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I have a 4 and a half year old Black Star hen who is acting like she has chicks. She puffs up if anyone gets near her while she is calling these phantom chicks. She even sits in the nesting box acting all nasty, which she has never done before. This all started after on of my Australorp hens...

She is deteriorating quick now. My friend is just letting her be.

Hi all, My friend has a 4 week old Orpington that has a odd lump on her neck. It feels like vertebrae bones. Very odd. She also has blue legs, which doesn't look normal. She is not walking much, eating or drinking either. I checked it out and its not bruised, it is just protruding from her...

Hi all, I just noticed one of my leghorn hens has a bloated abdomen. She is waddling around but otherwise acting normally. She is drinking and eating. Not as active as usual, but not lethargic either. She pooped normally as well. I put my finger in her vent and did not feel anything hard...

I went into my coop this morning to find one of my 3 year old buff Orpington hens with a bloody vent. I brought her in and cleaned her the best I could. I then put her in a tub with warm water and Epson salt. I took her out, dried her and what I saw was awful. Something is coming out of her...

Hi everyone, So my black Australorp hen went broody in the beginning of September. After her eggs hatched (only 2 made it) she did what mama hens do. Unfortunately, one chick died a week later and we lost the other this past Wednesday. She drowned in a bucket. My poor hen called for her chick...

Hi have a 2 year old hen that got pounced on by our kitten. It wasn't hard but it scared my hen and she must have somehow hurt her leg/foot. She can stand on it ok and she limps at some points, but not others. She jumped down from our couch and it didn't seem to bother her. She is acting fine...

I am updating on my pullet who was attacked by a hawk a few weeks ago. Thanks to my dear friends on Backyard Chickens, my Susie has made a full recovery. She still has "war wound scars", but looks beautiful to me. Her feathers are even growing back! Attaching before and after pictures. Thank...

My daughter found a chicken running around in the city neighborhood her boyfriend lives. She thinks it ran away. She brought it back to our house and we have her quarantined, now going on 2 weeks. She looks healthy, no lice or mites. Eating and drinking. Poop looks good. Very alert and her...

One of my chicken's suffered a horrible hawk attack yesterday late afternoon. I honestly have know idea how she survived looking at the injuries she has. She is doing surprisingly better today, but we are having trouble getting her to drink and eat. I believe she ate this morning because her...

My daughter found this poor chicken running around in the city and asked if she could bring her home. I said yes. I checked her out, no mites or lice. She looks healthy and is alert. Poop is normal and she is eating and drinking. Would like to know what breed she is. Thanks!

I am in Western Massachusetts and I need to rehome a 2 and a half year old rooster. Asap or my husband will kill him. Please help if you can and are in the area.

I just wanted to update you all on my hen. She still has diarrhea (but it looks like it's getting more solid)and is sleepy. She is eating and drinking like normal and is acting ok aside from being sleepy. I did notice she has two sores on her vent (I am including pictures). I cleaned the area...

Hi I have a 2 year old Black Star chicken that all of a sudden started acting off this evening. The only way I can't describe it is she is almost like in slow motion. She started to fall asleep outside, which is unusual for her. It was, however at dawn, not sure if that makes a difference...

My black Australorp went broody on the 4th of July. Everything was going just fine until this morning. She went to take a break and two hens that normally will hop on and lay their eggs started to peck at what I'm assuming 2 pipped eggs. They ripped the eggshells to pieces. The rooster decided...

Hello- We hatched our own chicks from our flock and of course ended up with more cockerels then pullets. One ran away and we still have 3.The remaining 3 are 10 weeks old and very sweet. I need to place them soon because I am sure there will be issues with their Dad and each other in the future...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this, so please forgive me if it is not. We hatched our own chicks from our flock and of course ended up with more cockerels then pullets. One ran away and we still have 3. I need to place them soon because I am sure there will be issues with...

I hatched some birds back in April and all of them have toes that are on the side. They do not seem to be in pain and they are walking and running fine. I just am not sure what it is. I read it could of been something that went wrong during incubation. Anyhoo, I am attaching pictures of some...

Hello all, I don't know if any of you remember, but last year around late March early April I posted a question about my now handsome roo. He was running with his head between his legs backwards. He head was twisting almost in a seizure looking way. This was what prompted me to check out...

As I had mentioned in other feed, we are looking to expand our flock. As of now we have 6 chickens. We hope to get 3 or 4 more hens in March. The coop we have now was given to us for free. It's one of those TSC super small ones with a little run. It served it purpose, but now is falling apart...