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Unfortunately, my sweet girl Chili has had a year of antibiotics, 6 trips to the vet, a Suprelorin implant, and a surgery to remove lash egg material from her abdomen. She got the implant about 1 month ago, and just this week she’s showing signs of symptoms coming back - laid a lash egg, egg...

Hello Chicken Friends! I have a hen with bumblefoot, no limping/swelling/favoring the other foot, but that scab has been there for over 6 months now. Last night I removed the scab and there was no kernel. Just some bleeding and pink tissue. I am hoping some people with bumblefoot experience can...

Hello all! I’m posting this with the hope that it may help someone else who has a hen going through something similar: For 2-3 weeks Binx has been slowly showing symptoms that something wasn’t right: she stopped laying eggs, she started having slightly labored breathing, she had diarrhea that...

Anyone have any thoughts on what could be going on with my darling? She’s been having poops like this for about 2 1/2 weeks. She hasn’t laid an egg for almost a month. She’s a year and a half. Thanks in advance for your input!

Hello BYC friends! My lil 1.5 yr old Sapphire Gem has been having super watery diarrhea for about a week. I’ve noticed slightly labored breathing (not open beak, however), and sometimes she holds her wings just slightly away from her body, especially on the roost. I have scoured the chicken...

Hello! I’m trying to keep my eyes on my ladies’ scales and catch scaly leg mites before it becomes serious. It seems that all of the pictures online are severe cases. Does this look like scaly leg mites? This is a 2 year old Buff Orpington. Thank you so much!!!!

Hello friends!! I have a Barred Rock who has poop that is different from the rest of the flock, and this has been going on for at least 6 months. She has no crop issues, I dewormed about 3 months ago and didn’t see a change, but she was laying eggs just fine before she started molting. She has...

Hello friends! My buff Orpington started limping today, and is favoring her left foot a bit. Her right foot has had a callus on it for many months and it has never bothered her that I could tell, so I haven’t done anything about it. Aside from that callus that she’s had for a long time now...

Hello friends! I’m worried about my darling chicken - does this look like scaly leg mites to anyone? Thank you!!!! Cassondra

Hello FlockMates!!! I am probably being overly cautious, but all the pictures I can find online of scaly leg mite cases are severe. I’m wondering if my sweet chicken Chowder might have a mild case of mites. Any thoughts based on these pics? Thank you friends!!

Hello friends!! I read the BYC boredom buster recommendations and decided to try the hanging cabbage trick —- wow, it’s a huge success! My 5 ladies play tether all all day! They go through an entire cabbage in one day and I am wondering if I were to give them a small head of cabbage daily, would...

Hello friends! I've got a chicken that has been sneezing/making a little sound when she breathes/at one point had a swollen corner of the eye. When her eye got swollen, I took her to the emergency vet and they gave her 5 Doxycycline pills. Her eye went right back to normal after about two days...

Hello friends! I have an old chicken that I adopted. I’m not sure how old she is, but she hasn’t laid an egg in the 4 months I’ve had her, she moved extremely slow, can’t get up on the roost without my help, and has had to be drained twice in one month from water belly. I love her sooooooo much...

Hello BYC! I've got a sweet little Sapphire Gem that is sneezing and has a little whistle when she breathes. She's otherwise very healthy - eating and drinking normally, her poops look normal, and she's got plenty of energy. I've had her free ranging around my living room and kitchen for the...

Hello BYC friends! I found this awesome podcast and I wanted to share it with all of my fellow bird lovers! www.scienceofbirds.com Talks about all things birds - vision, migration, songs, etc. Happy listening! And have a happy weekend! <3

Hello BYC enthusiasts! I've got a lovely Sapphire Gem hen that was getting her feathers plucked by her flockmates - on her back, right above her tail. I didn't notice until there was a little bit of blood one day, so I've had her separated in a see-through fenced area of the run for about 1 week...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I grew up with chickens as pets - I got a flock of 12 at an auction (bidding against a local restaurant owner and there was no way I was going to let her win!). This is what prompted me to absolutely love chickens, which in turn made...