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I know this is controversial. Deslorelin (Suprelorin) is an implant used in ferrets to stop ovulation. It's been used in avian (including chickens) off label to do the same, which helps in various reproductive system related ailments. We have in the past lost a chicken due to egg yolk...

Yesterday morning I found my 3.5 year old hen on the bottom of the coop. When I looked at the camera footage, I saw she had been there since 3 or 4 am. I brought her inside. I was able to bring her to the vet in the morning, where she suddenly decided to stand, much to my surprise. Her air sacs...

I went out to sit with my chickens Saturday afternoon, my lap hen, Bandit jumped up to sit on my lap as she usually does. After she was done, she got down and it looked like her chest was puffed out - not quite penguin stance, but like something wasn't right. It was about 4pm. I decided I would...

I tried to search for this but didn't quite find what I was looking for- if anyone knows of a thread that discusses this, I would appreciate a link. Our chronically ill chicken, Chipmunk, gets a crypto relapse every time we try to re-introduce her to the flock (this last time I think being...

Posting this for a few reasons- one, I am grieving and would love support, and two, posting what we learned in case it helps someone else. Back in April, our Buff Orpington and resident flock boss, Ginger, suddenly had a bigger than usual abdomen. My partner noticed it seemed swollen. Having...

Our problem chicken Chipmunk, a speckled sussex, who survived wry neck and feathering issues due to insufficient vitamins and good gut bacteria as a 3 month old, is a year and a half old now and is having issues with sour crop. Here's her backstory...

What the heck are these two bantams doing? This is their 3rd night in the coop with the big birds (about 10 weeks old now) and one of them has been looking down like this all three nights. Any ideas why??

I was wrapping one of the bumblefoots with prid on a bandage and vet wrap. But then she tore off the bandage and ATE the nonstick pad with prid on it! Should I be worried?? Is it toxic??

Please see attached photos - is this an issue? She holds her mouth open most of the time but I have an her close it. Her beak seems a little different than the other 5.

What do ya'all think? 5 1/2 week old Welsummer.

One of our new babies (June 7 hatch) has been sleeping a lot. It woke up with a little pasty butt this morning, I cleaned it off with warm water and it's been pooping fine since then. But it's still been under the brooder and sleeping a lot today. We search all the threads here and decided to...

I got (6) new chicks today, and 1 chick is being a bully. But not just the regular pecking order bully, she's going for everyone's eyes. And preferentially, she's bullying the 2 bantams. I tried to separate her but give her a friend, but she pecked at every other chick's eyes I put in there with...

I have a flock of 8 hens, they turned one in February. A few months ago, we tried to switch out a huge bulky nest box I made for a Hengear roll away box - we had 1 especially broody hen and I had read that the wire bottom of the box would discourage broodiness. It worked, but they hated this...

Spring is coming here, and the weeds have started growing. I don't know what these are and if the chooks can eat them! Would love input. I'm in Gainesville, FL. I feel like in the past I looked up the purple ones and they were bad? Thanks for your input in advance!

Hi there! Might be a long shot, but I started a Discord for backyard chicken/poultry keepers in Gainesville, FL and the surrounding area. If you are interested, please click the link and say hello! https://discord.gg/ak3YvmWgXT

Our 10 month old pullet has had a slew of health issues in the past, so whenever she is acting strange we freak out. Especially if she's off the roost at night- since back when she had wry neck we found her on the bottom of the coop wedged behind a PVC pipe. The last few nights she has gone up...

New chicken owner here. You may have seen my posts in the laat 6 months for various chicken ailments. Well, now we have 1 more to deal with.. I always thought if we had bumblefoot, we'd know. But we didn't know to check their feet! I was watching a video on how to vaccinate chicks for Mareks by...

My troublemaker speckled sussex got into trouble again.. Somehow she punctured the inside of her mouth and was bleeding quite a bit. We brought her to the emergency vet- not knowing what had happened until she was examined or how long she had been that way (I had checked on her at 1pm, then it...

So I've been reading a lot about egg binding and possible signs. I have a chicken that laid her first egg Sunday, July 19. I didn't see her do it, but no one else was showing the signs and she's the only one I saw in the nest box. (The other laying hen already laid that day.) Monday she acted...

So, my girls have been losing their tail feathers. I thought it could be bullying, but I've watched them a lot and haven't seen anything concerning. Their pecking order readjusted after the top two birds were rehomed (one was a rooster, other was its very attached buddy) so I thought maybe it...