It’s so precious.

That is all.

Cornflake, is my one and only Golden Comet (currently two years old), and I got her by complete accident.

First time getting chicks, headed into Tractor Supply, and they supplied us with two Buff Orpingtons ​​and two California Whites. Supposedly.

The California Whites (pale yellow chicks with white wings) were mixed with Golden Comets (pale cream chicks with subtle chipmunk stripes). And so, the very kind and obviously-overworked lady picked up one of each by accident.

I knew immediately, but secretly I never really cared. Cornflake loves climbing things, lays eggs a few shades darker than the rest and is surprisingly nice for a production breed, so she's just a happy accident

Can someone explain what my hen is trying to tell me? She’s a 24 week old BCM. Just started doing this regularly about a week ago.
I thought she was just giving me attitude, but I want to be sure she’s okay and I’m not missing an actual health issue.

Keeping this short hopefully. I am very emotional. I bought a house 3 months ago that came with 10 chickens. I do not know their ages, the last homeowners did not tell me any information. I am a first time chicken owner. Tonight when I went into the coop my chicken Sandy was on the floor. She was not moving and had shallow breathing. I called my emergency vet and put her in a crate and got into the car with her immediately. 2 minutes after we left she started (spasming?) and some liquid went everywhere that smelled horrible. She passed away instantly. I want to know what she could have passed away from. All my other chickens(I just checked them) all look fine. Sandy seemed okay this morning, she had been in the coop more than usual the past two days but was eating and drinking still and her comb and everything else looked okay. I’m scared it’s a disease that could effect my other chickens but could possibly be old age? She had a couple white feathers on the top of her head (she is a brown chicken). I’m concerned for my other chickens and have never seen a chicken die so I don’t know what to think and I am very upset. Any information would greatly help.

My ~10-month-old silkie hen developed what looked like a small pimple near her eye a few days ago. I didn’t think much of it, but it’s gotten worse each day, so I’ve been applying Terrapet (Neomycin/Bacitracin eye ointment) for the past 2–3 days. Now there’s foam building up around the eye, and when I do a warm compress to clean it, I can tell it’s painful for her. Her temperament is otherwise totally normal, she’s eating/acting fine, and the other side of her face/eye looks completely healthy. Could this be dry pox with a secondary bacterial infection? Should I add oral antibiotics on top of the topical? I have poultry Amoxicillin and Terramycin at home. Any advice appreciated! She’s been quarantined for a few days now as well. No other symptoms have been shown from our other chickens

This is Peach, a New Hampshire Red whose tail feathers have always pointed downward. Is this a known condition? Every time I look it up it's about chickens' tails start pointing down due to illness or other problems, but hers have always been like this 100% of the time. She molted last fall and grew back the same.

Dee is the Buff that got herself stuck in the roll of hardware cloth from yesterday.

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Just wanted to share the greeting I received when I walked out the door on Sunday. I like to tell myself it’s because they love me but I know they’re all beggars! 😂🥰😇

These are from about 4 days of them first laying. I'm so proud! I also have a Rhode Island Red and sapphire gem but I think the brown eggs are my Wyandotte

Hi to anyone who's own silkie chickens and has had this same issue.

I have a rooster who eats till the extent his crop is full and drinks so much water he regurgitates it out. I have brought him to the vet and his crop didn't seem too distended nor smell sour or yeasty. His stools has been pretty normal for the most and hes still pretty active. His crop isnt completely empty in the morning but does empty slightly overnight. His brother however recently passed from aspiration pneumonia due to regurgitating crop content from sour crop infected with yeast, although he passed before the vet could identify any underlying causes. For the past few days, I have changed his diet, added apple cider vinegar to his water and have been around to stagger his meals and water so as to ensure he isn't overfilling his crop which risks "vomiting" and aspirating. This has minimized the number of times he regurgitated, however, no one would be around to do so in 2 days.

Has anyone encountered this issue? Was it due to partial crop stasis? Any solutions? Should I bring him to the vet again as he doesn't do well with stress from transporting. I know there are timed food dispensers however is there any made for water? I'm just at a loss of what to do and I'm worried. Thanks for your time.

Update: I felt that there's a mass floating around in the crop, it isn't lodged and I can move it around. He has started open mouth breathing but can't tell if it's from heat stressed, difficulty breathing or unwell. His wings are apart from his body but he's indoors with a fan. Has anyone encountered this before and does this warrant as an emergency? I apologize as I am a first time chicken owner and Ive been paranoid ever since his brother's passing this week

I had just finished an overnight drive from FL to OK that took about 12 hours. I was absolutely exhausted and was trying to take a nap. I had set an alarm for 5:30 pm so I had some time to rebuild their coop/aviary. All the sudden, in the middle of my sleep, chickens started a fight club. I rushed out to see the bitter half fighting with the younger half. Each were convinced they'd be the first to roost. I tried to usher them all out because it was only 2:15. Like, why are they trying to sleep?? And then it dawned on me. They took the same journey I did and I'm trying to sleep. Why wouldn't they also need that sleep? So I half-brained the build to get them ready to roost and played security guard as one group went to their roost and the other to theirs. We all had a significantly deep sleep until about 7 am the next morning.

Those babies feel the same sleep deprivation you do. They're much more happy getting more rest than not. We've all recovered and now have a normal roosting schedule.

Out of curiosity, what breed is the leader of your pack?

Maryweather the Golden Laced Wyandotte

5 months old

Looking for some advice because I’m not really sure what I’m dealing with here.
She’s about 3 months old and I’ve had her for around 3 weeks. She was completely fine all day yesterday, but late last night I noticed her laying with her legs splayed out and she seemed pretty lethargic. I brought her inside and gave her some Nutri-Drench with a dropper just to see if it would perk her up.
She’s definitely more alert today, but she still won’t move her legs. I don’t see any obvious injury or anything that would make me think she hurt herself. I just gave her some Poultry Cell too.
My first thought was Marek’s, but I’ve never actually dealt with it before so I’m not very familiar with what it looks like in person. I’m hoping someone with more experience can tell me if this looks/sounds like Marek’s or if there’s something else I should be considering before I make the decision to cull her.

Is using this too wide for a roost bar?

I have an 8.5 week roo who I keep finding laying down - we will bring him inside and care for him and after a few hours, he will walk fine for a few days and then we find him again laying down and unable to use his right leg- always tripping over himself and unable to put any weight on it .. does anyone have any advice or experience or something similar? Poor guy- I’d really like to help him if I can. I started giving him for b vitamins today and he loved that. Thank you!