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I don't really want them to breed, but it would be less of a hassle to let them hatch eggs than try to break them. The meanest hen of the bunch decided to go broody yesterday, and I have claw marks from both her and her rooster from trying to break her. Ow. I finally decided to make an...

Thanks, it's hard to feel like I'm doing right when they've had so many issues! I think another hen is starting to limp. A friend suggested that maybe it's a food issue. While I wait for the vet offices to open I'm going to pick up some different food for them. We also got hit by a heat wave...

I'm now up to a confirmed third chicken developing the limp. My rooster has been holding his leg up for two days like a flamingo. Tonight he had a noticable limp. I've been on the phone all day trying to hunt down a vet that can see them before next month. I'm not sure what's going on with them...

She's been in a hospital cage all day and not free ranging with the other hens. I just had her out for a minute for the videos. Her butt is gross, but it's been that way since she was a chick. Her and a few other hens insist that the only way to sleep is on the ground. She usually pulls it off...

Well the newly injured one's comb is starting to turn black, so I'm trying to find a chicken vet. I know black combs are very bad. She's still eating/drinking at least. Reintroduction shouldn't be *too* difficult, I think. The flock has glued themselves to the outside of the hospital cage...

There's no way I'd cull them. That's sad though. I feel completely responsible for it. Poor girls don't deserve to suffer because I wanted funky chicks. I'll see if I can manage to locate an avian vet today. I swear this month all I do is live at the vet. I noticed today one of them had a milky...

The ones I suspect developed it first are only a few months old. I'm pretty sure it started with one of the larger chicks in the brooder. They would stick their head under the heating plate so their head was on the ground. I suspect that's what caused it, and then it spread. Those chicks came...

Two months ago my chicks in the brooder got sick. No symptoms except sneezing. Nothing I did seemed to help. Somehow it spread to my main flock, and then spread like wildfire. Again the only symptom was sneezing. No eye swelling or discharge, no nose boogers, nothing. Ever since then one or two...

I think the other sites were professional breeders. You're not supposed to eat the eggs, or breed them because they can get chronic sinus problems and pass it along. And since the chronic sinus issues show up, they can infect the entire flock and they'll all die. Once they start pooping liquid...

I literally just googled chicken respiratory illness treatments and they came up. I've been giving them Tiagard, but I'm not completely sure on the dosage. For some reason whenever I try to look it up I just get vague answers or show chicken websites. I asked a local chicken group and they just...

Thank you! I don't want them suffering. Do you know if it's true that they can't be with other chickens forever or shouldn't breed? That would be a bit sad!

The sneezing has upgraded into full blown respiratory issues unfortunately. One of the chickens sometimes breathes with her mouth open. Aside from that they are sneezing and scratching their noses a lot. No eye problems yet. Today I discovered white, milky poo. Whatever it is, my entire flock...

Is there anything I can give them to help maybe boost their immune systems to fight it off? Herbal or otherwise? I do have Tiagard, could I add that to their water to maybe help? My expertise is in dealing with cat health. Chickens are a whole new ball game for me in terms of medical care...

It was my first and only time going to a poultry show, that's for sure. I went because it was the only place to acquire a specific breed I wanted. They're a fairly rare breed from what I've been told. That breeder is the one who is in contact with me and is concerned about their flock being...

Whatever they have started in the brooder. I *think* it came from the brooder getting dirty while I was away over a weekend. The slightly older chick began sneezing, but had no other signs of illness. At the time the chicks had paper towels as bedding while I waited for pine shavings to get in...

Technically no, but I do have bantam silkies who will probably end up being part of my flock vs just babysitting them. One of them definitely knows he's a beautiful rooster, the other doesn't seem to care yet. I have the option to get a Cochin rooster if the silkies don't work out though. I'm...

My landlord is firm about no chickens in the house or I'd let her in. If I took her on walks wouldn't that upset the status quo of the flock? Just her being gone for a day has completely changed the dynamic of the flock. The RIR kind of prefers to be left alone now and is struggling to integrate...

She's definitely attached to me! Which is the problem. I don't think I could rehome her if I tried. When I dropped her off at her intended forever home she just sat at the gate looking for me sadly. It about broke my heart. When I got word that she wasn't doing well and went to pick her up, she...

I got all the chickens. Three of them had to be sent to a special home. With the small coop they were in there was a LOT of fighting and three ended up completely blind. They went to go live with a lady who had blind chickens and could better care for them. She definitely gets noisier when she...

She's a rescue from an older couple who didn't know how to handle chickens. The coop was much too small for the amount of chickens they had, and they weren't taken care of properly. She's always been the bossiest of the flock. I let them free range instead of being in a tiny coop and run all...