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Hello experts! My silkie lost all her black/purple pigment following a bacterial infection. Beginning December 2013, over a period of weeks, three of our hens developed bacterial infections. It hit one, then a week or so later another then another. Only one survived. Goldie...I was going...

Pullet is squirting out her poo every time is see her go. She has done this consistently for about a week. This is a photo. She is one of two Buff Orpingtons we bought as chicks in October. She has always been the smaller of the two. She is lethargic today and holding her tail down when...

Hello poultry experts! Please help me help my girls! Please look at my photos and tell me what you think. Photo #1 One pullet (5 months old) has had this for a few days...then today one of my older bantams (1-1/2 yrs) produced poo in photo #2. #1 Pullet is acts fine. #2 Older hen is...

Our flock: One 5 year old rooster (we have had him since he was a chick), 5 hens ages 1 to 3 yrs. Our rooster has never been aggressive. The past week he has zeroed on one hen and has been attacking her (not mating). The instant he sees her he goes straight for her. I have never seen this...

Hello experts! Mille is now 14 weeks. I posted photos a few weeks ago and most agreed she is a hen. However...Things are changing in the coop. Took photos this morning....Our rooster is beginning to harass her. I found her crouching, head in a corner, peeping after a episode this...

Hello experts Our three Cochin bantams are now 11 weeks old. I am hoping we have three pullets. Front left. This little one was the runt of the three we brought home. Pleeease let this one be a pullet! Front right....Pullet I hope? Gold one...Pullett I hope! Thank you! I await your...

They are approx. 12 weeks old now. The Belgian behaves like a rooster...The porcelain behaves like a hen and is much smaller than the Belgian. I am pretty sure the Belgian D'Uccle is a roo. Still unsure of the Porcelain. Thank you all for your help....Hope to get your opinions soon

I thought it would be fun to start a broody chicken thread.....Let the fun begin! Turn your sound on! Our little silkie bantam Goldie is broody and sounds like a parrot or exotic jungle bird. I have never had a hen make this sound! My husband believes she not really broody....she just...

Another weak moment....found myself driving home from Tractor Supply with three very tiny Bantams. Most likely fresh from a hatchery. Question....Room temp is 72. Do I need a heat lamp? P.S. all our other chickens arrived with feathers.....First time with little peeps

Our silkie hen was attacked by a raccoon two weeks ago...horrendious injury. Phyllis survived has been quarentined for two weeks, and is now well enough to go back into the coop. My question is this...Will we need to reintroduce her to her two sisters and one rooster? During the day Phyllis...

One week ago I agreed to raise 8 silkie chicks (they are now nine weeks old) until they are old enough to sex. I have never had silkies and this group insists on sleeping on the ground in a tight little ball of fluff (of course they are safe inside a run). Every night I put them up into a...

Thought I would post links to our videos on youtube . 1) Emma always laid her egg in the geranium pot. Never could train her to use the nesting boxes. Sweet Emma was killed by a predator March of this year...We do miss her and her antics...

May seem silly....Our Bantams chicks have just started laying eggs . Today I switched their food to layer feed from the medicated baby chick crumbles. I have thrown away the first eggs because of the medicated feed. How long do they need to be on the egg layer feed before I can eat the eggs...

My rooster was attacked by a predator Saturday. It reached through the wire on the side of the run and slashed him. I think he tried to attack it which gave the predator more chances to grab him. The same predator (I believe) pried the doors open on the coop a week ago and killed our two...

Can my 14 week old bantam (3) chicks stay in their hen house during 30 degree night time lows without a light or heat source? Their house is a small A-frame with an open front. It is open into a very secure run, so no predators can easily get them. I just put a light out in their coop to try...

My three 1-1/2 year old bantams have not produced an egg in two weeks. This is a first. The girls appear to be happy and healthy. In the past I would let them out of the coop early in the morning and they would free range all day and only return to the nesting box to lay an egg the back out...

After laying her egg today my Cochin Bantam became very excited and boisterous....She usually does this. At one point she squeaked. Now she makes a sound similar to whining when she inhales and exhales. Sounds similar to loud singing with a very nice vibrato. What could this be and is it...

I called a local feed store, Oxymycintin (unsure of correct spelling) was highly recomended over TSC. No Vet Rx to be found. Any thoughts?

Need suggestions on how to handle mosquitoes. We were lucky enough to receive 25+” (some say 30”) of rain from tropical storm Fay. Right on schedule we now have an enormous plaque of mosquitoes. I just checked on our little dears and they are in a cloud of mosquitoes. Located in central...

We rescued 3 bantam chicks when they were 3 weeks old. The bantams are now 4-1/2 months old. Now we would like to add 2 standard sized hens to the flock. Oh yes......We have 2 cockerels and only one hen. Would the bantams get along with standard sized hens or should we stick with bantams?