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Hi, I am from Ontario Canada zone 5, I have 20+ chickens. Getting lots of eggs, so far my favourites are the Orpingtons. But I am addicted to the blue and green egg layers too. We built a coop last year, but now we want to move it and change it. The last year with chickens has been exciting...

Hi there! My name’s Astrohens, or Astro for short. I am a new member of BYC and I can’t wait to be a part of the community! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have been having chickens since i was a little toddler but my first chicken I ever got to take care of was...

Hello everyone, My 3 year and 4 month old leghorn hen has just been experiencing a hard/solid crop and is repeatedly adjusting her crop (even when she is roosting/sleeping). She is still acting perfectly fine, eating/drinking normally and is active. I'm not so sure about how her poop looks like...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not new! Raising and keeping them for 4-5yrs (2) How many chickens do you have right now? ~20-22, with 2 ducks. (3) What breeds do you have? Transylvanian Bare Necked, Silkie, Wyandotte, Golden Sex link, and a bunch of random...

Hello everyone, I have a leghorn hen that is 2 year & 9 months old and today she was acting very lethargic with her feathers down, tail down. I came to the suspicion that she could of been suffering from vent gleet since her vent is all dirty and wet with this white discharge. I also noticed...

Hello everyone, my name is Luis and live in south florida. We began with 6 baby chicks but lost one the first week to pasty butt. Our flock now is about 8 weeks old and we’re hoping they’re all hens! They have since moved to the coop/covered run area in our back yard and they are growing up...

Being a veterinarian and studying genetics as a hobby, I inevitably stumbled across chickens. The more contact I had with them the more I grew fond of these beautiful animals: My partner's family raises hybrids for egg production and occasionally I'd help with stable work. Additionally, our...

Hello everyone, I randomly came out to my backyard to check on my rooster and I found that one of his spur's went missing/broken and is bleeding. I'm assuming that his spur got stuck somewhere and therefore it broke. Does anyone know any cures or treatment to this? Please let me know ASAP if you...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? When I was like, 5? 6? It's been a while. We first had two Rhode Island Reds and two others, who I can't remember. My brother and I were very little, so they had really funny names. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 36...

Hello! My online name is 'Ken' or 'Kennedy'. I am happy to now be on this forum to discuss more about my favorite poultry. I have had chickens for a little over a year, and first got one in March, 2021, which expanded to getting 6 more from tractor supplies (7 in total), who all, unfortunately...

Hello everyone, I have a 1 year and 5 month old Easter Egger hen and she just started loosing a bunch of feathers starting from 2 days ago. I don't know what to do and i'm very scared something is wrong. When I also touch/pull out her feathers gently, it falls out very easily. Could this be...

Hello everyone, I'm very disappointed that my chicken saddle didn't work very well. I bought it around 2 months ago and it was working very well at the start and now when i took it off and checked her wing bow/shoulder, its ripped off with no feathers and is bleeding and I'm VERY sure it is...

So me and my husband bought a house in the country at the beginning of this year. I've always wanted chickens and he grew up on a farm. We bought 6 chickens at first and built our own 8x8x8 coop. And then we got 16 chickens from a friend and right now we are down to 10 of our friends chickens...

Hello everyone, it would mean very much if you saw this thread and helped me out on this. My EE hen has a sprained leg and she is getting pecked a lot by the other hens in the flock when she just started to have her sprained leg. She is the lowest on the pecking order compared to my other 2...

Hello everyone, one of my Easter Egger hens (Smokey) is limping whenever she runs. However when she walks slowly, she walks normally and doesn't limp. She eats and drinks perfectly. She does lay down in a corner because she is not feeling well about her foot. It seems like she is limping towards...

Hello everyone, I have been using sweet pdz for about 2 months from now, and I was wondering if I was doing everything correctly (I'm pretty sure i'm doing it wrong). When I add in the SWEET PDZ to my poop board after cleaning the coop, I leave it there for my chickens to poop on it for 1 week...

Hello everyone, I have my 1 year & 1 month old rooster who sometimes jump into his coop and start making these funny, weird noises (like noise when he finds food and some others that I couldn't get on this vid). What do you guys think this could be? Please comment any thoughts! the video below...

Hello everyone, I bought one of my roosters at TSC and I'm not sure what breed he is because when I bought my 4 chickens, the TSC staff marked all of them as leghorns which was "wrong". I think he may be a blue splashed Wyandotte x Easter Egger. EXTRA: I'm also thinking to buy some mealworm...

Do the embryos in freshly laid eggs develop faster than the embryos in eggs that were laid days or weeks before? I've noticed that an egg laid yesterday develops faster than eggs laid last week. Does anyone know if there's any science to this? Or am I just imagining things?

Here are my new intro questions:p 1. I got my beautiful chickies about 3-4 month ago🐔 2. I have 3 chickens(hopefully 4 next spring):fl 3. I have 2 barred rock and 1 ISA brown🐤 4. My favorite aspect would be the fresh eggs in a 100% not country town. The other would be my fav chicken name...