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Yesterday my border collie cut her leg on some ice (chasing the barn cats) and I’m trying to figure out how to get her to stop licking at it. I’ve been treating it and keeping it bandaged to keep her from aggravating it, but she’s a chronic licker (always licking her paws, furniture, the floor...

I have a buff orpington pullet, 6 or 7 months old, who likes to bite people. It’s not attack biting, it’s more like trying to grab a treat even though I don’t have any. She’ll run up to anyone she sees and look at them expectantly. She’s fine with being petted and picked up, but given the...

I noticed a couple of days ago that one of my RIRs was limping slightly and favoring one foot when standing in place. There are no external injuries, but one toe did look a little swollen. She seemed to be managing fine with the flock, so I decided to give it a couple of days and watch for any...

One of my hens broke her toenail on the ice the other day, there’s less than a quarter of an inch of the nail left. Obviously it went down to the quick and it’s been bleeding. The problem is it’s been 4 days now and it still bleeds. I cleaned, used vet spray, and bandaged it the first night when...

I’ve got a broody who hatched one chick 3 weeks ago, and now she’s molting. I’m a little concerned because it’s been pretty cold here, around freezing most days and nights with snow. So far it’s just her tail and shoulders missing some feathers, but I’m a little concerned her and the chick could...

This morning I noticed my brahma cockerel was squinting in his right eye and wouldn’t open it all the way. He’s now been that way all day. He’s still eating fine, but he’s not running around as much, I assume because he’s only seeing out of one eye. He’s letting me touch the right side of his...

I’ve got a stubborn broody who wants to sit. Normally we would let her.y concern now though is that the weather is getting colder, I expect if she starts incubating now it’ll be freezing most days by the time her chicks hatch. We’ve already had several nights of freezing temperatures. Does...

I have a bantam rooster that’s been perfectly friendly for the last 3 years, but suddenly in the last week he’s been attacking me. The flock free ranges, and we had a second standard sized rooster for most of the summer that was later killed, and the bantam’s behavior didn’t change when he was...

I have a girl who for the past couple of days has been behaving like a broody, except she isn’t sitting on a nest. She’s still laying, and roosting at night, and running around outside all day. She’s just also doing the broody cluck a lot and she’s fanned her tail out and puffed herself up like...

Selling wood burned wood cookie coasters and ornaments. Each one is handmade and unique! What is pictured below are what I have made, I’ll note which ones are still available. Each is lettered for ease of identifying. Ornaments are stained and clear coated on both sides and are just over 3...

I’m thinking about starting a rooster flock. I have 28 chickens, and 7 or 8 of them are boys. Only one of the boys is fully grown, the rest are either 7 weeks or 13 weeks. So far everyone is getting along, though some of the older boys are starting to have short sparring matches. We want to only...

Anybody who raises true ameraucanas, when do you start seeing differences between males and females? I bought 4 straight run blue and black ameraucanas From a breeder that are now 4 weeks old and they still look totally identical. I’m starting to get eager to figure out if I have any males...

This morning I went I to the coop and one of my 2 year old hens hadn’t come down from the roost. At first I thought is was egg bound, so I gave her a warm bath and put her back in the coop, and she went to a nest box on her own and has been sitting there since. After a little more research, I’m...

I hatched 10 chicks from a mixed flock 4 1/2 weeks ago. The possible parents to my knowledge are blue laced red Wyandotte, ameraucana or Easter egger, white leghorn and possibly California white leghorn, French black copper marans, and crested cream Legbar. There were males and females of all...

We were away from home for about 2 hours this evening, and returned to find 2 hunting dogs in our driveway and 7 dead chickens. 5 more are still missing, we searched for an hour before it got dark, and another is injured pretty badly but still alive. I’m not sure if she’ll make it or not. That...

Yesterday we noticed one of our two year old wyandottes was limping. She was still walking around with the flock all day and seemed to be getting around alright. I wanted to check her out yesterday but she’s difficult to catch. This morning, she didn’t come down from the roost on her own. I was...

So this is my first time incubating eggs. I’ve had a broody do it before, but I have been wanting to have the experience of doing it myself. Over the weekend, I picked up a Nurture Right 360 and 18 fertile eggs. I set them today at about 6 pm. Here I’ll be logging how it goes. Here’s the eggs I...

I got 3 barred rocks sold as females from the feed store 10 weeks ago. I’m starting to suspect Larry here is a boy. I noticed a couple of weeks ago this one was starting to get a redder face than the other two, but I was hoping I was wrong. Unfortunately it’s starting to look more and more like...

I've been trying to hatch chicks under a broody this spring, but so far we've had very little success. The first hatch only a couple of chicks hatched, and none of them ended up making it. This time around, only 1 out of 7 eggs has development, but the hen keeps leaving the nest for long periods...

My Japanese bantam australorp mix hen has finally gone broody! I’ve been expecting her to go broody this week. Interestingly, she goes broody anytime people visit, or someone leaves for more than a week and then comes back. Well, my brother left for a week and a half and got back on Monday, so...