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Hi everyone, I wrote a case study article about health monitoring for chickens. I put it in the "injuries/diseases" section but in hindsight I should have put it under "maintaining a healthy flock". Anyway I thought I'd link it here in case anyone wants to read it and learn more about my...

I have (hopefully) my last broody hen of the season. The problem is that I can’t source the usual starter feed at 20% plus protein. Other starters all have a coccidiostat in them which I would prefer my adult hens not to eat. Everyone has access to everything in my coop and yard so I can’t keep...

By Mrs A. Basley. Has anyone encountered this? https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/public/gdcmassbookdig/westernpoultrybo01basl/westernpoultrybo01basl.pdf I found it online and read through a couple of bits relevant to my recent experiences. I love it!

Hello collective wisdom of the BYC community! I need your guidance. Today I re-homed a group of chicks to a lovely gentleman who lives on a 5 acre property half an hour from me. He has a beautiful, minimalist house and spectacular gardens. Turns out he has a terrible infestation of - what I...

Lorraine, my beautiful Lady in Pajamas, has had digestive troubles since she was re-homed to me about a year ago. She is a 5yo silver leghorn, currently on the Suprelorin implant so not laying (and moulting). She’s had a crop that won’t clear for about a month now. She has periodically had...

Hello everyone, Does anyone have any thoughts on this egg? I put a “normal” one next to it for comparison. This egg came from a hen who hasn’t laid for awhile. It clearly has a very thick bloom which I could scrape off with my finger… but what causes that band in the colour? The shell was a...

Hello, I have a day day old chick who was born with crooked toes and sits on its haunches. I have made progress correctly the feet with sandals, but I have realised the chick has “duck foot” where the back toe points forwards. Does anyone have any advice on how to tape the toes or make a...

So this is about the chick my broody hatched (or rather incubated and then didn't hatch). I wrote two other threads here and here. In short, my broody hen Yinny was sitting on two eggs. One hatched, the other took longer and she left the nest whilst it was externally pipped. I assisted the...

I need some help. My broody has been sitting on two eggs. The mother hen is off the nest and on the floor of the coop with the chick that hatched. The other egg has pipped and I could see the beak and so I gently used tweezers to remove the shell around the air sac. The membrane was dry so I...

Hello, My broody hen Yinny has been sitting on two buff sussex eggs. I don’t have a rooster so I got these eggs at 14-15 days incubated from my regular guy who only lives ten minutes away. They were candled at that time and both were kicking. My other broody hen Lillith hatched Yinny and her...

Hello everyone, My chickens free range in my backyard which is about 275 square meters / 330 square yards. Unfortunately the soil is contaminated with lead. Most of the yard is covered in grass, but there are exposed sections along the house and fences where the chickens have their dust baths...

I’ll share what’s going on for me at the moment and if anyone has any advice it’s very welcome, and I would also like to hear peoples’ experiences of salpingitis in their chickens/flock. One of my hens Dragon Constance (unknown age) laid a lash egg while roosting overnight. She hasn’t laid for...

Hello everyone, I thought I would let you know a tip that I learned from an avian vet. If you’re anything like me, you’ve encountered dirt in chicken feathers. This is perfectly regular because chickens dust bathe — they get dirty to get clean. It’s an integral part of their health and...

I usually post in the emergencies threads so I thought I should branch out a little and share a rehoming success story with you. I have a broody hen Lillith who has had three clutches of chicks in the last year. Her most recent were two bantam orpingtons, a chocolate pullet called Yinny and a...

Yesterday evening a magpie was swooping like crazy in the backyard (it’s nesting season) and all the chickens were going nuts. I poked my head over the fence to make sure my neighbour’s chickens were okay to find his older hen Brown Chicken was hunched over and fluffed up. Apparently she’s been...

Constance is a hen of unknown age and breed… she’s a cross something and I’d guess maybe 2 years? She sits fourth in the pecking order in a flock of eight — five other hens, a pullet and cockerel. They free range in my back yard which is about 100 square metres (conservative estimate). I would...

Hi everyone, I wasn’t sure which topic to post this question so if it belongs elsewhere please tell me so I can repost it accordingly. I have a seven week old bantam Orpington in my flock who I just caught chowing down on the coffee chaff that I use as bedding and mulch. I know coffee...

Hello, I have discovered tapeworm segments in the droppings of my hen Whitetail. For the past week or so she has been laying irregularly/infrequently, with intestinal sloughing in her droppings, and she has had a mildly slow crop. Today she laid a soft shelled egg and has been acting hiding...

Hello everyone, Whitetail, my ~1.5yo isa brown hen has had a collection of symptoms for the past week and I’m not sure if there’s anything else I should be doing for her in response. A few weeks ago, Lorraine, a 4yo leghorn hen was suddenly re-homed to me and I didn’t have the presence of mind...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could please help me identify these two birds as male or female? I got the fertilised eggs from a lady on Gumtree for my broody hen. They were listed as Easter Eggers and are now four months old. I’m not sure what other information may be relevant… Neither...