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One of our older hens has developed a really slow crop. This has taken about two weeks to develop, from a very slight issue that had me putting out different sizes of grit. It seems to be getting slower each day, until she was walking around with a water balloon on her chest. That's what it...

I feel silly asking this, if I knew the answer I must have forgotten it! Sorry. How many hours can a broody sit on an egg before it starts to develop? We're trying to collect eggs for hatching, and fighting off broodies at the same time. I actually plan to give her some and let her sit, if...

Last night when making dinner, I tried to use an egg that wouldn't break. The shell broke, but the membrane underneath just flexed and bounced back. I kept trying, but chips of shell were coming off leaving behind a bouncy ball of membrane. To get into it would have required a knife or a...

I need some ideas and suggestions for a design that can be broken down to be moved. I don't mean a tractor, but something that can fit in the bed of a pickup, and be lifted by 2 people. The backstory: We've moved from our previous location and now have an RV! It's a big change and fun, but...

How do you make a Smurf? Well first, we needed some Clowns. "Hey, good lookin!" "Ugh, boys!" Grownup Clowns, aka White Faced Black Spanish... Next, we need some blue dye. Brownie the Mosaic has some color to offer! She and Bandit the Clown gave us some...

I think I have too many incubators 🤣 so I'm making the newest one available for someone who might need it less expensive than new. I've used this twice, good hatches, and cleaned it thoroughly. It will come in the original box, with all accessories and instructions. $125 + actual shipping...

We've been treating this pullet for 4 days with B complex (including B1) but she has not improved. She is eating and drinking, we have her separated so she can take her time with the feed. I was surprised when I initially found her in the coop showing the signs. At 3 1/2 months old I couldn't...

About a month ago, the sweetest kitty showed up at our house. She was starving and had fleas. But she's the most cuddly kitty I have ever met. Mia sleeps with me all night, spends a lot of time on my lap, follows me around and lets me pick her up. Of course, we treated her fleas, fed her up, and...

I have some eggs entering lockdown today that were shipped and had detached air cells. Because of how floaty they were, I decided to keep them in a carton the whole incubation and just manually tilted them side to side in their cells. 8 developed. Now I'm wondering if I should let them hatch...

Can I give Benadryl or Claritin to a young pullet with chronic sneezing? This is day 5 of her condition. Today she had another prolonged fit of sneezing, so I bought her in for a humidifier treatment. She seems less energetic today. Still standing, eating, and pooping, but not active, napping a...

One of my favorite pullets has been sneezing chronically the past 4 days. It has been extremely dry for us this week, and farmers are working their fields / hay, so there's been a ton of dust. Like visible clouds wafting towards us on the breeze. It has affected me as well. So, the first two...

Our broody hatched some chicks yesterday. This morning we noticed the one that was doing all the cheeping had gotten out from under her and she was completely ignoring it. Also falling on her back. We picked her up and her little head falls backward. Like the position they take when they...

There's a lady fairly local to us who keeps wolves and is advertising collected fur / poo as predator deterrents. I doubt it works... am I wrong? We've been having a Racoon visit for some time (some birds are messier around the feeders) and it really hasn't bugged the chickens. It's fat (maybe...

My first thought when I saw the last of our Easter hatch in the incubator was that she wasn't going to make it. There was blood everywhere. But she kept cheeping and moving around the incubator, so I said "well if you're going to try, I'll try too". I cut a few bandaids down and mom held her...

I'm asking for my friend in Plainfield, Indiana. Yesterday evening she was driving and a goose hit her car (the other goose flew low but this one missed). She stayed with it for a few hours trying to call every rehab she could get the number for, but none were answering, and animal control...

Hey guys! My brain is really not kicking into gear when I need it to... I saw a flyer recently, by email I thought, for Veterinarians to expand their knowledge of poultry care in an online course / seminar. For free! And now when I want to share it with an interested vet, I can't find it :th I...

Tell me what you think of this Hypothesis, please... Backstory: I was chatting with a breeder working on Blue Ear Mosaics, she told me in her most recent generation, her selected males lost the blue ears after they had developed. This was after they were fully mature, they had blued up in the...

When you see everything as a chicken coop...

I went to report a wee-hours spammer moments after they posted, but it wouldn't go through because the thread was already *poof* :yesss: Thank you to whoever's up late fending them off :hugs

It's been happening every night just like it's happening now. The forum is covered in Chinese from multiple new users. I reported of course, again, but in the middle of the night who's going to see it? There has to be a way you guys can keep them out.