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So one of my australorps went broody a couple weeks before we were supposed to get our meat chicks in and I decide to try and foster them with her. We had them all out in a chicken tractor with one half covered from the weather and big mama was doing pretty well with all her babies. Then a few...

What should I be looking for to prevent other deaths in my flock? We have had three hens die in the last week with no prior symptoms and no visible cause of death. All three were just face planted in the coop or had fallen off the roost. Their ages ranged from 15 months to 2.5 years. I'm just...

I didn't count right when I put my hens in their coop tonight and so when I let my dogs out there was a hen sitting outside the coop. I didn't see her until two of my dogs had her. They had her pinned to the ground and there were feathers everywhere so I thought for sure she was a goner. I got...

I'm just planning ahead for this spring when I'm sure I will be unable to resist the chick fluffs at TSC. We currently have a flock of 33 standard sized hens who are all around a year old. We just recently lost our rooster and I am thinking of getting another one when we get some chicks. I'm...

I have a strange rooster situation. It's not an emergency, but I'm posting here because my rooms limping so this story kind of falls under the injury category. I had two roosters with my hens: Jacques and Carson. Jacques was the clear number one rooster and Carson didnt really challenge him at...

I've done a lot of reading tonight about genetics with regards to chicken colors, but I can't seem to find anything dealing with red or buff. For example, if I cross a black Cochin rooster with a red Cochin hen or a buff Cochin hen, what color chicks will that most likely provide? I just...

Hi everyone, I have a first time flock of 29 pullets and six cockerels between the ages of 14 and 17 weeks. I will be sending two of the roosters to freezer camp soon and rehoming one so ultimately I will have three Roos and 29 hens. I found a really nice trio of 1 year old Cochins locally and...

I got a Hatchery's Choice assortment of pullets and assumed that all of the yellow/white babies I had were amber links. Now that they are feathering out most of the way though I am wondering if this girl is something else. She is the only one with the brown spots. The rest are still white/cream...

This is one of my five-week-old Silver Laced Wyandottes. I bought an assorted pullet lot, but am wondering if this is a roo. The comb is more reddish than I expected for a five week old. The chick in the front is the one I am wondering about.

I got a pullet assortment from my local hatchery (townline) and am trying to figure out what breed my stripey chicks are. I know it might be too early to tell but everyone on this forum seems to have a great eye for breeds so maybe not! I have a few like this ^^... One light one ^^. This...

Hi! I'm very new to chickens so I apologize if this is a dumb question. I have 25 2.5 week old pullets that I got from our local hatchery... I love them and am really happy with the assortment we got. We're still trying to figure out the breeds but it seems like we have a mix of Amber Sex...

Hi! I am very new to chickens. My husband has had them in the past but this year is my first chicken experience! We just got 25 day old chicks as a pullet assortment from our local hatchery (Townline) two and a half weeks ago. I'm still trying to figure out what breeds we have... which is how I...