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I am new to chickens... I never really paid much attention to how my chickens crop feels til I was just randomly reading about chicken issues and learned that they should NOT feel squishy and balloon-like.... So I have a few chickens and one silkie who are a few months old. I also have 4 new...

Hi everyone. I have 4 baby silkies in a brooder. I hatched them myself in an incubator. They are 2 weeks old. They all doing well... or at least they seem to be... but I am concerned bc I have not had to refill their water at all. I have the "rent a coop" nipple waterer. Its sitting on a block...

I have a nurture 360. I have 6 eggs in it. 3 are starting to hatch..... I was filling the water reservoir and didn't realize I overfilled....so all the paper towels I lined the grate with are wet! What should I do???

Hello everyone! I am a new chicken owner...and I have found that I just love little silkies! Right now I only have one silkie, but i have 6 more incubating right now. I have 6 other easter egger chickens (one rooster) in the same coop/run. So far everyone is happy and getting along good. I am...