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Guys one of my 8 week olds just got his beak caught in the hardware cloth on the run and cracked his beak badly! I brought him in and cleaned it with veterycin and now he’s sitting in the corner of the brooder in pain. What else can I do!? @aart @Eggcessive @nuthatched @rosemarythyme

Hi Peeps! I am wanting to do the early chick integration method but I can’t wrap my head around how to make it work. I have four 3 week olds that I want to integrate with an existing flock of 8 hens and a rooster that are 1 year old. I read @rosemarythyme article but having trouble applying to...

Just for my piece of mind, can someone take a look here? I have an 11 month old girl that has layed 65 eggs so far (with only 1 or 2 being bloody) before going into molt and winter break. IF she molted it was a very soft molt cause I saw very few black feather. Since starting back she’s layed 5...

Ok I have a hen that I got from a lady as a kind of rescue. She was being bullied in her flock. I have come to the conclusion that is was not bullying but depluming mites. I have heard that they don’t necessarily spread to all the others cause if they have food they don’t need to. None of my...

Update! So my poor Hei Hei is my first ever rooster (annd my first big comb bird) and I didn’t think about him getting frostbite in TEXAS! I feel so bad that is beautiful comb has been destroyed but I’m pretty happy I asked for advice and helped him recover with zero issue. He never bled or got...

I got this Permethrin 10 but the mixing instructions are for 12 gallons of water. Math is not my jam lol. I just need to spray a couple birds. Did I get the wrong one? Any help on how to mix just a quart sprayer? I have one girl that I can’t tell if she’s just dirty or has something going on...

Hello Peeps! I live in north Texas and we got a massive cold snap with temps in the teens ans wind chills below freezing. I did everything I could to put up tarps and block winds. The coop is dry and has no drafts but my precious Hei Hei got frostbite! How can I help treat this and prevent...

So for the last week my poop boards have looked like a splatter painting. No one is acting off and all are eating and drinking well. I check them for bugs at least twice a month and recently brought everyone of them in to treat combs for what I think is dry pox and checked them for bugs as well...

Hi all, haven’t had to post in awhile but I have a question. I have a legbar frizzle that my Roo (no longer with us) destroyed so she has had a saddle on for about 1-2 months. Her new wing feathers after molt have come in but they just look like straws. I think the saddle may have been...

My new girls just came into lay about 3 weeks ago. I would like to add supplemental lighting for at least the first winter. I am searching for a solar or battery powered light source that can be programmed but can’t find anything that is fully programmable. Does anyone have suggestions on what...

I have 3 girls that were supposed to be Blue Stars. 2 of them have 1 or 2 sad little feathers on their feet and small combs while the third has huge comb and wattles and no feathers on her feet. The large comb girl just started laying these super small light brown eggs. She has laid 3 so far.

I have 7 pullets all 19 weeks old. Day before yesterday (Thursday) I found my first tiny egg. I have no clue which one it was. It is now Saturday and no second egg. Since it takes 24 hrs to make an egg I was expecting one at least by today. How long should it be? And when do I worry that someone...

My head roo has these scabs on his comb for a couple days now. No one else has even 1. He is eating (20% all flock) and drinking and acting normal. Crowing his head off as usual. It’s also hot as hades in Texas and the skeeters are no joke. I brought him in and cleaned with chlorhexidine...

I am in Texas and it’s HOT. Not below 80 at night and heat index of 110 during the day. My coop is attached to my run which is covered top to bottom 100% in 1/4 in hardware cloth. All the windows to the coop that are outside the run are also covered in hwc. We do have fox, coon, possum, feral...

This is my first time with roosters so I am unsure if this is an issue. His lobes under his ear hole on both sides is turning white. I picked him up and felt it and it does not feel rough or strange or smell at all. He is not acting sick and is his usual grumpy self. Crowing , eating, drinking...

Buttercup somehow broke the tip of his top beak off. It looks a bit jagged but he is eating and drinking and doesn’t seem to be in distress. But I do see a crack and the corner looks sharp. Thoughts?

Ok, my coop has been under ventilated for some time, however I did have a flock before this one live in it for 12 years. I want to do better but I am one old lady doing it by myself. I have a walk in coop that is 64 sq ft with 9 birds. Please take a look at the video and tell me what you think...

I had some low hanging branches I needed to cut so I made a little tree shelter in the run. I hear mixed info on oak leaves. Should this be ok or should I remove it? @aart @Eggcessive @nuthatched @Wyorp Rock

Today was about 99 and tomorrow will feel like 105. Live in Fort Worth Texas so we are about to start 100 degree days for the next 4 months lol. Do you make electrolytes water daily for your flock or is that too much? Once a week?

This is Kitty, yesterday she was acting totally normal. Today I wasn’t able to get out to sit with them until like 6 pm and she just wasn’t right. Walking around with tail down and sometimes eyes closed. Her crop was totally empty. I got out some Soldier flies to see if she would eat anything...