I’ve had chickens for years now and I’ve never seen one do this. He started doing this as a baby chick & we always thought he probably won’t last very long. He’s 4 now. My parents were watching our animals when my husband & I went away recently & he called me upset because he thought he was dying 😆
Also being a vet tech and working with chickens I’ve always been told they can’t breathe on their backs 🤷‍♀️

Intruder alert !

Almond is a little food fiend

Her comb has swollen up to about 3 times its normal size. She’s about 7 months old. !! Not a roo! she lays eggs and hasn’t crowed once !!

Say hi to Rice (barred rock) and Louise (RIR) with her defective comb.
I sat down with an egg bagel and a cup of coffee. They too wanted an egg bagel and a cup of coffee.

Got tired of the muddy run after the rain and wet poop getting trudged into the dirt so after letting it dry in the sun for a few days I cleaned everything up and covered the run in pine shavings.

When I put the chickens back in the run they FREAKED TF OUT bouncing from wall to wall trying to escape lmao. Granted, they have been in the dirt run for the past 5 weeks but they spent the first two months of their lives in a big doggy crate with the same shavings! Here they are acting like this is the first time they’ve seen pine shavings in their entire life! Silly butts!

I was too slow to grab my phone so I missed most of the chaos. 2nd pic you can see one of them frantically trying to fit on top of the feeder. Last pic the tiniest little girl was the only one brave enough to step onto the shavings.

Miss Becky was still busy

these are from almost 2 years ago. They didn't stay in this box, they had just been brought home.

Una foto del hijo y el papá cuando era pollito

Advice needed!

One of our Faverolles hens has started behaving strangely, as you can see in the video. She is Young. Just started laying.

At first, I thought it might be wry neck, but most of the time she walks around and holds her head perfectly normally. It almost looks as though she's experiencing some intense irritation, itching, or pain and is desperately trying to reach whatever is bothering her.

We've thoroughly checked her for wounds, skin irritation, mites, lice, or anything else that might be causing discomfort, but haven't found anything. Her crop feels normal, she's eating and drinking, and she spent the whole day outside with the rest of the flock.

Her comb looks a little redder than usual, and she has a tiny wound next to one eye, but otherwise we haven't noticed anything unusual.

Has anyone seen this kind of behaviour before? Are there any illnesses or conditions that could cause these symptoms? I'd really appreciate suggestions for anything else we should examine, check for, or rule out. I'm particularly interested in whether this looks neurological or more like a reaction to pain or irritation.

Any advice or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated!

She seemed somewhat comfortable in there (for a box)

There’s a dumped rooster in a very dangerous location that also has lots of forest to hide in. Sometimes he comes out to the parking lot to find food from people but it seems once you put any effort into catching him, he hides. I have a drop trap but he seems to recognize it, and I’d rather not wait all day for him to roost.

Do people think the are Hens or Roosters and cam anyone identify the breeds?

I've had them for two months now after trading someone for three beautiful roosters (a Leghorn Exchequer, a Black Copper Maran, and a Lavender Maran). They don't appear to have spurs developing, very small combs and waddles, and they don't seem to have saddle feathers or long narrow hackle feathers to my novice eye. However, I was told they were a bit over four months old when we taxes and I still haven't seen any eggs.

Hilda and Beaky explore Joyce our campervan .

Favourite day roost !!

Anyone else make egg/leftover stew for their birds? 😂 I do this maybe once a month with anything in the fridge that needs to go+any unsold eggs!

She has looked real grouchy ever since her molt started, but I managed to snag a few decent photos of her despite her glare.

Also I still miss Butterbaby.

I have 2 hens. One has a clutch of 3 a month old. The second just hatched a clutch of 3 maybe 4 🤷 just saw the hatch this evening in the nesting box.

I have a problem with rats. The eat eggs an baby chicks at night.

I have been putting the month old chicks with mum in a grow up cage at night.

Need to do the same with the new clutch.

Will there be a hen problem when the two share the cage at night?

The cage is 4 ft long by 3 ft deep and 2 ft high.

Thanks.