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Howdy! How y'all been?! April has been a mix of good and bad for us. Good in that there have been warmer days. Bad in that the warmer days have been interspersed with cold and snowy days. Good in that our little flock has resumed egg production and 6 of 7 of them are happy and healthy. Bad in...

Sunny is a 2 year-old EE. She seemed fine when I opened the doors this morning. I observed that she was just standing in one place for much of the morning and she's just been very lethargic and slow moving. She joined the other chickens pecking away at treat-time. No visible injuries. What...

All the girls have the same food source, and we always have crunched up eggshell available. Recommendations are more than welcome! Without knowing who's dropping shell-less eggs, any supplement would have to be in either their water or feed.

We have & chickens, 4 20-month old EE, 2 8-month old White Leghorn and 1 8-month-old RI Red. The 3 youngsters have been consistent in their egg-laying. The older hens have endured their 1st molt and are now getting back into production. All seemed to be going well until . . . The weather turned...

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One of my hens needs more vitamin E in her diet. Will it be harmful to the other chickens if I just add it to the flock's waterer?

We're experiencing the same thing! Trying the same solutions. It's 10 days since your last post . . . how's your hen doing?

All the other hens have the same diet, and do not exhibit any behaviors like Sunny's.Well . . . she's got no wattle! Maybe E and B in their water?

Sunny is 1-1/2 years old. My wife has observed Sunny suddenly shake her head and then take a few backward steps. We've seen our other hens shake their heads - but not walk backward. Should this concern us?

Instead of oyster shell, we've been providing our hens with egg shells. My spouse read that you should bake the egg shells before feeding them to discourage egg eating. Whatchoo think, Chickeneers?

Does anyone know how to discourage other birds from raiding our chicken feeders? We're seeing our chicken food supply rapidly dwindle. The local quail flocks stop by to dust bathe and have a snack - we don't mind them so much 'cause they don't raid the feeders, but the sparrows are everywhere...

Sunny was a favorite target of our (former) rooster. He was a lot bigger than her and quite vigorous. She was wearing a saddle, but it didn't provide much protection for her wings. Should we do something about the exposed areas?

When our pullets first began laying, their eggs were a sort of Blue/Green/Teal color. Over the last few weeks, it seems that many of their eggs are much lighter - almost white. They're almost a year-old. Is that a reason to be alarmed?

We have a small flock - 5 hens and 1 Roo. Our Roo starts crowing waaaaaaay before sunrise. I'm wondering how - or IF - this affect the sleeping (or TRYING to sleep) hens.

Sometimes we hear the Egg Song, only to find no eggs. Sometimes we DON'T hear the song and DO find eggs. Sometimes the song is from the coop. Sometimes some other hens join in. Sometimes the hens and our roo join in. Today, I was filling their feed and was able to hear one hen going off - and...

We're wrapping up a Corid regimen. Because Corid is s'pozed to deplete B vitamins (?) we're advised to start giving our chickens Nutri-drench. How long are we s'pozed do use Nutri-drench?

Not too long . It's just odd to us, because that's not something we'd seen before. Other than the eye thing, he's acting very normal.

He sleeps in the coop, along with our 4 pullets He eats what the others eat. Unsure HOW to check for mites or lice - if HE has them, shouldn't the girls have 'em as well?

We have 4 pullets and one Roo. They're 5 months old. Smoky has been acting normally, he's eating and drinking. We haven't noticed any abnormal poops. He has certainly been acting like the hormonal teenager that he is.