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Henley Reeves, one of my Delaware hens, has a severe prolapsed vent that I'm guessing comes with vent gleet (due to the stink), and I'm not sure what to do next. We've soaked it in epsom salt and applied antibiotic cream (without pain killer). However, when we tried to push the vent back in...

My hen, Speckles, seems to have been the victim of a raccoon attack on our coop. Her throat has been ripped in the front and her tongue is hanging out. We haven't done anything so far other than clean the wound with water and rubbing alcohol. What should we do next? We don't have a vet...

I have two hens who I know are being picked on. They're displaying the common signs of 1) having barely any feathers on the neck, despite being done with molting, 2) always active submissive to the other hens, and 3) being my favorites. One of them isn't quite over riboflavin deficiency yet...

Over winter break, I hope to make some money by offering "chicken sitting" for chicken owners in the area. I live in a rather tight suburb in the Bay Area, and many people around here keep small backyard flocks. Basic services would include maintaining feed and water and basic coop...

About a month ago, we started finding that we were often getting shell-less eggs laid in the coop at nighttime. Since four of my hens had just begun laying, I thought that it was just a little pullet mess-up and it would be back to normal soon. However, I have had many, many shell-less eggs by...

I posted about two weeks ago about one of my hens, Penny, who I believe injured one of her legs or feet (I'm guessing the right one) and was unable to walk. She's a little bit better now, and can wobble around a bit, but she hasn't been eating much, is notably skinnier, and hasn't been laying...

My lovely little red sex link, Penny, seemed to sport a little limp this morning. As the day went on, it got worse, and now she can barely walk. I've brought her in the house, now she's sitting on some rags and eating and drinking from tofu containers. I'm not sure what's happened; she seems...

I have a crew of three hens and four pullets that are very well integrated by now. Just recently, all four of the pullets started laying, so obviously, the amount of egg songs went up. However... that seems to be the only noise any of the seven hens will make, now. There always seems to be...

My question is just like it sounds. For all you crafty types out there, how much do you think I should charge for egg shell ornaments, white to chocolate brown in color, decorated with rub-ons and tattoos (I'm not crafty enough to do anything fancier)? These are being sold at a middle school...

I've been really interested in ducks lately. Although it's not possible for us to raise ducks at the moment, I'd really like some information on duck-raising basics, which is not so readily available as chicken-raising info. I have questions such as "Why raise ducks? What are the benefits?"...

I have a four chicks somewhere in between five and six weeks old, and three pullets that are eight months old. Right now, I have them in two runs (chick's run is slightly larger) with a deer netting door separating them in the middle. I'm not sure how to continue with the integrating process...

My chicks are cheeping so loudly they can be heard through two doors and a wall. I don't know why, though, they have plenty of food, clean water, and they aren't cold, because they aren't huddling together. It's 65 degrees in their brooder and outside their brooder, so if they shouldn't be hot...

This is my first time starting an RP, so tell me if I do anything wrong. So, You are the ancestors of a group of escaped domestic chickens, living in the deciduous of who knows where (you don't study geography.) By your generation, you are completely wild, and aren't bothered by humans at...

Yes, I know, there's a million of these threads out there. I promise you I've read every single one, but my chicks still hate me. I'm currently raising my second batch of chicks right in our smallest bedroom (the mess is unbelievable!), so we can all interact with the chicks without going...

I'm really confused on the effect of garlic on chickens. From most of the basic chicken care sources I have read, the only harm garlic can do to chickens is to flavor their eggs. I have heard some people here on BYC say that garlic helps deworming to some degree. I have been giving my hens...

So... what did everyone feed their birds for Christmas? My girls had scrambled egg, oatmeal, double scratch portions, and a piece of cheddar cheese. They were happy chickens!

My white leghorn pullet is about a week and a half older than our other chickens, but ever since week 8, she's been considerably smaller than our other two pullets. Her comb is small and a pale orange color. Her BFF, a brown leghorn, is larger than her, and has a deep red comb that flops over...

As the title implies, my question is, What breeds are easy to sex at birth? I'm looking to add three more chicks to my tiny backyard flock, and this is our second time purchasing chicks. There was an accidental rooster in my first batch of four chickens, and I live in a place where roosters are...

We have a 12 week old Buff Orpington rooster who is all stuck up and mean to his ladies. He always snatches the treats away from the hens, and I have seen him chase around the hens until he can get a feather out when they do so much as fly down from a perch. Sometimes, he chases them for no...

One of our chickens is a week older than the rest, and she was perfectly healthy and stronger than the others as the chick, although her poo was always rather runny, so we didn't get very concerned. Recently, though, I started noticing how much smaller she is than the other chickens, and she...