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Good news! Thank you!

I was told these were both hens, however, the feathers are different. They are six weeks today. The first pic: the chick had this weird bump on the back, but only two days later, feathers are filling in, but the tail feathers are sticking up and the side feathers are long and sweeping back. In...

Do you see the thing on the back of the chick on the left? It looks like the new feathering, but it also looks swollen. These girls were in a big run with larger hens - red and black sexlinks mostly. I'm wondering if she was getting pecked. She just doesn't seem as energetic as the other one...

Well, they are out there dust bathing now. Maybe it was just the long car ride and change. However, there are a few odd looking things - I'll keep watch and see what happens.

They are sleeping on me right now. One is cooing.

She doesn't jump up, but does lift her head and open her eyes. Rather she seems like she can't walk well. They were both quite happy to get food and ate well, but she sort of laid into the feeder with her top half - I lifted her over to the feeder. I may try bathing her feet to see if there is...

I just brought home two white cochin bantams, about 5-6 weeks old. They both looked fine in the yard at the feed store. However, now one is just laying with her head down and closing her eyes off/on. The other is sitting beside her, quite alert. They are sitting on a towel in soft grass under a...

We and our three barred rocks girls are well. They are about a year old now and laying very well. Their eggs are huge (as are their poops!) with deep yellow/orange yolks. We can't keep up with their production which benefits my neighbors greatly :)

My coop sits inside a 10x10 covered pen, so I put them in the pen to get familiar with it. Around sunset, I put them on the roost in the coop and they stayed right there. I like their calm demeanor. I had a few Polish recently that drove me bonkers with their flightiness - gave them to a friend...

Got 3 barred rocks today - 3 months old. I am surprised at how soft and pretty their feathers are.

No males in our boro. The farm has barred rocks, leghorns, orps and wyandottes. Only one RIR left now. I need to get them tomorrow as the pullets are about gone. I don't want to raise babies right now.

Mainly eggs, but I want a friendly chicken, too. I'm thinking of going with barred rocks.

Only 3. They have a covered 10x10 coop/pen area and also a very long uncovered run (50-60ft.x 3ft.)

I have no chickens at the moment, but our local farm is selling today. I have a choice between leghorn, RIR and wyandotte. A few years ago, I had 2 leghorns that tore up every bit of my yard. Is that something leghorns are known for?

They are coming in from the poultry farm supplier. Do you think it is risky?