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I have a hen who was lethargic and puffed up like she was cold the other day on the roost, so I brought her in. After research, and checking her over I thought I had a diagnosis of Sour Crop. After 2 days inside with probiotic yogurt, and ACV water I woke up this morning to a small hard crop...

I bought some "supposed" Black Copper Marans Chicks. Paid twice as much as more common breeds in the area, but I like the idea of the dark eggs. Well my 14 week old pullet laid her first egg and it's a normal brown. So I guess she's not a BCM, but that leaves me with, what is she (and her brother)?

I have 2 young cockerels. A Blue Copper Marans, and a Black Copper Marans. I was going to keep the BlueCM because the hens are sought after around here and it would be an opportunity for me to make some money with them, but I like to the looks of the BlackCM Rooster better and he will make for...

I have developed a bad girl who has a taste for eggs. I've tried the "easy fixes" such as filling an egg with mustard (which she ate every drop of mustard) and leaving an egg filled with pepper and hot sauce....but she still ate it all! So my two options were to cull the girl, or turn my nesting...

I have one hen who is leaving a foamy mustardy looking poo. I found this guide on poo http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0 but the last picture under "normal", and the "worms" picture looks the same to me. I've never noticed this foamy poo until the last few days and my hens are...

I have one hen who lays abnormally large eggs and they have a thin brittle shell to them. My hens have layer feed and oyster shell readily available to them, and it's just one hen in particular who is laying these huge brittle eggs. Any idea on what I can do? Will her eggs return to normal...

I've got a hen who is being pecked on a pit so I picked up a can of Blu-Kote to put on her sore spot. I noticed on the can it says not to use on Horses to be eaten. I thought what about chickens? Sure enough the write up's online say not to eat chickens using blu-kote...

I adopted three girls yesterday who are part way through a molt. One of them has a bump on her wing, and the lady I got them from said that it sometimes happen when they molt. I just want to make sure becuase my exsisting girls haven't molted yet (9 months old) and as the new pecking order is...

I adopted three Redstars yesterday who are mid-molt. I added them to my Barred Rock flock of five who are not molting. I have a light come on in the coop at 4am for my birds which gives them 13.5hrs of daylight. Is the light in the coop going to affect the new molting girls who are only used to...

I've had a hen the last couple of days who doesn't seem to want to leave the nest box. I went out after dark last night and put her up on the roost and came in to fill up the waterer. When I went back out, even in the pitch dark she had found her way back to the box. I kicked her out again and...

I have a fairly large run for my little flock, but now that fall is here my chickens are starting to do quite a number on their enclosed area as the grass has stopped growing for the season. They are all full size now and should be a little wiser and stronger, as far as predators, so I have...

I went to a local farm back at the end of March and got 6 straight run Barred Rock chicks (which turned out to be 4 hens and 2 roosters....easy to tell). The lady I got them from also threw in a single Americauna "just in case one dies" chick. She also guranteed me the the Americauna would be a...

My chicks are now almost 4 months old, and are quite spoiled. I love to give them treats and they come running every time they see me headed towards the coop. The only problem is that when I get there, they usually don't like what I want to give them. I've tried strawberries, grapes, peaches...

The kids and I were playing with some of the baby chicks this morning and I noticed that the Americauna doesn't have near the grip on my hand as my Barred chicks. I examined her a little more and noticed that all of her toes on one foot are all curled up. Has anyone run into this? Is there...

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I got 6 Barred Rock Chicks and 1 Americauana two weeks ago. The lady I got them from said to use the medicated food as she knows the the coccidiosis bacteria is present on her farm. When I got the medicated food it says to use as sole nutrition for the first 8 weeks. My question is, I want to...