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Hi all, My 4 year old Partridge Rock hen Olivia Jade had a dirty butt as we are getting some really nasty winter weather today. I took her in for a wash and blow-dry of the area and found a hard warm mucus mass outside her vent with a tether still into her vent. It is the size of an...

Hi all, You may remember Penny Marshall had a rough time this Spring with some vitamin deficiency or poisoning that caused her to become very weak. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/1-year-old-wyandotte-cant-hold-her-head-up-suddenly-updated-with-happy-ending-%F0%9F%98%8D.1581943/ She...

Hi all! Did anyone include their flock in their cards this year? I always do as my family and friends really get a kick out of it. This year I decided to feature Penny Marshall as she had a rough spring as some of you may remember. She is doing great now and wanted to share with all. Please...

Hi All, Penny Marshall my 1 year old Wyandotte Hen that had a rough go of it back in the Spring is now having a hard molt. See below link of that episode below...

Hi all I need your help today- have a 1 year old speckled Sussex hen named Lane Bryant who has been having issues with her crop. Friday night I took her inside and separated her from the flock as she was doing a lot of crop adjustments and her crop was large and squishy. I did not give her...

Hi all, Need some help/advice here. It has been super hot and humid in the north east 90+ several days for several weeks now. Is this normal? I read about intestinal shedding? Anything I can do? This is a flock of nine hens and just effecting the three. Please let me know your thoughts 1)...

Hi All- Looking for some help this morning- my 1 year old blue laced red wyandotte hen Penny Marshall was found in the nesting box last night upon coop inspection. I put her on the roost and quickly realized something was off. She was not able to hold her head up at all, which was odd because...

Meet Mrs. Butterworth... A nine month barred plymouth rock hen. Sister of eight of mixed flock mates, also all hens. Mrs. Butterworth was a delight as a chick, she was sweet, smart and curious. She integrated nicely with her five other chicks and eventually into the coop with a few older...

Hi All, It's the most wonderful time of the year, and my hubby and I love filling mailboxes across the US with photos of our flock as they are a huge part of our family. I just finished the card this year (nothing like the last minute) and am looking forward to mailing them out. Wishing you...

Hi All! Recently Amazon stopped supporting my cloud cam which i had mounted in the run of my coop to view my nine hens. I really liked this camera, it was plug in, wifi, night vision, motion sensored and stored videos for 24 hours. Multiple people could view on several different devices, there...

Hi All! I am the proud chicken momma of 9 hens, we have 6 little girls that are almost 5 months. To entertain and help get them into the Halloween season I decided to let them carve this years jack o' lantern! I saw this on the internet and thought it would be some good healthy fun. First I...

Hi All, I have 6 new additions to the coop that I raised from day olds of various heavy cold hearty breeds... we are at 23 weeks and counting and no eggs yet- from any of the 6! What gives.. I have never had to wait this long and I have been keeping chickens for 8 years :barnie Am I just...

Hi All, I have a challenging pullet that I am second guessing is a pullet. Meet Lane Bryant- arrived late April from Mount Healthy Hatchery as a sexed speckled sussex pullet. Everyone has said she is a pullet, but the tail is what is confusing me.. It is pointy and waterfalls- She is 13...

Here is my 10 week old Speckled Sussex. Bought as a sexed female from Mount Healthy Hatchery in April. Please let me know what gender you think. Thanks!!

Hi everyone! I have a nine week old female speckled sussex that has a hard bump on her lower beak. I noticed it a few weeks back and thought it was her waddle coming in, other than this she has no other symptoms. Is this an abnormality? Or it is something else. Thanks for your help in...

Hi All, I received 6 day old pullets from Mount Healthy Hatchery last month. Everyone is healthy and happy which is great. I know it is a little early to start telling 100% sex, but hoping these are all females. Let me know your thoughts. They are 4 weeks old.. I have 2 speckled sussex, 1...

Hi All, I just got 6 chicks 3 weeks ago and now that the weather is warming up I would like to bring them outside and was looking for a peck and play. They seem to be sold out- anyone have any links to where I can buy one? Even Cackle Hatchery is out. Thanks for any additional info you can...

Hi All, I just received my order this morning from Mount Healthy Hatchery- ordered 5 and received 6! Can you all help me with my breeds? I ordered: 1 barred rock pullet 1 lavender orpinton pullet (no problem telling those two from the six) 1 bielefelder (I think I received two) 1 speckled...

Hi All, My 8 year old barred rock hen Madame Curie was in the nesting box late last night around 5pm working on laying an egg (she still lays great eggs a few times a week) She winded up staying in there when her sisters went to roost, so we placed her on the roost at night around 9 pm. Upon...

Hi All! I will be getting my fourth batch of chicks at the end of the month. Boy have I learned A LOT since my first babies arrived back in 2014. I feel like I can always learn more when it comes to chicks and raising chickens. What are some of your must haves when it comes to raising...