Tell me your funniest chicken story

Here’s mine: a few years back hawk swooped down and stole one of my chickens. I guess she was too chunky and moved a lot because she fell two yards over and still lives to this day

Did the wrapping paper trend with my two lovely ladies peppy and Bambi. Very well behaved

And it’s in the form of a chicken

Help! Chickaletta's feet are looking red and irritated. She is walking a little slower than the other birds. No other birds have redness on their feet. I just did a full clean up of the coop. There are only 4 of them, and they have a lot of space. Should I soak her feet in Epsom salt or get some type of antibacterial spray? What do you think it is? I don't see any mites or anything anywhere. I looked up bumble foot but she doesn't have any swollen bump like that.

Probably not in majority but I don’t charge for my eggs….I originally did plan on selling them but I found out it brings me a lot of happiness just giving them to people who I know will really love and appreciate not only the eggs but the chickens too (I talk about the chicken drama a lot and we’re all way to invested at this point 😂). That’s all. Thanks for coming to my ted talk ☺️

Recently got this rooster and ive been looking at different breed pictures to find out his breed but i cant really put a pin on an exact match. Can any one help me ?

Got them a couple days ago

Please don't mind the coop. We are renovating a bit at the moment.

We have 12 ladies, and their chicken run can get awfully muddy and nasty. We are costal, so our typical “soil” is about 2-4 inches of actual soil, then sand. I figured that their run would drain nicely because of the sand and the surrounding trees sucking up the water, but it doesn’t. Add to that the amount chicken crap that a dozen birds put out, and, well, see the heading.

Anyone have similar issues that they were able to address?

I’ve thought about putting a French-drain around the run, but I have those roots I’d have to contend with.

Thanks for any insight

Looks like jam but i saw something similar not to far away that was smeared with chicken poop.

I noticed today (day 21) we have one little crack however I don’t know how long it’s been like that ?

I have 9 healthy looking, active chickens in a 4x8 coop. There is snow on the ground so they haven’t been able to free range lately so they’ve been in their kinda small run (not super small, but not huge) anyways, I’ve noticed the past week they have been having weird poops. Some of them have been having watery poop, some have been having an almost chunky bloody poop (pictures of what I mean below) and I’m really worried. One of my chickens got attacked about a week ago but survived (she has this giant bald spot under her wing) and I’ve noticed since I’ve been keeping a close eye on her she’s had watery poop (not sure if she had them before then or what) she is also a little less active since,I’m pretty sure it’s not just her having those weird poops. I ran out of their pellet food so for the past 2 days they’ve been having mostly corn but I’m going to get some more today, besides that I’ve been giving them blueberries, spinach, I have gave them some egg, banana earlier on in the week. I don’t know what’s happening, it almost looks like intestinal shedding, but is happening often.

Thanks! (Also if you need more info I will tell you in the comments!)

I noticed one of my chickens has really long nails. I never noticed anything like this with any of the other chickens but she usually stays far away from people, so I don't know how long she's been like this.

This doesn't seem normal so I wanted to ask, do I attempt to catch her and clip them? Should I go little by little? Any info would be appreciated.

In case it's important she's really small, fully grown adult but about the size of your average mango. I don't know much about this but if my chicken is in any pain I'd like to know how to fix it.

This pic is more or less what I saw when I got the closest possible, but she ran away soon after. https://i.imgur.com/7dtqHVF.jpeg

Pretty self explanatory, I'm trying to get a heated watering system because it freezes way too quickly. I'd really like to know what systems proved useful and durable for y'all. Much appreciated. ❤️ Stay warm. Drink water. ❤️

So this is my 1 legged chicken and she has had these injuries for about a week or two now but they have recently gotten much more severe looking I was wondering if anyone had any treatment ideas that I could try?

New chicken owner here.

UK based. Plastic chicken coop. 6 large chickens. Wood chip bedding dusted with anti-mite dust regularly.

These small bugs were found under a plastic weatherproofing sheet I'd put over the coop to keep it a bit warmer. Can't see them in the coop currently or on chickens, although there might be evidence of some kind of dirt (like flea dirt) on their feathers. Tried to take a picture but it didn't come out clear.

Do we have mites?

I’m looking for a small to medium lg fowl chicken that is friendly to people and other chickens, have friendly roosters, likes to be held or petted, are somewhat predator aware and predator resilient, and overall easy to care for. After researching I came to a conclusion that legbars, and Easter eggers are the closest that meet what I’m looking for. Any recommendations, or suggestions of what kind I should get, or what seem to be a better breed?

Thanks!

(Bonus if the roosters are good at alerting or protecting! And if the moms are good moms!.)

Looks like one of our hens (bb) got got by either another hen or the frisky rooster? We really don't know what happened. We have her separated from the flock. Got it cleaned up, the bleeding stopped and some tripple antibiotic on it. Now here is the question.... Did some research and have seen where some folks in a similar situation were recommended to cut off the flap hanging down. Figured I'd ask some folks with more experience than I what their take is. A vet is not an option.

I thought I had posted a pic, check comments.

DM me I have a 1/4 acre of space

I can't free range my chickens (too many hawks, foxes, roads right next to us, etc.), so they spend most of their time in a run, besides when I sit out of it with them for 30-60 minutes a day. before, or had a bunch of chipped up trees i put on the floor of their run. but I've run out of the mulch they created - what can I use for the floor of a run that they spend most of their time in?

I'm not asking about the coop. I use pine shavings in the coop, cleaned out regularly.