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Hen or roo? 🫠🤔 Picked up around March 22. Sold as ~8 week old olive egger backcross to BCM pullet. Last two photos are from the first week, first several photos are today. The comb is much bigger and redder than the other two pullets I got at the same time, it’s been pretty friendly and...

Awesome, thanks for your response!! Definitely going to switch to all sand. We have wet winters and it’s very dry and hot the rest of the year so think I will probably line up wormings with the rain. Truly appreciate your response!

Thank you! I appreciate your response, I have definitely been looking through your posts and responses! I think the wet winter we’ve had has made it an absolute disaster for worms, so many slugs and earthworms and I know the chooks are eating them. I am guessing we’re right around the corner...

Thank you so much for this!! Really appreciate it. I would bet money the millions of slugs around are the culprit. Grr. Any suggestions for lowering the parasite load in the area? Also, for biannual worming (which I’ve seen people recommend), what products do you recommend rotating to prevent...

Found one single dropping with these little white larvae. Does this look like fly larvae or worms? I clean the run/coop daily so there wasn’t a ton to compare, but I didn’t see these on any other droppings, inside or outside of the coop. I do have pour on Ivermectin and feel comfortable...

I have a “pet quality” silkie (meaning her crest was never a perfect little poof like some silkies!) and she’s looking a bit rough right now. She’s missing some crest feathers (which is not a lot bc there wasn’t a lot there to begin with), and she’s lost most of her beard feathers. Additionally...

Ohhh got it, so the scabs can be present without bumblefoot? I guess it’s much more specific than I envisioned! There was no hard pus attached to the scab, so perhaps this is not a case of bumblefoot like I imagined! I’ll keep the feet wrapped until they’re healed and treat the same way. I’m...

I regrettably don’t have any photos but here’s what I’m dealing with. Two LF hens with what looks like a classic case of bumblefoot. I didn’t notice any limping, but I did a quick exam and took action as soon as I saw the bumblefoot. No swelling, but pretty good size black callous/scab on both...

Should also note that the first time I integrated them I snuck her in the coop overnight and things were fine…until morning when everyone went out into the run!

I know this has been discussed, but I haven’t been able to find anything on the specific situation I’m dealing with. A local woman had a pullet who was being severely picked on by her flock, she was in rough shape so I picked her up and rehabbed her. She was initially sweet with me...

Just wanted to thank you again for your advice!! They absolutely love the peat moss and have been dust bathing in that! I did Ivermectin and Poultry Cell too and am already seeing a difference in just a couple days. :)

Thanks for this feedback!! I wondered if I should do some kind of treatment. I have Ivermectin and Poultry Cell so can start that. I have actually not seen them dust bathe, but I’ve seen them kind of laying in the sand so I have wondered if they do it a bit here and there. But chickens I had in...

Hello! I’m Lauren, from Central California. I live on a small homestead on half an acre with my four chickens (Welsummer, Olive Egger and two Silkies), my two dogs, and my partner, Mike. I have owned chickens for the last year and have absolutely fallen in love with this hobby and the birds...

I have a young Welsummer, about 3 months old. I got her around 6-weeks from a hatchery and she came with a couple of bald spots on her sides. She adjusted well and is really sweet and curious. However, she has continued to pluck her feathers on her back and she is bald and has had a couple of...