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I was trimming my hens' nails today, taking advantage of the pleasant weather. I was looking at one of the Barred Rocks and asked myself, "why can I see inside her nostril?" I realized that the cere (took me a while to find out what the tissue covering the nostrils is called) is gone - on both...

If you have a huge run and a wide gate in your run this thread probably won't apply to you. However, I have a 9 x 12 run from Omlet. The door is only 18" - 20" wide, much too narrow for our regular snowblower. As long as the snowfall only totals 3" or so I leave the tarp on and rake the snow off...

The three paragraphs below are the background for what I would like to discuss. I just euthanized a 2-year-old chicken. I had noticed a couple of weeks ago that there was a soft-shelled egg on the poop board under where she roosted. A few days ago I noticed simultaneously that her poops were...

What am I dealing with here? It appears to be a shell less egg (in both photos there appears to be a rolled up membrane). I'm not getting many eggs because everyone is molting. One of my chickens has been laying over large, very thin shelled eggs on occasion. The whites are very watery and there...

Last night I let the girls out at 6:30 p.m. to forage. They generally stick close to me when they are out; I'm the designated rooster, I guess. :rolleyes: A role I was happy to play when I walked around the coop to catch a hawk just making it's dive toward Blondie, my BO. I waved my arms...

This is the 5th egg I have found today. I've taken photos after the hens have bedded down and I think I know from the location of the egg and hen which one is doing it. This is new behavior, they are not pullets, been there - understand the process for new egg layers. This is happening in a hen...

Glad to be here to enjoy my chickens! September is Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness month and today is World CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia). 9/22 represents the translocated chromosomes that cause the disease. I know there are others on this board with CML... glad you are here, too!

Hi! My neighbors have an Araucana chicken that has adopted me as her flock. This is ok with them as they won't be getting more chickens until spring and with 5 children they don't have much time to devote to her. I don't care for their laisse faire attitude when it comes to their flock so I am...

Hi, all. Fall is just around the corner and this week we were surprised by a hawk attacking a rabbit not 50 feet away from the screened porch where we were eating. I heard the commotion and fearful it was the chooks I tore out the door. The hawk flew away and we had to finish the job it...

I am new to chickens. I started with five pullets (now 14 weeks) and added 4 more about a month later. They are a tad bit older, probably 18 weeks or so. One of the four turned out to be a cockerel. Therein lies the problem, I didn't want a rooster! That is another story. He's not bad but he's...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chicken? I got my first 5 chickens (juveniles) in late May from Murray McMurry Hatcherie. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9. This past week I had the opportunity to pick up a good deal on an Omlet along with 4 chickens that are...