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It's my father in law's chicken. What's going on? Should we cull her to put her out of her misery?

I'm very proud to announce that after seven weeks of waiting patiently with my new flock, I've got my first egg! The even cooler part is, I think it came from one of my mixed red pullets-- her first egg ever! :D It's a lovely light brown, hard shell, normal "medium" egg shape... A great first...

I've told the story of Big Papa, the rooster with the thick mouth drainage and runny, sometimes bubbly eyes. The drainage was stinky and his eyes were often crusted over. I treated him with VetRX and ACV and he seemed as good as new for a week, then took a sudden downturn and stayed fluffed up...

I was given two buff Orpington hens today to add to my lovely flock (yay!!), but it seems the rooster roughed one of my girls up a bit yesterday before she came to me. :( I'm only guessing it was her rooster because of the nature/placement of the injuries. I don't have this problem with my...

Don't crucify me! Saturday night a friend offered me four seven and eight week old BO pullets. I asked him (he's what I consider a chicken guru) if the babies could eat laying mash (crumbles) until this weekend and he said it wouldn't harm them. This morning, I found a dead chick who's seemed...

These are my two red girls I got at an auction. I didn't realize how many red breeds there are out there, and I've just assumed they're Rhode islands... But one is significantly lighter, and the other (older) hen has a dark tail! Just curious to see what everyone thinks! Go easy on me, I'm...

I'm wondering, will new chickens take time to adjust to new surroundings before laying? We've had unseasonably warm weather lately, so I hoped for at least one egg. I might sound silly, but I'm new at this :/ it's been almost a week, and they all still insist on sleeping on the ground at...

I've used this site as a valuable resource! My new Dominicker was on death's door when I got him at auction last week and thanks to the advice of you fine folks he's now doing great! Each day for the past week I've seen him sitting stationary, eyes crusted over, mucous coming from his mouth...