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In the span of just over a week, I have gotten 2 soft shelled eggs. The first time this happened, I stopped giving all my chickens (3 of them) their small portions of sunflower seeds and mealworm treats and kept them on their lay mash only, supplemented by chicken friendly yogurt for calcium...

I recently added a new bird to my flock. Funnily enough, she wasn’t planned, but instead rescued from the street and after a few weeks of her being quarantined as we tried to find her owner, we gave up and slowly integrated her. She’s now just fine with the flock. However, I think she’s cold...

The oldest hen in my 3 chicken flock was found today lying on her side with head feathers missing. I took her inside and we've kept her in a box at first as she was stiff and frozen, only blinking. A couple hours later she started looking around, basically tilting her head and moving her neck...

My 10 month old Plymouth Barred Rock has started breathing audibly. Not labored, just some whistling occasionally when I lean in. Should she be quarantined from her two buddies? Should I be worried? It's been a little rainy in my area, but I've continually kept them dry and have been waiting...

My 5 year old EE hen has been acting funny today. She's been low energy, has a squishy crop, has been drinking lots of water, and passed this poop. I think she might have sour crop, and have massaged her crop already. I'm planning on giving her ACV in her water. What is wrong with her, and...

So this is again about the white leghorn chick I have been raising. I am almost certain now that they are unfortunately a rooster. I've been hearing some weak crows from them for the past week. But I read that it's rare for a month old cockerel to start crowing so early. I have also read that...

I have three chicks, all are around 5 weeks old now. I'm starting to get worried that my white leghorn is actually a rooster, which is unfortunate because I got really attached to them. My city doesn't allow roosters. But I also read that white leghorns mature very quickly, and comparing chicks...

I've noticed today that my nearly 5 year old hen has been leaving some very strange poops on the floor. It's watery, and looks almost like yellow mucus. Otherwise, she's been acting fine, her feathers are nice and groomed, she's bright-eyed, and still loves eating. I gave her a small bit of...

Decided that we're going to raise more chicks to add to the flock. I haven't raised chicks in about 4 years now, so I can't remember if red lighting is good or bad for chicks? I don't believe we actually have any red lights, since our old setup was a dual lamp with a bulb for light and possibly...

Recently, one of my two remaining chickens has unfortunately died, leaving my four year old Easter Egger as a lone hen. She seems to be getting lonely, and I've been debating whether to get her friends around her age, or give her some pullets to raise. She has never been a mother before, since...