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I have a 1.5 month old chick and I can't tell if this one is a boy or a girl. I can clearly tell with the other two chicks - all three are mixed breeds. This particular chick is half Australorp. I'm leaning toward it being a girl. Despite the larger comb and wattles, this chick has rounder...

Hi everyone! I think the jury is still out on "Bean," my orange chick. The chicks hatched on May 12, 2015. Despite the larger comb, Bean still looks like more of a girl to me and has round features. Bean still isn't any bigger than "Cocoa" and does not appear to be growing any hackle/saddle...

I'm not sure about the parents. The father is a mutt and the mother(s) are my EE hens. They both hatched out of blue eggs. Daddy is pictured below.

I have two crossbreed chicks and I'm trying to figure out if the orange one is a he or a she. I'm 100% certain that the darker chick is a pullet. However, they are both the same age (they hatched on May 12th) but the orange chick has a larger comb and wattles. I've had roos in the past and it...

I picked up 12 baby chicks from the feed store today. All the babies seemed fine when I brought them home but I just checked on them and one of my red sexlinks was stuck on her back and cheeping loudly. She seems very weak and lethargic. I have a Brinsea Ecoglow brooder and all of my other...

Just read your post. I have a Buff Orpington hen named Amanda who DEMANDS to be held. We know when she wants to be picked up because she will come over and peck you to get your attention. If you do not pay attention to her or pick her up, she will then bite you. At first we thought this behavior...

Hi everyone, I truly appreciate all the advice you shared with me. Unfortunately poor Olive passed away yesterday. I will never again keep turkeys and chickens together (even if they were raised together.) I know that they are animals, but I feel absolutely horrible. I had raised Olive from a...

Thank you all so very, very much! I feel horrible for poor little Olive. I hate seeing her suffer. She's such a sweetie.

I have an EE hen named Olive who was attacked by one of my turkeys last night. I brought her inside, stopped the bleeding and did my best to clean the wound. She has a hole in her neck and it seems like she's missing the skin over her scalp. I've put Neosporin on the wound to keep it from...

I brought in a egg from my coop this morning and cracked it open for my breakfast. It was from one of my easter egger hens and there was some weird debris attached to the yolk. It was green and looked hard/lumpy. The egg itself was green and I wondered if it was a calcium deposit of some kind...

Hi, I have two silkies and I am uncertain of the gender. They are two months old today (Hatched on St. Patricks day!) Any help in figuring out whether I have boys or girls would be greatly appreciated! White silkie chick Black silkie chick

I love your cake!!!! What did you use to shape the head and tail?

I have a 4 month old pullet that I think might be severely constipated. The poor girls strains and cries, but not much comes out. Her bottom looks so sore! I've given her a number of epsom salt baths to help keep her bottom clean and it hasn't helped. A website suggested feeding yogurt for...

I wanted to try having only 2 sides touching the ground so that they would act as skids. I'm planning to add chicken wire around all four sides so that predators can't get underneath.

I currently have someone helping me move it. I could drag it by myself, but it is easier with two people.