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I know silkies are hard to sex but if my buff cochin roo is mounting one of them already, is it safe to say that that silkie is a hen or is it normal for a roo to mount a boy?

I just bought a new goat. She is supposed to be pregnant but I am having serious doubts and the previous owner is swearing she is. She said she could see and feel the baby moving in her. But when i go to rub her big ol tummy, it feels hollow to me like maybe she is just big. How exactly can I...

My lil frizzle I noticed today has a bloody rear end. I noticed for the past week it has been slowly losing its feathers on its butt and now today its (anus?) is kind of bulged out and bloody looking. She is also shaking really badly and crying a lot. What do i do?

I went on Craigslist and found a person selling and wanting to trade some chicks. I ended up bring home 5 lil ones. 2 blue silkies, 1 splash silkie, and 2 splash frizzle cochins. When I went to pick them up, I noticed the cages they were in were really really crowded. They didn't look very dirty...

My Favorite Animal Our teacher asked what my favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken." She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, because everyone else laughed. My parents told me to always tell the truth. I did. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad...

My 4 month old BR's sure are getting big fast. I ordered 9 girls but turned out to get 4 boys in the mix. Well the boys are starting to show their age but, Ive been noticing one roo/cock being a lil aggressive towards the girls. I figured it would just be boys against boys to figure out who the...

I bought 6 baby chicks a couple weeks ago. I was giving them some outside time separated from my older chickens to get used to each other like suggested. I was inside doing something when I heard really loud chirping like it was in the house with me. It turned out my dog had decided to dig under...

I have 9 12 week old BR's. A couple weeks ago I bought 6 lil one week old babys of all breeds. Yesterday my STUPID DOG dug into the run during their play time while I was inside dealing with kids and killed 5 of them. Now I just have one lil chickadee, all alone. I have her inside now, no more...

So I just started letting my Youngins free range for a couple hours in the evening. I also have dogs which stay inside during this time. But as I was watching the chickens explore, I started wondering to myself, Gee, I hope they dont get near any dog poop. And what about the dogs getting into...

I have 9 BR's, 8 weeks old, 3-4 are roo's. Went to the feed store yesterday and couldn't help myself, I ended up bringing home 6 babies. They are about a week old. Store didn't know the breeds so I got one of each diff looking one. 2 are supposed to be pullets, the rest are straight run. When...

The chickens are now 2 months old and almost have no signs of the baby down except for maybe a small amount under their butts. They fly all over the place in the run and I'm needing to clip them soon since one side of the run has no covering, otherwise they'll end up in my neighbors yard and a...

So yesterday morning about 6am, my hubby gets up to go open the coop doors for me. He comes back in, goes to the bathroom, and I'm still laying in bed "trying" to wake myself up. I suddenly heard a noise. To me it sounded like this outdoor neighborhood cat we have. Very scratchy moany type of...

So upon finding out I have roo's, I've been trying to figure out what to do with them. I have total 9 BR's. 3,maybe 4boys. I have 3 coops in a large run that's in a very spacious fenced in yard. When they get big enough(they are 8 weeks now), I was thinking of trying to let a couple free range...

These guys/gals are about to hit their 3 month mark next month and so now Im wondering a few things. I have 3 maybe 4 roo's and just want to double check. If these guys are all roo's, when should I separate them? And could I divvy them up like, 1 roo and 2 hens in one run type of thing? What age...

So I go out to the coop/run today to do some visiting and a bit of cleaning. I gave the gals and guys some snacks and then headed to my nifty lil plastic wal-mart poop scoopin rake(I love that thing). If you guys are as picky as i am about cleaning then you have a certain way you like things...

My hubby asked me a very good question the other day. It turned out that in our grp of 9 hens, we may have about 3-4 roosters. The question(s) would be, if a rooster is around and he mates, can we still eat those eggs or do we need to be separating egg layers and possible brooders? And since...

All of the top of my chicken run is made of chicken wire. I need a permit to build a full roof out here in Colorado and do NOT want to deal with that. But everyday I look out the window, there are sparrows going nuts in the run eating scraps because they are so small they fit right though the...

My 9 barred Rock hens are 4 weeks old and a couple of them having me scratching my head. Their combs are big compared to others and they are BRIGHT red, feet are huge and have WAY more adult feathers and are much bigger. Also today, it looked as though one, that was chilling out on my foot, was...

Ok, so I'm out in the run and sat down in a lil chair next to one of the coops and did my usual chick watching for a bit. Our one girl that always has liked being held came up to me and hopped on my foot, laid down, and started falling asleep. I just sat and watched and "oooo'd" and "awwww'd" in...