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Crops are emptying overnight. We had lots of snow so water was in a huge container but a week old. I scrubbed and changed this am. Will keep it cleaner. Yes, feather loss around and especially below the vent. Exposed skin is quite red. I will deworm (shanks for the instructions) as I haven’t...

Most of my chickens (even my 6mo old ladies) now have this discharge from their vents. Foamy, greasy, off white. This is the first I’ve seen of the foaminess. Usually just see the off white greasy/slippery discharge. Doesn’t smell like anything. My older birds have feather loss on their bums...

Thanks for the advice! I’m so glad to hear a story with a happy outcome. I switched to non-medicated just in case it was an issue and increased her daily outdoor time. I also gave vitamin e and selenium to the chick. Hope Marigold outgrows it too!

Thank you so much for the advice! It’s been a few days and getting worse. I will definitely try your suggestions. Do you think she can function normally if she improves?

Marigold is one month old and will do this head shake (YouTube video link below) every few minutes. Any ideas? I’ve never seen this before. She eats fine (medicated feed) and is vaccinated. She gets outside time an hour a day. She’s with 7 other mixed chicks, mostly silkies. She eats and plays...

Thanks! None of true other chickens are making that noise but some are panting. I’ll certainly try the water bottle idea!

Tilly is 2 years old. She sounds awful! She’s making squawking noises when she breathes… but not stretching her neck out. She makes these noises when her beak is closed too. Lives with 6 other chickens, none of whom are making noises like this or are ill. Could something be stuck in her...

You aren’t alone! I have the same thing. All 4 of my larger hens have bumblefoot and one of my silkies does too. I took my 2 biggest to the vet as they had swelling on the top and bottom of their feet. He wrapped their feet and gave me meds for them. Is there an ideal roost size? I wrapped the...

That’s a good idea! Thank you... now to research fermenting feed! 😆

The scratch and peck layer feed is whole grain soy free and corn free... Organic Wheat, Organic Barley, Organic Peas, Organic Flaxseed Meal, Ground Limestone, Fish Meal, Organic Sesame Meal, Organic Flaxseed Oil, Vitamin and Mineral Premix

Also 16 percent layer feed- one is manna pro pellets (that’s the one I was out of) and the other is scratch and peck.

I know! The same day thing is what gets me. I have a trail cam and didn’t see anything. Nothing got into their enclosure. (They have netting and chain link fencing around their hardware cloth enclosure and their wooden coop is inside that. 😂. They may have had a fright during the day that the...

I was out of 1 of their 2 layer feeds for a few days and the weather is colder than usual.I’ll keep an eye out. Hopefully it is a one time event!

Two of my girls laid strange eggs today. The dark one is soft and the other is harder with a soft spot . It looks so strange. They have 16 percent protein layer feed, oyster shells and grit available at all times. The dark egg was laid only about 18 -20 hours after that chicken laid her second...

Asian ground parrot! Lol. Haven’t heard that one before- but I’ll be sure to use it again! I’m 100 percent sure my silkies are female. I literally sat and watched them lay today to make sure. Maybe I have one of the rare chickens that fertilizes its own eggs! 😂

I’m pretty sure! I only have 8 chickens. My leghorn is laying (white). My olive egger is laying (olive) and I just sat for hours today and watched my 3 silkies (one at a time) go into the coop and lay. I retrieved an egg after each Silkie. (The fertile egg is from one of my silkies). I have 3...

This egg of mine looks fertile but I don’t have any roosters! Maybe I’m looking at it wrong... any ideas?

Here’s a pic of my leghorn the week she started laying. (22 weeks) I was told the flopped over comb is a telltale sign(along with the stooping when I went near her).

Yes! I had a hawk attack one of my chickens and I was 10 feet away. Luckily, the little one lived but I netted the whole run after that!

And we have two solid layers at 23 weeks! (White- laying tan eggs and the buff one- laying cream eggs) The third Silkie (blue) is “crouching” when we come near so I’m quite certain all 3 are female! Yes!!!