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My lavender ameraucana 3-year old hen has been having a real messy butt, has been lethargic but has been eating a little and drinking, following the flock. Today I gave her a bath- got her a clean butt- no smell. When I was towel drying her, I was shocked to find how skinny she is- I can feel...

I have two broody hens both on different nest boxes in The Palace coup.One hen, Sweet Cheeks has been broody before and was an excellent mother sitting, then hatching 10 eggs successfully and all grew into adulthood. Last year the other hen, Puff Ball, only hatched 3 with extra help. I noticed...

Our wonderful Leghorn Marshmallow has begun to molt. Most of the others have molted already including the Roos who have gotten new tails, in our relatively young flock. I saw Marshmallow shake and quite a few feathers flew in every direction. It was this evening, when I noticed streaks of blood...

Sweet Cheeks successfully raised 10 chicks last year sitting on the eggs for 21 days. I had moved her at night into a private brooder. This year she was on a clutch of 12+ eggs for 2 weeks. She was in The Place with the other hens in a nesting box. I moved her into the brooder last night. We...

I am new to incubation and I hope some of the wonderful knowledgeable chick enthusiasts can help me! We recently lost 17 chickens to what we think are coyotes. We have solved this problem hopefully. Since we lost so many I let my white/splash Ameraurcana become broody. She had been sitting...

I have a one year old hen who looks like she doesn’t have a neck. I have had her as chick and didn’t notice anything wrong. She acts ravenous-doesn’t stop eating, small stools. I have her in the hospital cage to relieve stress and to treat whatever she has. I pick her up and I only feel hard...

I am fairly new to the genetics of chickens. I am wracking my brain trying to remember Mendolson’s peas from high school biology! My white Ameraucona hen has gone broody twice this year. ( I know they are not known to go broody). Sweet Cheeks has done a magnificent job. She is a big girl and...

I have a Silver Spangled Hamburg Rooster. He is young, still a cockerel. Actively courting the ladies. I have noticed lately that he slowly moves his head from side to side. I have researched but found nothing. His comb is really large now. My hubby says his comb is so big it’s blocking his...

Niki sat for 2 weeks on infertile eggs. Not eating/ getting up. I dosed her several times with cool water and she would eat, drink and make a large poop and then back to the nestbox. So I got her 7 fertile eggs and one hatched! And she is a proud Momma! Thanks to all who gave me advice!

Hello everybody! I am a new member and have had chickens for a year now. Recently my Buff Orpington, sweet, gentle Niki went broody on me. I tried cooling her off in a cool tub several times. I thought about the cage option but I really thought it wouldn’t work plus I didn’t want to “punish”...

I am a newbie- I have had chickens for a year. Whenever I had a question, I would google it and more often or not land here!!! But nowadays, things are a bit more complicated :jumpy:barnie And I need to join!! All of you seem to be chicken lovers ( the live kind)!!:celebrate