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Sorry for the long post, but I need advice … I have 6 hens (6 years old) and a rooster (2 years old). I have 4 littles (9 and 11 weeks old) that I’m integrating. I have a grow out coop in the run, and just removed a crate that was next to it. Integration has been pretty good, however, my rooster...

My coop has been in place for 6 years. We did a wire skirt around the exterior and rain has washed away the dirt and it’s now exposed. I’m going to bring in dirt and cover with River Rock. Is this sufficient to keep out predators? Pictures of the wire and a picture of what the “after” should...

I bought 4 chicks from Murray McMurray (through a friend). Two are supposed to be French Black Copper Marans. Can you tell me if this one is a hen or a rooster? Her name is Big Momma. Please tell me she’s a hen and if she is a BCM? Edited to add: hatch date is approx February 9th -...

I posted a week or so ago about my rooster - I was feeding all of my birds layer pellet (Please go easy on me - I’ve had chickens for 4 years and he’s my 2nd rooster, first one was killed by a fox). I had NO idea they couldn’t all eat the same food. I feel awful if I caused this. I switched them...

It turns out my rooster has mites again. I treated a couple of months ago and they’re back. I have Elector PSP to treat the birds and the coop (I have sand in my enclosed coop - do I need to remove it all?). What is the best time of day to treat the birds? I know the mites come out at night...

Hi all! Long story short ... about a month or so ago my approx 3 year old rooster had mites. I treated them and he seemed fine. Then he spent more time feeding the girls than eating himself and he lost a lot of weight (I didn't realize due to all of his feathers and I don't handle him much)...

On my first try with sprouting lentils for my chickens. What do you all think? Are they ready? Who else does this and how much do you feed?

I had my run cleaned out of all old bedding - I had concrete sand put in its place. It was just put in yesterday (after a heavy rain) - it’s still wet, hard and not really drying on the surface. I thought I was doing the right thing and now a day later I’m questioning myself 😩 - I thought it...

Hi Everyone! I have a 4-year old hen that started to limp last week. Looked like she was doing better so I kept her with the flock. Today she is not bearing any weight at all, the girls are picking on her and my rooster is doing what roosters do (he’s much bigger than the girls). She is...

Looking for a good electric fence system for the fence around my coop. Coop is secure with an apron around the perimeter. The fence around the coop is not - apparently. A mangy fox wiggled his way under and grabbed one of my girls. She is in rough shape with a large piece of skin missing on...

I just noticed today that my hen is limping, her leg is warm to the touch and her foot is swollen. I can’t see anything that would be causing her pain. I moved her toes, her foot, and her other joints in her leg and she didn’t flinch. Somebody mentioned possible bumble foot due to the black spot...

Hi All! I believe that this is a roundworm that I found in my chicken’s poop. We were away for a week and they spent the entire time locked up in their coop and secure 18x8 covered run - and today I found this! They usually get the afternoons outside when we’re home. What do you all...

Hi all! A couple of my girls are missing feathers in and around their bottoms and their skin is red. Also some missing features under the beak on the neck (we have a rooster so they are missing head feathers too). We had mites 2 weeks ago, which I treated with poultry dust and cleaned the...

Freaking out! First time I’ve seen bugs crawling all over the eggs. Mites? What Treatment for coop & birds?? Messy eggs, one was broken. Is that the issue??

Is this a fertilized egg or is this a broken blood vessel? Of course it was in an egg I gave to my parents 😂 TIA

Good morning. We have a real problem with hawks and I hate leaving my flock locked up 24/7. Even with me sitting outside in their fenced area, the hawks are brazen. We have an area fenced around our coop - approx 40x30. My question is - has anyone tried strobe lights to deter the hawks? I...

I have two hens in my flock that are missing breast feathers. Right around where their crop would be, or maybe it’s their gizzard. I don’t know, but I probably should. Does not appear to be plucking, picking or irritation. No sign of mites and they are not molting anymore. They have both been...

One of my girls has a very shriveled comb. It used to be huge, but this fall when she was molting it got pale and small. I assume from the molt? She looked like she went thru a wood chipper but now her feathers are back and beautiful - but she is still not laying. Here is a current and...

Good morning! My enclosed coop is 7’x6’ and came with the roosts where you see them now (they are too close together and the bottom gets pooped on). I added the 1x4 boards on top of the 2x4s. I have 11 birds and they all sit on the highest roost (they use the lower to jump up - I rarely see...

Some of my girls went thru a hard molt, one has pin feathers on her head currently. This girl has looked like this for a few weeks. I can’t tell if she is molting, she’s being picked on or is there something else going on? She has some tiny red marks near her vent, which I couldn’t get a...