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Yesterday I noticed that my buff brahma ( 10 months old) looked like her crop was still full in the morning. I picked her up and yes her crop was large and squishy. Someone mentioned that it was sour crop .I googled sour crop and then I looked her over again better . Her chest area is large but...

This is my first winter with chickens , I got then early spring and they have been outside in the coop since the end of May . I have sand in my run and coop , I like the sand and have no problems using it for the warmer months. I am just wondering if I should change it so something else for the...

1 out of 7 . Can you tell I am excited to finally get any eggs at all .

I got my first egg yesterday and the second one today . Two little brown eggs . I think they are from my Redd ( prod red) as she was the first to get really red waddles and comb . She and the other 6 are 24 weeks old and I was beginning to loose hope that I would have any eggs at all.

From what I have read on this forum you need 4 square feet for each large fowl and 3 square feet per bantam inside the coop . In the run it should be 10 square feet per large fowl bird , not sure how much per bantam for the run .

Thanks , I think she is pretty too. Iris is starting to get some blue / grey feathers in her tail and on her cheeks. She is shy but so sweet .

Hoot 11 weeks.It's hard to see but Hoot has the same comb type and color as Iris . .

Iris 11 weeks . .

Has anyone used a corrugated drain pipe for their feeders ? I have been trying without success to find the parts to make a pvc feeder . It seems like every store is either out of the right size pieces or is out of stock on a piece . I have a black 4 in corrugated pipe that I can use though . I...

I put my seven 8 week old chicks in their coop this weekend . I have the roost bar ( it is 8 feet long) in front of the windows and during the day I see them sitting on the roost bad in front of the windows looking out . But at night they they sleep on the roost bar but all crammed into one 3...

My 6 week Brahma .

The light one looks like this now at 6 weeks. And the dark chipmunk is the one on the right.

This is our first time raising chickens . We bought 7 day old chicks , they are now 5 1/2 weeks old . There is one EE who is extremely shy , she is the last to take a treat out of our hand and sometimes she won't even do that . Yesterday I had them outside for a while , then it was time to bring...

I have doing more research on crooked ( not curled) toes . Crooked toes are where the toes turn on their sides m curled are where the toes curl under . My chick has crooked toes . Below is a link to some info and causes of crooked toes in case anyone else is interested ...

It has vit B2 in it .