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Hello, We have a suburban backyard flock of 6 hens. 4 are 2.5 years old, 2 Easter egger, 1 polish, 1 Wyandotte, and 2 4 month old silkie/Cochin mixes. Prior to getting the silkie Pullets a month ago, we have never had pest issues. After 2 weeks of having the silkies, they had lice. I treated...

Hi all, I have 4 2-yo hens. I just got 2 3-month old bantam hens (Cochin/silkie mix, pure white, one with red face, one with black face). We keep them separated during the day. At night, the little girls sleep in the coop with the big girls, and all is fine. I had been waking up at 615am each...

What’s the best way to help hens gain weight? I have 6 girls, all 19 months old. 5 of the 6 are molting, some 3-4 weeks in and some just starting. I haven’t weighed all the birds, but I know they are thin (can feel their breastbone very easily) and the ones I’ve weighed are down about 3-400...

-Apologies in advance for the long post. I'm really just wondering what to do... if anything, at this point. Ok here goes. -On Wednesday March 16, I noticed one of my chickens, Montana, a 1 year old prairie bluebell egger, was doing this odd twitching, sideways jerking behavior (video linked...

Please someone help asap. I’ve been keeping an eye on my 1 year old hen for the last couple of days. She was doing this odd sideways jerking behavior at night. Her crop would be empty in the am so I just assumed it was her adjusting her crop. Fast forward to this morning. She definitely has sour...

I have a 1 year old chicken who has been doing this odd movement for the last couple of days. I noticed it late at night on Wednesday night, assumed it was her adjusting her crop, so made a note to check her the following morning. Her crop was completely empty. She did this same sideways...

We have a 4 month old, starlight green egger, who is acting lethargic. She will sit down and rest when none of the other birds are doing so. We've watched her closely last night and this morning and she is not eating. We tried 2 of their favorite foods (Chard and watermelon) and she comes up...

I moved my chicks to the garage today. They were outgrowing their inside brooder situation and also starting to get flighty. Enter the window screen brooder(see pic below). I like it, but it’s in the garage and as you can see from the thermometer(see pic below and actually just checked it, with...

I have two questions. I thought I had purchased a speckled Sussex from anoka Ramsey farm and garden in MN. I believe it is around 6 weeks old. 1. Are there varieties of speckled sussex? I thought there’d be some blue and white flecks in its feathers. Is there still time for that to grow in? Or...

I have 4, (What I think are) 4-week old chicks and 2, (What I think are) 3-week old chicks all of different breeds. One of the younger chicks is a polish and is definitely on the smaller side. I have a red heat lamp on 24/7 and its probably hanging about 4' above the brooder. It is about 80...

So, I made the mistake of using sand in my brooder. I misread an article about all the wonderful things about sand in a chicken coop/run, and mistakenly applied it to a brooder situation as well. All of my 6 chicks are doing well: eating, drinking, normal poops, happy and active. I have...

Hi all, I'm a brand new chick mama. Have 6 chicks. 4 are around 2 weeks old. The other two are closer to 1 week old. The smallest chick, named Margot, has had a full but soft crop since yesterday morning. I expected it to empty somewhat overnight and I feel there is no change from...