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Hi all, I live in Cantonment, Florida. We live on three acres of land. I have recently downsized my brood, I am looking to obtain more chickens. I have also wanted to get ducks for awhile now. The chickens and ducks would have their very own pens. I will be glad to give a home to roosters and...

This morning when I went out to feed all of my chickens were FINE!!!! This afternoon, I went out to check on them. The amercauna hen was making a weird sound almost like she was lost. She began snapping at the air with her beak ( like she was chasing a bug), I later determined she was looking...

I live in the panhandle of Florida. We are close to water are are constantly threatened by hurricanes. June 1st started hurricane season for us. My question is, what do I do with my chickens during a hurricane? Although we are thirty miles from the coast, we will still feel effects from the...

I made a new friend via the "egg list" page on facebook. This is a page that connects people that want to simple trade their eggs. I meet a girl in Philly that traded a dozen of her eggs for a dozen of mine. Yesterday two of the twelve hatched. The first to hatch was a rhode island...

Hi all, My year and a half old broody silkie is sick again. She seems to stay sick for some reason. About six months ago I treated her for a upper respritory infection with injectable baytril. I took her off the nest this evening and noticed that both her nostrils are clogged with snot. I did...

This afternoon my husband had to cull the second hen that we think may have been laying internally. This hen was not able to walk, panting hard (very hot outside), refused food and drink, crop clear, had a foul smell around her vent feathers, and she had lost some weight. What causes the hen to...

Hi all....My flock has grown since I was last on. I now have 27 hens and three roosters. I have a leghorn hen that I adopted and she came to me with a terrible floppy comb. She eats and drinks with no problem, but it seems to be that the comb floppin around would be a pain. Can someone tell...

I had determined that some of my hens had ended up with a respiratory infection. I have been treating all my chickens with electrolytes and duramycin. However, I had three of the them that weren't improving. I ended up putting them down today. I am wondering did I do the right thing?!? My...

I went out to the coop yesterday and one of my bantams was on top of the nesting boxes with her eyes bubbling. I quickly caught her and segragated her from the others in the flock. I sat outside about two hours watch my flock while they free ranged and noticed that few others aren't feeling...