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My barred rock is very sick. Possibly egg bound, I felt in her vent, the shell is broken but the membrane seems intact. What can I do? She's wheezing, her comb is turning purple. Her crop is full of liquid. She is my favorite, the absolute sweetest and was fine this morning.

Went out to close up the coop and noticed my favorite was in the nesting box. Immediately I knew something was wrong. I brought her in, checked her crop and it's full of water. Poop is watery as well. When I brought her in she was walking, and jumping/flying up on things so she isn't lethargic...

Dh and I have been thinking of taking my hobby and kicking it up to a local small business. We live in a tiny rural community that's located in a food desert. I'd like to combine this with fresh, affordable produce and other items to extend the need for people to drive into the city for...

Posted this in egglaying, but this might be a better spot to get answers. Help please. Pictures at link. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-to-do-egg-yolk-on-ground.1483644/

Walked outside just now to find this...egg yolk on my back porch. My chickens are just starting to lay, none of them are acting unusual. I'm now concerned about Peritonitis, any help would be greatly appreciated.

My favorite girl was great this morning, now she's slow and doesn't seem to feel well. She's eating and drinking, and should be very close to laying her first egg. I'm not sure what to do, I've checked her for mites/lice and I don't think they're there. It's been a very humid day, she started...

I have two nesting boxes for my seven girls. They are new layers and are only using one box. Will this cause issues?

Anyone have a pullet/hen give you treats? Or is this a cockerel/rooster specific behavior?

My 15 week old Starlight Green Egger laid our 1st egg today. She did not go into the nesting box to lay, will she eventually? I also placed a nesting place in their run, do your chickens prefer the run or coop for egg laying? When do I start giving oyster shell? I have many more questions, I...

Massive comb and wattle growth on these two. Still pullets at 13 weeks??

I've read on here pullets don't get really red combs until POL, correct? I posted this BA on Friday. Do they get this red in a matter of days at 10 weeks??

10 weeks old, do they all look like pullets? I added two pics of each bird I'm curious about, so that comb and full body are available. TIA! Eta: a lap pic for fun lol

Do BAs at 9 weeks typically have shorter, rounded tails? My five other breeds have much longer tails, but I'm new to this so I'm not sure if that's just how BAs develop.

Still scratching my head over this one. All of my birds are supposedly pullets but I received two wrong breeds so I don't put much faith in it. This is my runt, it's comb is much larger than it's sibling even though the body is much smaller.

I've been giving grapes as a treat and it had been no problem. They tore them up and ate them in pieces, until today. My BR swallowed one whole before it could be stolen. I can feel it in her crop, it'll be ok, right?

Is this normal? I'm a total newbie.

I've been trying to figure out her breed for several weeks now. She was sold as a BO, but obviously not. Could she be an amberlink or California white? Maybe a leghorn? She came from Hoover's.

My 2 month old BA pullet is my most chatty, she makes all sorts of sounds that my other breeds do not. She makes this strained shrieking sound, it isn't a warning. She will jump in my lap and makes it sometimes even while trying to fall asleep on me. It's bizarre and I can not find a clip of...

It's almost finished! We used a bracket kit to make the shed and converted it to a coop. The run ended up taking longer to construct and wow, hardware cloth is a beast to deal either! She's almost complete, my chickies are loving it!

I have two EEs, same age (8weeks). One is much smaller than my other 6 chicks. It's coloring is different than my other EE, but I gather that doesn't mean much. Second pic is of them together. The size difference makes me wonder if he/she is just a runt. It's hard to get a pic with them together...