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So today we lost two out of four of our new pullets. We had a total of nine chickens, 4 new chickens and 5 older. Just two weeks ago, we decided that the pullets were big enough to start free ranging at 12 weeks - especially since they were getting along great inside the coop with the older...

I have one hen in my flock who is raising three babies she hatched herself. She’s raised them for seven weeks now in a crate inside the chicken coop, and I’ve started letting them out to be with the rest of the flock this week. Outside and roaming everyone gets along, but putting them back in...

I don’t know what it is with our house but all our chicken attacks happen during the day. Today, at around 5 o clock and in the complete daylight, something killed three of our hens and injured another. One hen was missing with only feathers left, the other was down in the woods, and the third...

She laid an egg today, despite being in the dark. Doesn’t that mean the obstruction has cleared?

So I’m attempting to gently push to prolapse back in, but her vent is pulsing and resisting it - I’m not sure what to do at this point.

Thank you very much

so is epsom, table, or sea salt best for making saline?

Should I use Epsom salts?

Thank you very much I’ll do this

Thank you so so much.

This is the best I could do. What do I do?? Can a chicken live with prolapse? Can it be fixed on its own? Do I have to cull her? I’m really in out of my head here

Yes I just need to wait for my husband to get home so he can hold her while I clip the feathers. What does this mean? I can’t afford to bring her to the vet, so I have no idea how to treat this, especially dealing with her intestines or reproductive tract

Yesterday something got our flock during the day. I believe if was a fox or coyote. It took one hen, and the other is slightly injured. The animal seemed to have grabbed her tail, and ripped our all of her tail feathers. In addition, her vent looks prolapsed, and I’ve only attempted to push it...

Hm I’ll have to look into that!

I have two old ladies who are 6, and the rest are just under a year. Unfortunately even the old ladies are going into the road as well

So I have a real problem. I don’t live in an area with a busy road, but our chickens still won’t stay out of it. The coop is not very close to the road, our run is not big enough to not let them free range, we keep all their incentives to stay near their coop, and they have plenty of cover AWAY...

So tonight, I lost a hen as I was an hour late past dark time to close my coop, and as saddened as I am, I need to make sure I don’t forget again. I’ve been meaning to get an automatic hen door for a while now, and I’m wondering which ones you guys in suggest both in quality, safety and good...

Ok thank you! I’m fairly confident In her getting better. One of my chicks this summer did have wry neck so I know the basis of treating it, it’s just not a severe as this and didn’t look the same. Thanks for all your help! Have you ever heard of maybe making like those neck braces to keep their...

Ok, what about when I try to reintroduce her in a week or two when she gets better? Will they accept her? I really hate dealing with pecking order stuff