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Well we started a new flock after an Unfortunate mountain lion attack. These babies are 12 weeks old now. One Frizzle turned out to be male right away. He is absolutely gorgeous! He’s already been crowing for a month. Now I’m seeing that one of our silkies (the family favorite!) looks to be a...

My neighbor just got one week old lavender Orpingtons from a local breeder. One woke up sick today. It is weak and won’t eat or drink. Any ideas what she can do? IMG_1264.MOV

Ten days ago I was contacted by someone rehoming her flock. She told me of her super sweet polish (a breed I think is adorable) that had been bullied. The whole tail was gone and she had a few healing wounds on her bum. She wanted to separate her from the flock and rehome her with a sweeter...

This is our first time with a sick chicken. She is acting normal but I heard a wheezy cough/sneeze twice this morning. Should I pull her out ? That's going to upset her. It's been rainy and cold here. Im worried. What do I do? Help!

We started our (standard sized hen) flock last year and this year added 6 silkies. They are 3 months old and ADORABLE! The lame thing is that every night I have to go out there and crawl around gathering them out of the run to put in the coop. The run is secure and it isn't cold yet, but I just...

My speckled sussix just layed a white egg as I watched. (Which was neat to watch) She has only ever layed brown eggs. Is she sick??

On our way out today a duckling charged my car all lost and upset. We caught it and tried to find its mama. No luck. It isn't tiny. I'm feeding it water soaked chicken lay pellets, which I fear has too much calcium. The lady at our crappy local feed store told me to feed it hen scratch, which it...

My blue andelusion is dying out of nowhere. I just cleaned the coop yesterday and she was fine. Saw her this morning, fine. Now on death's door. No egg today. She is gaping and passing out. Barely has heartbeat. Cold pale crest. What do I do??? Have her under a heat light now. My kids are...

My hens have all started laying in the the coop and I am getting dirty eggs. They used to lay in the nesting boxes, and in a smaller brooder coop (both are super clean all the time). Now they are all laying right under the roosts!! Ugh. So I am washing the eggs in warmish water to clean off the...

I am taking in 2 hens from a neighbor that lives a mile away. Her hens are well and live so close. Do I really have to quarantine them first? I mean I plan on integrating them slowly and trying to make the additions as seemless as possible. And don't get me wrong, we would all cry our eyes out...

Is this 6 week old Buckeye a roo?? (above) And (below) this Blue Andelusion is 5 weeks and larger than his sibling. Plus the comb. Cockerel right?

I have 5 week old chicks. They have only been eating starter and occasionally worms. When should I start giving food scraps and such? Would they need grit too? My 2 hens get greens, veggies, scraps and chicken scratch daily in addition to their pellets. I adopted them so I have no idea when that...

We are new to chickens. Our one chick is two weeks old (three others are one week old). This chick started out the leader because she was older and more into her personality already. Now she seems to not be top bird. About 5 days ago she stared twitching. I have seen her flap into the side of...

TOTAL NEWBIE ALERT!!! We adopted two 3 year old hens that are sweet as can be about a month ago. A sudden heat wave has sent the sweetest of the two into the box and broody. Meanwhile, we have been hoping to add chicks to the flock as my son's class is hatching chicks in an incubator. Today is...