Her Silkie sister was snatched up by a raccoon the other night. Now she is roosting on the fence for the first time in her life. Smart of her to make the correlation “high up means no hurt” ☹️

video was taken 10/1. we took her to the vet who started her on antiparasite meds. By 10/10 she basically wasn’t standing at all. We’ve been isolating her and supplementing her food and water but she still doesn’t stand. Any ideas what might be happening?

So a friend of mine gave me 3 chickens for free and now Im realizing I have no idea what I'm doing lol.Never raised chickens before and im stressed about keeping them safe and making sure I'm doing everything right. My neighbor suggested putting a camera near the coop so I can check on them especially at night and when im at work. Thats sounds like a good idea but I m not sure if it's really necessary or just another thing to worry about. 1.Anyone here use cameras for their chickens? 2.Are they worth having as a beginner? 3.Any tips for someone completely new to this would be appreciated.

I love this big handsome puffball. He's a sweetheart and a great protector to my bantam flock. He's so soft too!

I would greatly appreciate any recommendations for nutritious foods and snacks that can support healthy growth and strength developments.Your suggestion would be of great value. Thanks in advance.

Once, one of them took my finger almost down to the knuckle when she missed a blueberry.
My imagination is good enough to scale this up to a T-rex, I wanna travel back in time now.

(love the 5th pic the most, she is the boss & the other is 2IC)

Good afternoon from Atlanta Georgia.Been raising for a few years now, setup in the backyard. This one’s still put smiles on my face every morning.Happy to be in this group

I have heard from some news outlets that there is a Suoer El Nino forming, which will raise temperatures down here in Australia. This has concerned me and raised my anxieties on keeping my birds safe and cool. I love my birds to death, and i know that I should keep them in shade and with water at all times. However, I'm scared it wont be enough to help, what els can I do and/or what would lessen my anxiety? Thank you!!

This came in a Hoovers order, first week of July.

What are people using when the grass turns to mud in their runs?

A little update on my posts from yesterday regarding my flock that is likely experiencing a cocciodosis outbreak.

Vet had me drop fecal samples at the lab and said for now it’s better to wait for results because treating for cocciodosis can be more harmful than good if not positive.

I have my sweet girl in a kennel in my front storage room. She’s got a blanket for darkness, bedding, and even her own space heater.

She seems a bit uncomfortable, but I’ve noticed her drinking and she did eat some egg yolk, scrambled egg with cottage cheese, and a little bit of her layer feed today.

I noticed today after eating the egg she leaned down and clear liquid came from her beak…. No sour crop or crop issues I think, so I’m not sure if this just meant she ate too fast/too much and just happened to tilt forward… or what.

I am wondering if there’s anything else I can do for my girl to keep her comfortable while she battles this. Whatever it is, I hope she can be strong until I get results from the lab and can treat her accordingly.

Hi all! First time chicken owner here. I built my coop in my backyard on grass. They’ve eaten all that grass now of course. What is best to use over the dirt? I have 4 bags of mulch and have read that is one good option. Any words of advice for a newbie that just wants the best for my gals?

Thank you

Fun hatch day

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This is my first time having a flock of chickens. I so badly want to give my feather babies a healthy and happy life. I vaccinated for Marek’s and will do New Castle bronchitis as well as fowlpox when they are a bit older. I’d feel more at ease having a chicken first aid kit on hand because I know illnesses are bound to happen. What would you recommend I add to this kit?

Ok. I have a hen that hatched 1 chick. Its her first. She had another clutch of eggs early summer but didn't end up with any chicks. So my problem is my chickens are in my barn. My chickens i have are laying in the nest boxes and there was 1 egg in the corner of 1 area of the barn. She has the problem that even with a week old chick she is still claiming eggs and sitting on them along with the chick. She got the chick in a nest box 18 inches of the floor. The only thing i can think of is to put her in one of my big pens away from any future eggs.

Hi everyone!

This is the first time I’ve heard one of my chickens cough like this. She did it a couple times. I actually thought someone was being pecked at first. She won’t let me look down her throat to see if there are tapeworms, but no sign of them in her poop by the naked eye.

Symptoms:
Wheezing, crazy cough three times
Empty feeling crop
Normal enough looking poop
Willingly ate raw egg
No noticeable swelling of her head
No discharge from the eyes
Sneezed a bit of gunk from her nose
Not lethargic
I may have noticed her a bit puffed up randomly in the past, but energy levels have been normal
Still hasn’t laid first egg, born in late may
I’ve not noticed symptoms in other chickens
No observed neurological symptoms

I have antibiotics on hand, should I just go ahead and treat the flock?

Thank you

Hi all, just finished building a coop & run at my new home we just purchased (yes, I need to add hardware cloth and some other bits). We'll be moving the chickens about 7 hours to their new home, and I was curious about what I should do when we get there. Is there a specific process I should follow for them to get acclimated to the new area and coop? I have 6 ladies who are around 1.5 years old. Thanks!

My chickens are constantly emptying the waterer, is this a problem? I need a recommended large waterer for them, as constantly carrying water to the coop is a problem, and I worry they'll dehydrate. Apart from the amount of water they go through, they're eating their food, grit and oyster shells, and laying every day. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Just went outside to collect eggs and found this girlie sleeping weirdly on the cement. All her feathers are gone from her head and her comb looks damaged. Also I don't see any other injuries on her. Just the head area. Myself and my family spend quite a bit of time with them and haven't noticed anything wrong with them yesterday. She is making noise and seems to be alert and normal now but have separated her from the others. Dry fowl pox? Bird flu? Animal attack? My dog came with me on errands this morning so wasn't protecting the yard like normal. What do you guys think? Also we are located inland NSW if that helps

I have 4 hens hatched ~ April 28th. From my Maran I’ve been getting eggs for 2 weeks and then all of a sudden no eggs and now these soft weird eggs in the roost. I don’t know what to do or what it means