help!

Hi. Last week I discovered my eight-year-old narragansett hen had a vent prolapse. I went through the procedure of repeatedly pushing the prolapse back inside, and it hasn't stayed in on its own over the past seven days. I have kept her in the dark, and she has passed two eggs--both the size of...

Alright guys I need your expertise. I was told what breed these guys are but I am second guessing it. I am not sure the breeder sold us what they said they would. I will not tell you yet in an effort not to sway your opinion. But I will give you two hints, 1. They are *supposedly* pure bred. 2...

Hello everybody! I have an Americana chicken and I think she might have vent gleet... She does isolate herself in the coop during the day but I take her out to be with everybody and eat lots of yummy grass but it just bothers me. I want to get it taken care of as soon as possible but I'm not so...

So, we have at least three roosters right now, a year old bantam, a few month old beilefelder, and a two month old frizzle bantam. We currently have around 25 hens, not all of which are laying age, though. I have a question, though. Is it a hard rule that you need at least ten hens for one roo...

Hello there! I suppose this is not an emergency, and I don't know if this is a disease or injury, but something definitely isn't right and this seemed like the best category to post this under. I have an adorable year-old Mille Fleur D'Uccle bantam hen. She is the sweetest little thing, so...

Hey everybody. Just a matter of minutes ago, we assume a dog attacked my hen. We were short of white leghorn hen, and called them to come and feed hoping they were all there after we heard an giant amount of squawking and screaming. About 5 minutes later, out of the same direction, the missing...

I have 5 - 10 week old egyptian fayoumis and brown leghorns chicks who free-range. I've heard these breeds are suppose to be great free-rangers but some have died without any sign of sickness, attack, or anything. I let them roam around when I'm outside but if I turn my back for a few minutes...

My hen, Tiffany, who I had a very close bond with prior to her becoming broody, is now following me around my yard. She still pecks me when I try to pet her, but she’s following me everywhere. She recently had a clutch of 7 eggs from which I only 1 chick survived hatching. I pulled this chick...

So I recently got chicks, 4 initially and I had only regular chick feed (un-medicated) but then I was getting five new chicks from a local farm, and I was concerned about spreading illness so I got the medicated feed and I gave that to them, my 4 chicks always had healthy poops, but now some are...

Long story short a bobcat attacked one of my hens. He grabbed onto her neck but my dad jumped out of the window and was able to get the bobcat to drop her and run off. There are no bad wounds, just some missing feathers and a little bit of blood but that is the extent of it. She is not acting...

Hello friends. 😊 I own 12 free ranging hens, and recently one did not come home. I looked everywhere and only found a pile of feathers, so I am assuming she was taken by a predator. 😔 my poor Lily. Now I know that since my hens have been discovered they are in danger also. I read that you need...

My fully grown hen dissapeared last night and I have no idea if she’s alive or not. I found feathers and a tiny bit of blood near the coop and some more a little further but no body and no body parts. I’ve dealt with raccoons before and usually they leave a mess! But it’s like she disappeared...

I have been wanting to have backyard chickens for over a year now. I did a lot of research and followed local laws to obtain my “Backyard Chicken” license. Once approved, I went back to the drawing board to decide which chickens I wanted among the 6 chicks I was permitted to now own. I watch my...

I just got some chicks Saturday; three 1-week olds and one 4-week old. I found the smallest one (silkie) dead yesterday morning, I’m not sure if she was trampled. But she wasn’t under the heater, just right outside of it. But now one of the others is weird. She was exploring like the others and...

Hey yall I have an Indian runner duck who has stopped laying recently and I think she might be molting, but this morning she came out with her back all bloody. I know its mating season, but this seems like a bit much! I brought her in and cleaned her up, and then put her back, only to find her...

I was out of town when my chicks hatched and my husband fed our new chicks LAYER FEED rather than starter feed!!! All but one died by the time I got home. I came home and noticed the large grains and freaked out!! I swapped out the feed and gave this little gal electrolytes/probiotics by...

We just got some ducklings from a hatchery but this one is s all l lethargic and barely moving and when she stands up she just falls back over please help I don't know what to do !! Here is a photo

We just got some ducklings from a hatchery but this one is s all l lethargic and barely moving and when she stands up she just falls back over please help I don't know what to do !! Here is a photo

We just got some new ducklings from a hatchery and some of then were dead when they got here, but I've had them for about 2 weeks and one of the pekin ducks I had died last night. It was our biggest and what seemed like our healthiest duck but when I went in there it was dead. Please help I...

Two months ago I owned 17 healthy, happy 2-year-old ducks. Today I own only 11 ducks. So about 3 weeks ago, one morning I found one of females dead. Since then I've had 5 other ducks die. And, it's all been 6 females, I've lost no drakes. I'm so confused and sad. I don't know what to do. They...