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So I went to go feed my chickens a couple of days ago when I noticed a guinea running up and down the opposite side of my chicken coop. I decided to get my brother to help me catch it and I made it a pen to stay in until I figure out what to do with it. I plan on trying to find the owner, but if...

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Could anyone help me identify the breeds of my roosters? I got them from Craigslist as 2 day old chicks just like my hens, but I didn't bother asking the breed. (I also only wanted one, but apparently there was a mistake when he sexed them.) Rooster #1 Rooster #2 (Sorry for the bad...

I first got these hens as two day old chicks on craigslist and at the time all I was concerned about was getting laying hens, so I didn't bother to ask about the breed, just if they were good layers. If anyone could help me figure out what breeds they are, I would be very appreciative. Hen #1...

For anyone who is curious, I ended up leaving the stitches in because when I went to remove them, I couldn't find the stitches anymore. I also could not even figure out which chick it was as the stitches were my only identifier. All of those chicks are doing great, so I guess it's ok that I left...

Last week, I had some chicks hatch and two of them were born with a hole in their stomach, so I decided to grab Neosporin, a needle, and some regular sewing thread and attempt to stitch them up. This week, I had to put one down the next day because the stitches burst and I didn't find out...

The story behind this question is that I had some eggs incubating and some of them hatched yesterday, but two of the chicks had a hole in the stomach with their guts starting to poke out. I decided to stitch them up and apply Neosporin and they both seemed ok last night. This morning, one of...

I just chipped some of the shell away in between the two holes and then decided to touch the chick. It felt stiff and not very warm The hatched chick seems very excited though. I hope its a hen

I had a clutch of eggs that I was letting my broody hen hatch, but she ended up leaving a lot of them behind because it was a staggered hatch, so I made a makeshift incubator out of a Styrofoam cooler to allow them to finish since the latest one was scheduled to hatch was a few days. Two days...

If I waited and she left the nest for the chicks, then I took the chicks away... would she decide to lay on the eggs again? I'm sorry if I sound a little stupid, but I am very paranoid about these things :)

I have 5 hens and 2 roosters. I have the 2 roosters pinned up in the coop, separately. One day I came back to find out that one of my hens had somehow managed to get inside one of the rooster pins. Since I already had a hen that has been broody for a while i decided to let the other hen stay...

Okay well I guess I will have to see how it goes then. Thank you for your help.

The only problem is that I already put the eggs under her, one every day. The first one is eight days old and the newest is one day old. There are five eggs total, so should I take the chicks away and put them in a brooder when they hatch? Sorry, I'm new to hatching eggs.

I have a hen and a roosted that I am breeding, so I am getting one, hopefully, fertilized egg a day. I have another hen that happened to be broody, so I gave the fertilized eggs to her, but since I am getting one a day that means that their hatch dates will be different, so I was wondering what...