chicken help

Hey there! I am assuming this is due to mating as spring time is here but about 4 of my chickens have bald spots. I have bantam frizzle rooster and I guess he is trying to mate! This is my first time having a rooster in my flock. Here is a photo. I’m hoping folks will give me ideas on how to...

Hi! I'm worried about one of my chickens. She is acting lethargic and standing by herself. She is looking rather puffy, but I did a vent check but she doesn't seem to be egg bound. She also has poop on her tail feathers. She is starting to stand like a penguin. When I go over to her, she starts...

Update: SHE IS AN OLIVE EGGER LOL. Thank you for your help guys :) Hello!!! I have a little gal and I have NO idea what she is supposed to be. I was told one thing and she seems to be another. She has a funny little hairdo and quite the personality.

Hello! I’m making this post to help my friend with his chicken, i’m attaching the text he sent in regards to how she’s acting. He said after researching that most sources told him it wasn’t anything big but he’s still worried and wants to make sure it’s actually okay ! For reference, the hen is...

Hopefully this is the right place to plop this information! I've noticed a lot of fellow chicken tenders on here having trouble with obtaining medications like antibiotics, Corid, permethrine, etc. to treat their chickens (especially those rural folks who, like me, don't have access to an...

looking for some help and advice for my speckled Sussex hen. I noticed she was picking some of her feathers under her butt and was missing a good amount. I checked her for mites and treated her using diamtonatiois earth just incase it was mites. But I saw nothing and the rest of her looked a...

Hi! New here. We have a chicken that has a potential impacted crop, definitely sour crop, and we have been doing as much research as possible and home treatment. From isolating her, giving her water with acv and electrolytes, olive oil to help move things along and loosen up (don’t worry, we...

my two year old rooster has been sneezing since monday it’s friday now i have cleaned his cadge out twice is it possible i need to clean the water for him to stop sneezing i’m confused help i’m not that concerned because he is only sneezing but when he sneezes he slightly gasps???

I need a little bit of advice and I can't seem to find a post on this so here goes. She's being very distant, but today she's not eating with the others I've checked her over, her weight is fine, butt is as fluffy as anything. shes just standing in the coop in the corner roosting... I don't...

Hey! My hen Myrdle is acting a bit off. She seems lethargic and quiet. She is also panting a bit and has a pale waddle and comb, but that is probably just the heat. I isolated her with some food and water just to be safe, and she hasn't pooped a lot that I've seen since then. Don't know how much...

I have raised chickens, rabbits and ducks, for nearly my whole life, I added Geese to our family about 7 years ago. We were hatching about 1,000 eggs a month for several years, and sold eggs to help pay for our animal care. I have lots of knowledge on care, health etc. On Chickens, Rabbits, and...

We just got 8 chicks a month and a half ago, 3 roosters and 5 hens (ones a silkie but I have no clue how to sex a silk and the rest wyandotte/silkie mixes). They're so young but the roosters are almost as big and tall as my adult rooster! So my question is, how big and tall do wyandotte/silkie...

My two Americana hens roost on top of their coop instead of inside their coop. Ever since I introduced them to the coop they refuse to return to the inside and nest at night. At first I’d come outside and pick them up one by one from the roof to put them in the coop. But lately I have given up...

Our chickens are not eating. We have tried to give them food but they do not eat it! We have switched them to layer and they have eaten it fine the last week or two and now the won’t eat. They will eat cherry's and scraps but not their food which provides the most nutrients for them. And they...

My dad told me this morning that the dogs had gotten one of Cin's chickens, but he managed to save it just in time. I went looking for it to make sure it was okay (and it seems fine, just smells like dog). But then I happened upon my friend here who has a swollen closed eye and some crusty...

Posted a number of days ago regarding a sweet hen that suddenly became sick. It wasn't clear what was wrong. She rests in the nesting box mostly, and came out once, but squawked like she was in pain. - I was able to find a chicken vet in Longmont, and they immediately placed my chicken on liquid...

I am going to be moving in a few months and I need help on what to fix up for my chickens to live in. I have been doing research on chicken coop and pens, free range, and chicken tractors. I am going to be moving my chickens from free range and a coop to a sturdy metal wire dog pen. I have...

Pics for reference. My girls were born in January. They free range a couple of hours a day, have access to plenty of food and water, and are happy friendly birds. Now, I know they may not even be ameraucana's, but this is late for any breed. One of my girl's combs just got a little bigger and...

We have an Australorp that has recently started developing puss in one of her eyes. She’s also been very antisocial and hiding away under our deck when we let them out to free range. I have included two photos. One of her good eye the other with the puss. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Today I got 6 beautiful Silkie chicks and they are all very healthy, I did notice though that they several of them had an extra toe on one foot. I do know that silkies have 5 toes normally but some have 6, they walk perfectly fine now, but I just dont want it to become a problem when they are...