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I have a two year old silkie who has been laying soft shelled eggs now for a few months, she will lay some normal eggs, but the shells always seem on the thinner side compared to my other chickens. They have access to plenty of calcium. So I don’t believe that’s the issue. If anyone has some...

Just wondering how you went about pulling them out? Did you use tweezers or pliers? Or something to that effect lol that’s exactly what my roosters feet look like

I recently adopted a rooster in need of a home. He has heavily feathered feet, and ive heard this can sometimes be an issue in terms of infection. I noticed he was lifting his leg often after he arrived at my house. I checked to see if there was an injury, but all I noticed was a little redness...

Whoops sent the response too soon. So they only go in the yard. My coop/run I would have to expand if they were going to be in there full-time

So My free ranging is a little different. Im in New York (in a city) but I have a large back yard that they hang out in all day. Maybe ill try that out and see how it goes. There relentless. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Im loosing my mind trying to keep the sparrows out of my chicken feed and their coop and run altogether. My chickens free range in my yard all day. The run door is open so they can come and go as they please and so they have access to their food and water. Well the entire neighborhood of birds...

You know what, your right. I guess it cant hurt. And I really dont know what else to do. What do you usually give to treat parasites?

Even though her tests for parasites from the vet came back negative? Ive been treating her for vent gleet and haven’t had any luck so far…

Ok so i feed her Purina layer crumbles as her main feed. Sunflower seeds, fruits, veggies, dried mealeorms (sparingly) she hasnt laid an egg in months. Ive brought her to the vet 2x. First time she had cecal worms. This time he said shes parasite free. He checked her for coccidiosis and said she...

So she is pretty big. Not skinny at all. Her comb is red. Ill send you pics. Now with the colder weather its gotten a little smaller and lighter in color but I think thats normal?Other than being lethargic and just sitting around no not really.

She hasnt laid an egg since the summer. It has s bad smell yes

Hey everyone, I’m relatively new to owning chickens. I have a 1 year old chicken I found last year that has had the worst case of diarrhea for months. I’ve brought her to the vet 2x and he can’t seem to find anything wrong. He checked for worms, coccidiosis, and some other things. (I have to...

Yes…. It definitely is….I’m looking for a vet that will put him to sleep… and also not charge me a fortune. I’m worried now though if it is Mareks - how will I get more chickens? I was reading whatever chickens you have that aren’t affected can become carriers? After I put the rooster down, I...

So I had to go away for a few days and when I came back he was 100x worse. I had someone babysitting him and I don’t know if that stressed him and made whatever he has progress - but now he can’t stand or walk or basically move. He can’t eat I have to give him vitamins through a syringe and now...

So this is going on for 4 weeks now and Past few days it’s gotten worse. He keeps falling on his back and he can’t get up from it. I’m at a loss on what to do, I tried everything

Thanks - I wish there were more people who loved animals in the world too. It’s so sad how people just disregard them as “animals” when there so much more then that. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it isn’t Mareks and something treatable 😢

So I’ve been reading that sometimes vitamin deficiencies can be mistaken for Mareks disease. He’s been like this for a week and two days. He also dazes out and kind of stares off into the distance. I’ve noticed the food I was giving him has an array of stuff in it and he picks out what he likes...