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I have a chicken that has had runny poo since December. I added a little diatomaceous earth to her feed and poop got more solid for a while, but now she is back at it. I added d.e. again, figuring it is good for all of them, but think perhaps she needs something more. Is there such a thing...

Here goes: I just caught a beautiful adult hen (looks like a gold-laced Wyandotte) and am planning to integrate. She is pretty wild, as she has been living on the streets. I posted in local facebook pages about her, but no one claimed her. I have a run that is attached to the coop/shed, and...

I have a hen that has diahrrea. It took a few days to identify which chicken, then a few days to watch her and see if it would clear up by itself. It hasn't. Today she has been sitting in the sun, not moving much, but she did lay an egg. This is the first day I have seen her exhibit any...

The other day, I found 2 of my hens in my bigger nest box at the same time. It appears that they were laying eggs at the same time. I'm not worried about it but i'm wondering if other people have this experience of hens sharing a nest box when they're laying an egg. This is a nest box that I...

I am trying to figure out which of my hens is the boss lady. Can people tell me what kinds of behaviors indicate who the head hen is? I used to think that my white leghorn was head honchette. She was laid back but the other hens seemed to follow her lead. Now I am thinking that my big EE...

I was gone for the week of Dec. 15 to the 23rd, and during that time my husband didn't give my hens supplemental light. The light is back on for about 14 hours a day now. My brown egglayer (not sure of breed but was s'posed to be an olive egger) stopped laying completely and has not resumed...

I have one chicken that, when I come into the free range area, follows me and pecks me. Just once, on the back of the calf. It doesn't seem like an attack, more like a demand. Does anyone else have chickens who do peck you in a similar manner, and have you figured out why, in your case, they...

Out here in the soggy western Oregon winter all 6 of my chickens could care less about rain. Unless it is absolutely storming they are not happy unless they are free ranging in the yard, letting the rain run off of their backs. My white Leghorn, however, does seem to get wetter than the other...

I started out puttin grit out for my chickens when they wrre small and kept in their run. Now that they are big I let them into the back yard to forage and have assumed they will get enough grit just by the amount of dirt, etc, they pick up as they peck about in the lawn, under shrubs, and in...

Is it my imagination? My chickens seem to know how much of different types of food they need. If I put out a scoopful of meal worms. They love it, but they never finish it-they always go back to foraging in the yard. At certain times of the day they go into the coop and eat regular chicken feed...

I am pretty sure that my 17 wk. old cream legbar has this disease. I just figured out this week that what was going on with her was more than just bing more timid and more sedentary. I take her in on Monday to be put down by the vet ( I researched how to kill her myself and I am unwilling to...

I have a 14 wk old cream legbar that has never been quite right. She eats, including foraging, and drinks, but lays down most of the time. She's always been smaller than her "sister". Having recently noticed that her legs appear swollen, I have decided to put her down. How do I do that as...

Here is the full story: Two of my 21 wk old chickens are olive eggers. One, Alvira, started laying a week ago, one a day like clockwork and the other, Lena, has been curtseying consistently. 4 days ago I heard the egg song so went to the coop ro check. I thought Alvira had laid an egg, as she...

I have a white Leghorn and what I have now decided is an Olive Egger that are both just starting to lay eggs. My leghorn has been laying for a couple of weeks. I had my first olive egg about four days ago. Their eggs are pretty small, lots of yolk, very little white. Is this normal for the...

I have some arrowhead Mills brand puffed millet cereal. it is only puff millet nothing else. I see that it's mostly carbohydrates and not much of anything else. But i'm wondering if I can give this to my chickens just for some variety? I don't like the cereal, it's like eating little pilots of...

Somebody seems to have diarrhea. Should I be concerned? Can this indicate illness, and if so, what are the possible problems and possible remedies, please? All advice/comments welcome.

So i'm trying to manage my coop run on the cheap. I put down cedar shavings that a carpenter friend gave me and of course that has been a great temporary fix, but now I am looking ahead and trying to avoid buying anything for mud abatement in the run. Does anyone have any reason why I can't take...

My chickens have a sort of white bloom here and there on their combs. Pics may not show well. Should I be concerned? They seem fine otherwise, happy and busy. New to being a chicken keeper so don't have a good feel for what is normal.

2 days ago I got my 1st egg from my aprox 4 mo old leghorn. She hasn't laid since, but she presents her backside, curtsies, and lets me handle her. Her vent looks sort of like a wide, sort of squishy smile (?). My other 3 of the same age, an OE and 2 indeterminates, are close. The...

I posted questions last night about where to put more nest boxes. I placed a new one inside the henhouse in what I thought was a better more private spot. About 20 minutes ago I went out to take a look around and to my surprise, in one of the 2 original nest boxes I found my first egg, given to...