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I have new chicks coming in a few weeks and I need to make some room in the coops, so I have 2 partridge silkie hens that I would like to sell. There is nothing wrong with them, they are about 1.5 yrs old, pretty good layers. They laid eggs all thru the winter. They are available for pick up...

I have 2 brothers, they were hatched Labor day, so they are 4+ mo old. One is crowing for sure, and I am not allowed to have roosters in my flock. They also started fighting with each other, I did separate them, but they really need to go live with someone who is allowed to have them. I live in...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) she is a 1yr old Barnevelder, idk weight 2) What is the behavior, exactly.she has swelling around her right eye 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? just noticed it today 4)...

I bought some kefir back in late April and it got pushed to the back of the fridge & is now expired. Would it Ben OK to give it to the girls in my flock? Also would kefir in general be beneficial to a hen w sour crop?

One of my hens, a 2+ yr old easter egger is standing like a penguin. She had stopped laying eggs over the summer, so I'm not thinking that she could be egg bound. When I picked her up she doesn't feel squishy in the abdomen like if she had acites , I don't feel any eggs as if she were to be egg...

I have 17 chickens, 7 are 2+ yrs old, the rest are this springs hatches, most of the 2+ yr old girls don't lay eggs regularly. It's the younger kids who are giving me problems with laying eggs. Out of the 10 kids, only about 5 are laying, & they dont always use the nest boxes. I just don't get...

why are they all in the run before the sun comes up??? I thought they couldn't see well in the dark that is why they go to roost before the sun sets??? & I'm talking dark as night in the early morning hours....do they see better then I thought they did???

I have a Salmon Faverolle cockerel from Dick Boulangers breeding line. I am not supposed to have roosters due to town regulations. He has just started to crow & the neighbors are complaining already. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the town comes knocking on my door w/ fines for...

I have an almost 5 mo old Salmon fav cockrel. He has been in w/ a flock of 17 girls, varying ages of 2 yrs old to same age as he is. Tonight when I was closing them up he was in HOT PURSUIT of a pullet 1 month older than he is. He chased this poor girl around the run a few times before finally...

I have 1 flock but I have 2 coops with a shared run. One coop is 4x6, the other is 4x4. The 4x6 coop is the main coop & has nest boxes, 1 feeder, & 1 waterer. The 4x4 coop has a wall feeder(small) & waterer too & was only intended to be the brooder coop/ grow out coop, but the last set of babies...

I have a hen who has been on penicillin for about a week now. She was broody for a while & now she has started to lay eggs again. Are her eggs ok to eat or should I just feed them back to her?

I am battling bumblefoot. I am trying to soak the chickens feet in Tricide Neo. I am having a bear of a time trying to keep them still for the 7 mins it take to soak their feet. They keep trying to get away, even with treat bribes. I have even tried to put them in a big rubbermaid bin w/ them...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)2 yr old GLW, no apparant weight loss (she was broody too) 2) What is the behavior, exactly. had a bumblefoot surgery get very infected 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms...

Please help me!! I did the bumblefoot surgery on my 2 yr GLW hen. The first one looks great, the 2nd foot is horribly infected now! It didn't look this bad when I did the original surgery. Her poor foot is very swollen but when I soak & squeeze it, no pus comes out, just a clear yellowish...

I have a 3 month old Speckled Sussex who always has loose poop. It's to the point that I can hear her when she goes since it makes a splashing noise as it hits the ground. (gross!) My main problem is that she sits at the end of the roost at night, and every morning the coop door is covered in...

DH noticed the other day that one of the girls was limping. That girl had decided July was the time to go BROODY...(ugh) so today before work I dunked her in the bucket of cold water in an attempt to break her of the broodiness. While I had her confined to the bucket, I took a closer look at her...

I currently have 18 chickens, 7 are 2 yrs old(big girls), 4 are 3.5 month old(teens) & 7 that are 8 weeks old(kids). The "teens" have been integrated with the "big girls" now for the past 2 months & have received the brunt of the "big girls" pecking. They (big girls & teens) all seem to get...

Hello, we have a small fish pond that has hyacinth plants & some plant called water lettuce (?) Would it be ok for the chickens to eat these? The plants are growing quite prolificly & we toss out hand fulls every day. Has anyone fed pond plants to their chickens?

I have 4 cockrels that need homes. They are free! Come pick them up! 7 weeks old, some are starting to crow & need to go ASAP as I'm not supposed to have roosters on my property. 3 salmon favs from Dick Boulangers line, & 1 Barnevelders (Johan lines)from Fossil Rock farms (NY) These are...

I found one of my soon to be 2 yr old GLW's dead on the coop floor this am. She showed no sign's of being ill in the days leading up to today. But there she was this am, dead on her side by the feeder. No signs of trauma either. No way for a predator to get into the coop & the other 11 coop...