house chicken

  1. mixedchickenguy

    vet thinks our house chicken has merek's. but how would she have gotten it?

    our house chicken has been declining in health recently and i contacted our vet who said that his main suspect is merek's. our chicken shows most of the neurological symptoms. she's a bit over a year and a half old. her hatchday is june 10th of 2023. my main question/confusion is how would she...
  2. B

    House Hen Panting but not hot

    Howdy, Today I noticed my young hen, who sleeps in the house (I am aware this is odd), has been open mouth breathing at times. She is about 4 or 5 months old and from a mixed flock so no idea whay her breed is. I live in Texas so it can get quite hot, the problem is she is panting inside the...
  3. S

    Maine:Looking for Special Family for Golda

    I am looking for a home for Golda, my pretty 2.5 year old Dark Brahma hen who is crippled. She has a leg deformity and can no longer stand. She lays eggs still, and is one resilient hen! She hauls herself around like a trooper, good distances. I do lift her into the coop at night. She insists on...
  4. T

    Is this normal chicken poop?

    Hey all, long story short, my girl Hennifer Eggiston (Croad Langshan) is a house hen after a family of bears wrecked my coop. I’m noticing that she is having very large and watery poops. I’ve not seen this type of poop from my chickens before. Does this look normal? It is not hot (16-20c)...
  5. Kbake

    Ameraucana chick gender

    My chicks are approximately 4 weeks old. Within the first week I had to bring one inside because they broke their leg. The leg has now healed but we are struggling getting the leg back in motion…. Anyways, I noticed Chilly (our handicapable chick) has way less feathers than the others and is...
  6. MetroMutt

    What is this birth defect called?

    So I recently adopted this young pullet(who may be a rooster as she sometimes crows despite looking like a hen, we are waiting till shes old enough to lay eggs to be sure) and she has a deformed leg, I'm 99% sure it's a birth defect but im unsure what it's called exactly as I can't find any info...
  7. T

    Sophie the Sapphire Gem House Hen

    Hola! Sophie and I started this wild ride of raising a bonded house chick 2.5 weeks ago. She hatched Monday July 24 and came home Tuesday July 25. Been loving using this site for great insight and resources whenever I have questions. Thought it was about time I actually joined instead of keep...
  8. Cochintrice

    Care and support for hen awaiting surgery

    I have a single bird, a 9 month old cochin hen named Big Juicy. BJ is a house chicken and in a spot of trouble. I am getting her the best care I can and we're currently awaiting a date for surgery, and I have some instructions from the vet for care in the meantime, but I'm grateful for any tips...
  9. DesertSilkieHen

    Bringing a hen inside during a cold spell

    My 7 year old silkie hen looked very cold and lethargic this morning after an extremely cold night. She's the lowest ranking and a little frail, so I was worried about her dying in the -30F with windchill, -10F without wind temperatures. I brought her inside and she perked up and has been...
  10. Sarahh_Janeyy

    Housing a House Chicken?

    I tried to search for this but didn't quite find what I was looking for- if anyone knows of a thread that discusses this, I would appreciate a link. Our chronically ill chicken, Chipmunk, gets a crypto relapse every time we try to re-introduce her to the flock (this last time I think being...
  11. The chicken nurd

    Need advice with older hen

    So this week it’s supposed to snow here and drop into the teens my chickens run and coop is sheltered and dry so they should be fine but I have one hen she’ll be turning 10 this spring I’m just worried about her in the cold weather so I was planning on bringing her in the house for a few days I...
  12. Diveks

    Tips from those who keep house chickens

    Hey everyone (this one might be a long one), so a little backstory about this girl, got a brahma pullet from a breeder a few months ago. This pullet came with a broken leg which i couldn’t return because i picked her out myself. She looked lively and normal at the breeders but the second day at...
  13. S

    Free roaming chicken wants to sleep in our house?

    Hello BYC! Just now, my mother and I witnessed quite the peculiar event: one of our 3 year old Seramas flew into our house, perched on the kitchen counter, and slowly fell asleep. Now our chickens are free roamers, and never really enter our house, which is why this struck us as odd. This...
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    My housekeeper is slacking. PICK UP THE FOOD YOU SPILLED.
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  15. AngelaY

    House chicken! Any advice?

    Ok, so I have a special needs Bantam Cochin who got to come inside for a snow storm, and is going to stay inside (there are a few reasons but I won't list them unless someone asks). Her name is Little Dorrit, she super sweet and queen of eye contact (lol). Anyways, does anyone who has, or has...
  16. Y

    One Surviving Chick...What to do?

    After hand raising (inside my home) for four months, 8 separate broods of chickens and Wild Guinea. I can safely say YES House Chickens ARE doable! Of these birds I picked two that were to be INSIDE chickens. I lost my best girl and her house mate was alone for a year.. I was her flock and she...
  17. PrimoTheRooster

    House Rooster/Hen Experiences

    Hi there, I'm finally joining this community after consulting the threads several times to find info about our sweet bird. Primo the rooster, who we adopted under the assumption he was a rooster, was hand-raised and kept in the house til he was 4 weeks old, and we adopted him once the family...
  18. L

    Figured I should register (Hello, my name is Lil Flocker and I'm a lurker ;) )

    Hello to all! I Joined today to make it all official. This is our first flock, but i grew up with chickens so i've been handling them since toddlerhood and my mom has been a "chicken lady" for 50 years plus-- so I think I get "grandmothered" in to the club :D. My wife and I have a flock of 18...
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  19. M

    House Rooster

    Hello! I have been reading posts and advice here for a long while! My name is Tonya and I live in Brevard County FL. I recently (last 6months) took in a rooster who has special challenges. When we took him in as a rescue, we were told from a friend (who had tried to take him in herself but her...
  20. D

    Solitary Silkie

    Bought 4 bantam chicks in march but three didn’t make it. We couldn’t find more then bc of pandemic so I ended up spending a lot of time with her because she was alone. Anyway she’s about 5 months now and we have 4 1 month old RI reds we got in june (who are very eager to stand up for themselves...
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