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I have a old White Leghorn hen that has been looking pretty unwell. About a month ago, she contracted a respiratory illness where she sneezed and gasped often. It didn't seem infectious as none in the flock got it. I treated her with VetRx and Nutridrench and hoped that with time it will get...

I have an egg that I thought would come out last night since it looked like it started zipping, but it only zipped about a quarter way. It has been 12 hours+ and it hasn't changed much since then. What should I do? Should I leave it and hope it comes out or do I need to assist it? I never...

What is the difference between a standard Salmon Faverolle and a bantam Salmon Faverolle? Recently bought and incubated some bantam SF eggs and the weight range of the dozen eggs was 39g-50g. This made me suspicious if these were even bantam eggs to begin with because I have a 1yr old SF hen...

Hey guys, I have a dilemma. I'm planning to hatch bantam Salmon Faverolle eggs and Black Copper Maran eggs that I bought from Ebay, but unfortunately they didn't arrive at the same time. My SF eggs arrived yesterday morning and are currently resting while my BCM eggs are coming on Monday. My...

I have a Salmon Faverolle hen that I absolutely adore, but she has one issue and that is her beard has practically disappeared and her neck/chin is exposed! There's no bleeding or bruising to indicate bullying or mites. My small mixed flock of 4 hens are generally friendly with one another with...

One of my 3.5 month old chick has a swollen eye while the other side looks fine. The area around her eyes look swollen and her eyeball is watery. There are no bubbles or cloudiness nor any pus. I did not introduce any new members into my flock either as of recently. I did notice the feathers...

I have a 3 month old mille fleur duccle chick that has something wrong with his comb, but is otherwise acting as he normally does. What's wrong with his comb? I noticed it starting to slowly blacken the past couple days and I thought it was due to genes, but now I'm sure its some kind of...

I have 6 4-week old bantam chicks that moved out to the run with my 4 standard sized hens today. My hens live inside a large covered run while the chicks are in a smaller run/cage that I placed inside the larger run. The chicks are protected from the hens and they can all see each other. How...

I recently got back from the vet with one of my hens to treat bumblefoot. I noticed in the papers I got afterwards that they did detect feather mites/lice during examination, but the vet didn't bring it up. It made me wonder do chickens need to be 100% free from lice/mites? I feel its inevitable...

One of my hens have a case of bumblefoot. I noticed she was very slightly limping weeks ago, but at the time there wasn't much of a bump nor scab and it didn't interfere with her daily activities so I left her alone and hoped it would fix itself. Unfortunately, it seems to have advanced and...

I just hatched out 6 chicks D'uccles for the first time after always ordering shipped chicks and I was wondering if it would be cruel to raise them alone or in groups of 2 in separate brooders? My goal is to have the chicks to be super friendly towards the family and become like my MF D'uccle...

Today is Day 7 of my bantam eggs being inside the incubator and I did a weight check on all of them and notice 2 out of 7 eggs that are losing weight too rapidly compared to the rest. It's a 3-4g difference and the average they need to lose is 1.5g per week. More than double! My other eggs only...

I have the Brinsea Mini II Advance Automatic to hatch some Mille Fleur d'uccle bantam eggs! I have some questions before I incubate the eggs tomorrow! 1. What settings should the incubator be on to start with? Current settings are: Temperature: 99.5F (37.5C) Remaining Days: 21 Turning Mode...

Long story short I ended up with a box full of baby food. I thought it was wasteful to toss them away, so I considered giving it to my chickens. Are these safe for my chickens to eat? The baby food is this:

Hey guys, I wanted to try hatching some eggs for the first time, so I bought some eggs from Ebay on Sunday the 19th. The eggs were just delivered to the seller's post office an hour ago and my tracking info updated and it said it wouldn't deliver to me until Saturday the 25th. Assuming the...

Does anyone know of a place where I can get sexed bantams other than Meyer's? I'm mainly looking for a female Mille Fleur d'Uccle and Meyer's won't have any available for another 6 months! I looked at many of the popular hatcheries, but they only sell them in straight runs. I'm not sure if...

I read that its 0.23ml per pound of chicken. Is this correct? Also how many days do I administer it? I'm treating for a variety of worms. There's not many local vets around here for a fecal float test. I plan to inject it into a grape or let it soak on a piece of bread and feed it to her inside...

Is there a dewormer that would work in drinking water that would treat a variety of worms? I know its more ideal to orally administer it, but I'm worried about choking them and they're not the most compliant when it comes to opening their beaks for stuff. Additionally, is there any preventative...

My favorite 2-month old Mille Fleur bantam chick died today suddenly. She was perfectly fine yesterday and even tried jumping onto my Christmas tree. She was peeping happily and running around indoors like a small puppy. Checked on her right before work at 6am and she was still chirping just...

Unfortunately, had a case where one of my baby chicks was killed by a possum a few hours ago. I already purchased a trapping cage of adequate size, but I'm unsure on what to use for bait. I also want to know what I can use to poison it. I don't intend to release it alive.