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We have three huge, overgrown orange trees in our back yard which is also our chicken's habitat. We're pretty good about picking up the windfalls, but this past week they've been dropping all day long and often split because of the impact. My older hens have never had any interest in the...

Last spring, I found one of our four-week-old Partridge Rocks sprawled on her side in the brooder. She was being trampled by the seven other chicks and basically unresponsive. Enter the information from Backyard Chicken! I fed her infant vitamins and electrolytes with a dropper and within 24...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We got 8 chicks in March 2011 - one for each of us plus an extra in case one didn't make it. We almost lost one, but I nursed Esther back to health. She got stepped on by the other chicks and looks like the Hunchback Hen now -...

I have a 2 week old Speckled Sussex named Sundae who appears to have a toenail at the carpal joint of each wing. My other chicks are 4 days to one week old and all of different breeds, so I can't compare her to the others. I never noticed this in our previous batch of chicks and I can't seem...