like.

I have a 4 yo RIR that I recently noticed had very long and twisted middle toenails as well as a couple other long nails. When she walked, you could tell she was having difficulty because she would “high step” both feet when she walked and her toes/feet were deforming a bit due to the long...

I have a 6 month-old Buff Brahma cockerel that has been an “odd” chick. He has always appeared healthy and active, but seemed to take forever to grow and catch up to other chicks his age. He still doesn’t have his full adult feathers and still looks a bit “shaggy,” but his adult feathers look...

Yesterday I butchered some meat birds and two 3yo ducks. The hen had stopped laying eggs, or was only laying one every few weeks, and the drake was actually mounting my chickens and chasing them around the yard. He was becoming so disruptive in the yard that I decided he needed to go And I...

This 2 month old chicken was a free chick from the hatchery. Does anyone have any thoughts on what it is and what sex it might be?

It’s is my first time incubating eggs and I’m only doing it because my broody hen broke her set after sitting for a week. I didn’t want the eggs to die, so I put them in the incubator. Since then I’ve been trying to research how to do this correctly. My first one hatched just fine, the second...

On June 12, my Sussex, Houdini, disappeared And I thought she had been snatched by a predator since we live in the mountains and I tend to lose chickens to coyotes...in fact the following day, one of my Buff Orpingtons got snatched near the house. On June 16, Houdini reappeared and I thought...

I need some help. This is my first hatch by one of my chickens. I have a Buff Orpington who set her first clutch of 5 eggs. On Monday, she hatched 2 and hatched two more yesterday. This morning, the 5th one hatched, but mama has been ignoring it in favor of the other 4. I was worried the...

Hello everyone! I’ve had chickens for 3 years and am still learning how to be a good chicken mom. I’m hoping to learn from all the experts here. I found this site in a google search a couple of years ago, but just now decided to join. Yay me!