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I have a mystery on my hands and I'm hoping the collective knowledge of the BYC community can help! I'll try to provide as much pertinent info as possible without going overboard... Background: We have been backyard flock keepers for the better part of 10 years. We are on our third flock and...

Alright Ya'll, I invested in 8 Americauna chicks about 3 months ago. All were supposed to hens BUT... i got one rooster. So, I am weighing my options. So far, he is crowing and has barely started to grow his spurs. My main question is when will he be able to start fertilizing eggs?? this is...

Hi All, i have had 3 episodes of eggbound hens in the last 3 months. I know this condition happens, but that seems FAR too frequent to me. So far, each episode has ended happily with the poor girl passing the egg the next day. I have studied up on how to treat an eggbound chicken - so, I'm not...

So i want to start raising quail but not sure how to go about it. have had chickens for some time now and am wondering what the differneces are. ive been told that quail dont free-range and that they must be kept in their cages. so, what do the cages look like? how many can stick in there and...

i have a 4 1/2 month old pullet. not sure what bread it is but im starting to think its something in the bantam group because she is still so tiny. anywho, she has got some boogers and sneezes quit a bit. i'll be going to the feed store later today to stock and need to know what to look for...

I have a 2-3 year old Araucana hen who isnt doing too well. symptoms: loss of balance difficulty walking does not keep wings tight to body eyes not fully open mouth does not fully close diffculty drinking, water dribbles a bit, but she can swallow and has been drinking, no eating yet...

Hello all, On Sunday I picked up 5 hens about a year and half old. I recently built a new coop and they are settling in nicely. My goal is to keep the girls free range as they were at their last home. But, I've been told that I need to keep them in their coop until the understand that it is...