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Funny story ... I have a 5 year old Easter Egger hen who is my favourite chicken (don't tell the others). She's a snuggler, who will fly into my arms and rest there contentedly as long as I'll let her. She was laying intermittently last year, took a nice long break over the winter following...

Hello - I think I'm dealing with Mareks and need advice. I was dealing with crop and reproductive issues and lost 3 hens in spring/summer. Things had been calm and quiet for a few months until my flock went into molt and some issues started showing up. I'm not very experienced with online...

As described in a separate post, I have one younger hen who has been struggling with a slow crop for coming up 2 weeks during a molt. A trip to the vet last weekend resulted in no diagnosis of impacted crop but curiosity from the vet as to whether a virus that I think took 3 hens from my flock...

Hello, I have a 2.5 yrd old Buff Chantecler who is molting along with the rest of my flock of 9, and I noticed 3-4 days ago that her crop was full in the morning. I started with coconut oil and crop massages for the first 2 days but that did not relieve the blockage and she has refused to eat...

Hello, One of my 9 hens has had low appetite and very watery poops the last few days. She’s a 2 year old ‘production red’, combs and wattles still nice and red. She’s been off lay since my flock went through what I am pretty sure was infectious bronchitis over 2 months ago. It’s been extremely...

Hello, I think my flock has infectious bronchitis and I lost a hen this morning and want to support the others as best I can. There has been some mild sneezing over the last 2-3 weeks and some soft-shelled and shell-less eggs. My older hens (4 years this summer) seem to be mostly recovered...

Hello, I have an approximately 2 year old "Production Red" hen who has been unwell for about 10 days now. She's fluffed up, keeping to herself, not eating much, has very watery poops, and is very thirsty. Comb and wattles are red, appetite is good for treats like scrambled egg but her...

Hello, I have an approx 1.5 yr old hen who seems to struggle with roundworm load. I’ve dewormed my whole flock with pirazine twice this year (spring and fall) but found 5 worms in this one hens droppings this morning and want to try something different. More limited options in Canada but I got...

Hello BYC-ers, I'm 99% sure my flock is suffering from roundworms. Things have started to warm up and our big snow load is in full melt in southern British Columbia the last couple of weeks so there has been standing water in my run. I'm now seeing watery poops, lots of yellow foamy poops, and...

These boys are coming up 16 weeks and all need homes. I know there aren't many Canadians on here but figured it couldn't hurt to post! Two Blue Cochin crosses and three Easter Eggers - the latter's parents came from True North Hatchery.

Hello, I got four approx 20-week old pullets from a hatchery about 10 days ago and am dealing with some serious feather pecking / eating issues. On day 2 after the pullets arrival, I found one bloody around the base of her tail feathers where the others had been plucking pin feathers out. I...

Hello, Long story short due to time constraints - I have a large hen who came back into lay after molt and ended up with a prolapsed vent 2 days ago. I've got her isolated and dark but I'm not sure how much to feed her. I've been giving some grapes, apple, scrambled egg, and a bit of wet mash -...

Hello, I have five 8-week old chicks and this morning one was hesitant to come off the roost. Broody hen has been in with them and has been getting cranky the last few days so I thought the chick was just avoiding her. Came out a few hours later and this chick was very lethargic - not really...

I have five, 8-week olds with momma in a run adjacent to the rest of my flock. Broody hen is DONE with the rowdy teenagers and wants back with the flock... But I fear there is only one pullet in the batch and don't want to leave that one to be integrated on it's own in a couple of weeks. So -...

Hello - first time hatching chicks with our flock of 8 (two buff orps, one light sussex, three caramel queens, one Ameraucana hen and roo) and I made what I now understand to be the mistake of separating momma hen and chicks into a separate coop and small run that share a fence with our main...

After more than a year with our small flock on our property with no hawk issues, we had one of our big white sussex hens taken down by a hawk in our fenced garden five days ago. Then our neighbour lost a hen today, presumably to the same predator, and another neighbour fended off an attack today...

I'm new to online forums and don't know how to link to my older thread, but my hen who I thought had a partially impacted crop went on to develop diarrhea and pale combs and wattles following a molt. I had a fecal float done and it showed one worm egg but not enough to give the vet cause for...

I have a 15 month old Caramel Queen hen who I think might have a partially impacted crop. She has been drinking noticeably more water for the last 5-6 days and has watery green poops (pic attached). I realized 2-3 days ago that her crop was still visible and felt slightly hard and rounded in the...

We are on a small acreage in the Slocan Valley with a flock of 10 chickens that we've had since summer 2019. We have nine hens and one silly rooster - currently a mix of Ameraucanas, Caramel Queens, Buff Orpingtons and Light Sussex - all from True North Hatchery in Enderby. I rely on BackYard...

Hello - my first post to the site seeking advice for a 1 yr old Caramel Queen hen with a persistent infection in her face. The hen is otherwise in very good health with bright comb and wattles, good appetite, and regular laying. We believe the infection started from a peck wound last fall that...