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At first I thought maybe she was just acting strange because of the elipse, we are east coast, NC so no darkness really happened....but this started just before the peak of it but none of my other chickens are acting weird and she is just sitting on the ground, hard to keep her head up and one...

Has anyone tried releasing the fly predators by spalding? I'm curious to try this year, but worried they will become a nuisance...does anyone know if they hurt your garden? or do they come buzzing around people?

Hi! one of my chickens is wheezing and sneezing. Walks with mouth open and you can hear her breathing with like a rattle. She acts okay for now but the wheezing has me concerned? I have 5 other chickens but they seem to be okay. I brought her inside, she is in a dog crate right now with food and...

I have two flocks....one flock is about 1.5 years old (flock 1)and the other is 6 months old (flock 2). Each flock has 3 chickens. Flock 1 is two easter eggers and one ISA Brown - very sweet flock. Flock 2 is all blue ameracauna - another sweet but timid flock (rightfully so). Flock 2 has grown...

I have 2 flocks. One I call the "bigs" - they are close to 1.5 year old and the "little" are 15 weeks old. Three in each flock. The Bigs are 2 easter eggers and 1 ISA Brown and the Littles are all blue ameracauna. I slowly merged them at around 6-7 weeks, keeping the Littles inside the "indoor...

I have 3 adults and 3 eight week old chicks (don't belong to the hens). I just found this snake....will it hurt my ladies? The tail is hanging through the window. They are protected with hard wire but I let the big girls out during the day that is not predator proof (except for from overhead...

I just cleaned the coop and the covered run yesterday and put fresh thick layer of hemp bedding down (in both the coop and the attached covered run. I walked out this morning and the place is COVERED with flies. Including the coop (their bedroom/nesting area) which I've never seen a fly in (I...

My 3 baby chicks will be 4 weeks old on Wednesday. I would like to move them outside this week, thinking about bring them out for a few hours today, a few more the next day and then maybe have them 100% on Wednesday or Thursday? I do have 3 hens outside already - we made a little area in the...

I have 4, 9-day old blue ameracauna. They seem to be more advanced than the other chicks I raised last year....two of them are already trying to "dust bathe" in their pine shavings.....I would like to give them a small dust bath with the construction sand in their tote/brooder since they are...

I can't remember if chickens between the age of 3-4 weeks start to fly yet, out of the brooder? I just found out I will have a trip when my new baby chicks turn that age (they aren't hatched yet). I was going to have a neighbor watch them and had thought about just bringing the brooder to their...

Attached is a pic of our setup. We have the coop (sleeping/laying quarters) to the far left in the shed. The "indoor run" in the middle - that uses hemp/deep litter and then to the far right is their "outdoor run" - this a little outside play area with netting on top to protect from hawks etc...

We aren't allowed to have a rooster. What would you do with a rooster if it was mis-sexed, if you couldn't keep him? Please don't laugh at this question, but are there places that actually take unwanted chickens?

How much is too much? Should I offer electrolytes every day during extreme heat? I lost one chicken a couple of days ago and I have no idea why but thinking maybe it was the heat? It was quick and sudden and the heat index was between 107-109 that day (this is their first true summer). We are...

I have/had 4 1 year old chickens. 1 austrolorp, 2 EE and 1 ISA Brown. The austolorp passed suddenly a couple of days ago. So now I have 3 (2 EE and 1 ISA (she is the head lady). I just ordered 3 blue ameracauna that will be here on 7/22 from Cackle - I only wanted 2 but smallest order is 3. What...

My 1 year old austolorp passed away today...... I'm trying to figure out why or if there is any worry that my other 3 chicks may get sick? She was perfectly fine....I let them all out to free range in my backyard and Astro ( the one that passed) was happy and running around like normal. About 30...

For the past couple of weeks my lady (easter egger, about 10 months old) has been laying broken eggs. She has a history of calcium deposits on her eggs. About a month ago, they started losing pigment, almost white and now the past 2 weeks - every egg is broken (either on the poop board or in the...

I purchased a bag of nutritional yeast for my 4 hens because I read it was good to add to their diet. However, I can't find anything that tells me how much I should give them? Is it a pinch daily, once a week, a certain measurement, etc? Any feedback from anyone on this? This is the one I...

Hi. My same little hen that seems to have all the problems is still having egg problems. Originally it was a bunch of calcium deposits, now, the past few days her eggs have been basically white (normally they are tan) and today I walked into the coop and her egg was broken, sitting next to...

One of my 4 ladies has been walking around with her mouth open all day, today is day 3. It's not too hot, we are in NC, in the 70s this week. I gave electrolytes yesterday and put some oregano in their food. Also small drop of apple cider vinegar in water. Today it seems worse than the other 2...

Hi. I have an Americauna, she is about 8 months old. She is my smallest bird (out of 4) is a bit of a "loner" but happy, just does her own thing. Anyway, I've noticed since she started laying (maybe a couple months now) that she has calcium deposits on her eggs. Maybe 50% of the time. Some is...