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We have 50 Cornish x-rock chicks. This is our first time raising these. I also have 25 RIRs which we've raised in the past successfully. I'm using the same bedding for both and the x-rocks brooder box is plenty big enough for them but for some reason only the x-rocks are losing their feathers on...

I was about to post a similar question. I ordered 50 meat chickens and they should be arriving next week so I'm designing their coop. They will free range in a pasture during the day so I was thinking a simple coop. I had originally thought about a 4x12x8 coop with plenty of perching room since...

Hi everyone! I'm new to the site and pretty new to raising chickens. I am a mother of 2 (ages 12 and 8) and I grew up on a small farm in SC with various animals, including chickens but they were just free range/barn chickens. Last year at Easter we purchased a few chicks for our kids at...

I ordered some chicks from a hatchery and one has what appears to be an eye injury. She is 8 days old and her eye is swollen the size of a pea. Her top and bottom beak is not aligned. However she is eating, drinking, pooping and acting fine otherwise. My husband thinks her head was somehow...