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She started making these weird noises a few days ago, she only do them when I'm around. Anyone knows what it means in chicken language? Video here, you might need to turn your volume up:

I've seen a lice crawl on one of my hens, she is missing a few feathers on her neck so lices are probably the issue. I have this product at home, https://www.amazon.it/Neo-Foractil-Spray-Uccelli-300Ml/dp/B01AGGMOKG it's a spray that contains - piperonyl butoxide 10mg in 1 gram of product -...

I got a very young parsimmon tree shipped to me. I didn't know it would be basically a stick with no branches. Any advice on how to prune it so it will grow a nice crown and not grow as a sad bush? Should I cut all the lower branches/sprouts and leave only 4-5 on top if it? Thank you in advance!

Anyone know why a single hens can lay eggs of different colors? I have one hen that usually lay yellowish brown eggs, then suddenly she made an almost white egg. Can it be stress or overheating? Here is a picture, all the eggs are from just 2 hens: one hen laid the 2 middle eggs (smaller, mauve...

This is a continuation of my old thread about fixing an old incubator. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-fixing-an-old-incubator.1616174/#post-27640089 Sadly all the eggs died (last chick died during lockdown). Now that the incubator is empty I could add a computer fan. I actually...

Long story short, I got my first coop and I bought my first 2 hens, already 1 year old. I didn't notice the problem at first, but now after reading online and watching pictures I think one of them might have chronic mycoplasma - which means they are both carriers. She has no symptoms at all...

Hello, my father in law gave me this 20 years old analog incubator, assuring me that it was perfect for chicken eggs. It's a good brand but it's old and it lacks some critical features. I told him that it wasn't good for birds but he's stubborn as a rock so I had to put some eggs in there and...

Hello everyone, I'm from italy! I was born in a farm and I grew up with chickens, pigs and cows. Sadly I had to live in a urban area for many years, but now I have good amount of garden and I want a few chickens back. At the moment I only have 2 hens but I'm planning to add a 3rd hen and a...