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My 16 hens have been laying very inconsistently for a couple of weeks. And, some are without a shell and one looked like a "gumball" is was so small. A couple of the girls seem to be having diarrhea. And, now, as of yesterday afternoon, one girl is acting very sick. It appears she is not...

My Buff hatched two white eggs that were given to me last August. The man who gave me the eggs was not sure what breed the eggs came from. The rooster was definitely a Leghorn. Posting pics of the two on BC we determined they were Leghorn mix. Since they came from white eggs I assumed they...

I have 14 hens and two 4 month old pullets. I was feeding my 14 Layena feed until they began molting last fall. I switched to Feather Fixer. When the two chicks hatched in Sept. I put out Chick Starter for them and continued feeding Feather Fixer also to the rest of my flock. Everyone is...

Got 6 eggs from a friend so my broody Buff could hatch some babies. Only the two white eggs were viable. On Sept. 18th 2014 two cute little white chicks were hatched. This picture is a week ago at 7 wks. old. The guy who gave me the eggs saw the picture and says he thinks they were from his...

I have two precious chicks that were hatched by my broody Buff Orpington. They are now 4 wks. old and at night are still sleeping with their mama in the nesting box in the big dog kennel in the coop where they were hatched. I have been leaving the door of the kennel open ever since the chicks...

I got some fertile eggs from a friend and my broody hatched two sweet little chicks. When I got my 14 girls Aug. 2013 they were already vaccinated for Mareks. If these two are girls I am going to keep them. Am I supposed to get them vaccinated?

My 7month old Ameracauna all of a sudden this weekend has feathers missing at her low back where her tail feathers start. It is looking pretty raw. Not red and infected looking, but is definitely something wrong. What do I do? Is there something I can put on it? She wouldn't be molting...

My husband and I just added a poop tray under the roosting poles. It is made out of 2X4's and plywood and I put PDZ and shavings in it to catch the poop. Problem is one of the girls that liked laying in the floor "under" the nesting boxes now has decided the poop tray is a nice place to lay...

I read online somewhere (maybe a post on BYC) about someone who gives their chickens a big bale of alfalfa to nibble on. I haven't found big alfalfa bales, but I did find the little bales at Southern States that are for guinea pigs and other small animals. I gave one to my girls and they...

My 6wk and 5wk old chicks have been very happy in their coop (which is 8X16) and happy in their pen (which is 16X20). Plenty of room to play. But, today a big hawk was sitting on the ground outside of their pen. When I shouted at him, he flew up on the pen and then flew off. The whole pen has...