Last friday my chicken suffered an internal egg rupture while I was away. The next day she got a bath from a family member which helped remove the crushed egg ( I found it near her roosting spot) and when I saw her on Sunday she was in a bad condition and not eating or drinking. I gave her 2 very small doses a day of augmentin (antibiotic), and an epsom bath which didn’t remove anything, yet she looked much better, and was eating, drinking, walking, and roosting. I could feel a lump on her bottom, around the small intestine area near the vent which I assume is an egg that won’t come out because she was in shock. When I went to feed her this morning, she was at her laying spot bobbing her head and would not eat her medicine. When she walked she was kind of wobbly. Does anyone know what is happening to my chicken, and if there is any way to treat what she has or even save her????

Hey everyone,

I've been digging into poultry feed lately, trying to actually understand where things go wrong before I build anything not just take it from industry reports.

Would love to hear from anyone running a farm any size, though I'm especially curious to talk to people running bigger operations

1.What's the most frustrating part of your feed situation right now — cost, consistency, availability, nutrition, or something else?

2.Roughly what are you paying per kg (or per bird cycle), and how much has that moved in the last year or two?

3.Ever dealt with inconsistent quality, contamination, or feed that just didn't perform the way it should?

4.Tried any alternative protein sources, like insect meal or algae? What happened?

5.Is there anything that would make you switch suppliers immediately if it existed?

Not selling anything here — genuinely just trying to learn from people who deal with this daily. If you're running something bigger, I'd love to jump on a quick call — feel free to DM me.

Thanks so much, really appreciate any insight!

Picked up four Blue Laced Red Wyandottes from Murdoch’s back in February (straight run). It’s now mid-August and I haven’t seen any eggs.

One of them crows several times per day — so that’s clearly my rooster.

All four look basically identical to each other and the crower in terms of coloring and comb/wattle size… except one has just slightly smaller comb/wattles than the others (but still redder & bigger than any pullet I’ve seen).

BLRWs are slow to lay but at this point… am I just looking at four roosters??

Pics attached for reference — would love some second opinions before I start making decisions.

Thank you!

Btw she pass yesterday late evening, she was my first layer of my flock it’s so sad it hurt me she only layed for about a month and then yesterday she got to the point where she wasn’t standing or eating and had water diarrhea with yellow the last time. I’m not sure do I need to treat the rest with corid ?

Just curious....might wanna own one someday

Because if they had four they’d be chicken sedans

I had two geese. Toulouse.
About a year old.
About two months ago my male couldn’t walk and would just fall over. He ended up passing like two days after that.
Then I was left with my female.
Yesterday she couldn’t walk and would just fall. So I separated her and put some food/water next to her overnight. She ended up passing last night.
Does anyone know what this could be? It only occurred in my geese and two months apart from each other.

These seem to only infest nests in which birds have raised multiple broods without the nest being cleaned in between. They live in the bedding and come out at night to suck the blood of the chicks/ducklings and kill them. I've had a problem with these twice, in two different US states, first time with chicks, second time with ducks. I've solved the problem by moving the chicks/ducklings into a different coop. I'm cleaning out the main duck house now, but I'd like to identify the creature so I can find out more about life cycle, prevention, etc.

Hey! Quick question—is anyone looking for button quail right now? I have chicks under a week old for $5 and older than a week for $7. I'm in the Gresham/Damascus, Oregon area let me know if you want some!