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Can't see the problem area very well but it may be pasty butt. Its pretty common in chicks and can get serious quickly. Wipe the area with a warm, wet paper towel. Do not soak the chick please! They can get a cold and die very easily. Pasty butt is usually caused by stress and its common for...

I have a flock of 8 australorps and 2 of them now have bloody combs. I believe it is due to bullying by several members of the flock. I took the two victims and separated them from the rest for a night and treated their combs per the instruction of an online vet. I noticed today when I put them...

Yes, the bottom is reinforced, There is a concrete base with sand on top of it so basically no way for predators to get under there. I will look into expanding the coop though, thank you for the advice.

Unfortunately our coop/run isn't huge. Its big enough to stand/walk into but not a whole massive area for them to run around (or hide) from each other. The link below is the exact coop we have. They have 1 feeder and 1 waterer near the entrance of the coop with 3 feeding points on both...

I'm sure this has been discussed to death but none of the previous answers exactly answer my question. I have a flock of 8 hens. They were separated, 4 in a group, from 1 day old to about 2 months for an agriscience project for my high school science class. After the project, Groups A and B...

Hi there, Im Heather. I've raised 8 australorps from chicks till the current (about 18 weeks). This is my first time raising chickens, originally reared for a high school agriscience project but kept all as pets. I joined byc due to some general concerns of my flocks every now and then.