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So I bought 5 6 wk old pullets from a hatchery and I’ve been noticing that one of the EE lays back on her legs all the time. She gets up and runs around and jumps up on the roost and looks fine otherwise, but as soon as she stops moving she she lays down and her legs are like kinda out in front...

hello everyone and happy Saturday! I have been googling this question, but with no luck. I recently bought 5-6 wk old pullets (so they are about 8 wks now) and I was curious if and when I should worm them, and which wormer to use? I have wazine, safeguard and valbazen. TIA! Heather

Hello everyone! So we have 2 buff Orpingtons that are 1 year old this week. They have been laying 2-3 eggs everyday and suddenly on Wednesday we found them both in the same nesting box acting broody, but when we got them out there were no eggs. We’ve noticed some feathers in the coop and some...

I just don’t know what in the world is going on with my chickens. I just lost my 4th one today, my rooster. So here is my story... I bought 4 buff Orpington from mypetchicken.com and I bought 4 lavender Ameraucanas from a local guy (they are about 5 weeks older than my Orpington). It started...

Hi everyone, I bought these Lavenders about 6 weeks ago, and I am pretty sure they were 5 weeks at the time. Making them roughly 11 weeks. The seller said he was 100% sure they were all females, but I'm still questioning this 1 bird (the one with the darker comb). Tell me what you think. There...

Hey everyone! So we recently bought these lavender americaunas at 5 weeks, they are 6 weeks now. The guy we bought them from showed us these birds vs one of the same age that is a roo and guaranteed us 100% that these are female. Well I noticed that the one on the right has a much darker comb...

i was wondering... has anyone ever placed their coup by their FP chimney for added warmth in the winter? Would that be too warm?

Help please! We started with 6 chickens, we lost 2, and another one is sick! So it started in the beginning of October. We had a hen that has had an on and off eye infection that just wouldn't go away. We took her to the vet who said it wasn't anything contagious, and gave us eye drops. She...

Hi Everyone, I am new to keeping chickens (just a few months now). We just lost one of our EE, Heidi, yesterday. It started a few weeks ago when we noticed she had a rattle and a watery, bubbly eye. At the advice of individuals on this site, we gave her Tylan orally. She seemed to get better...