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I have a couple egg eaters that I'm trying to curb their bad behavior. However, this morning I went to collect eggs and there were maggots swimming in one. :-( I collect eggs every day, but had been out of town yesterday. How do I kill any leftover maggots so they don't cause even more problems?

i have a chick I brought home from the store I work at in an attempt to figure out what is going on with it. It stumbles around while walking and is slow to get up or react. When it is placed in front of the waterer it kind of dives in with its head but not in the straightest path. Almost...

My Sicilian buttercup laid her first egg today in the middle of my run. While trying to recover her egg I noticed she was losing yolk out her vent every so often. Is this cause for concern? What should I do?

I installed 3 nest boxes and at least one of my pullets, but suspect maybe a few are starting to lay. It's always on the floor under the same nest box. :-(. How can I encourage them laying in the boxes I provided. I know at least one is being "checked out" because the shavings are being moved...

My first layer laid eggs for 4 days straight. The first two days were very small, the third larger, and the fourth small again. Now she hasn't laid for 2 days. Is this normal? I asked another person with chickens and he thought maybe I had more than one laying, because they normally don't...

Wanting to add to our flock, but with birds my son can take to shows and match up to the standard of perfection. Anyone know of any good breeders near Nebraska/Iowa?

All my girls are from hatcheries, however for 4-H we need to start getting show quality birds. We love ours and will keep them (we are quite attached), but I need chickens that are closer to the guidelines they judge off of for 4-H or any other shows. I, however, don't know how to find...

My oldest gals are getting to be close to 15 weeks, so I've started to consider how to make or which ones to buy. I have 10 girls, so was thinking about 3 boxes. Have ideas or pictures of items you've used to make nesting boxes? Bought some you absolutely love and don't mind telling me about...

We have on accident gotten a rooster. I knew it was a chance as they can't be 100% saying they are all pullets. It's on of my Sicilian Buttercups, so I think he will be beautiful. The reason we started looking into getting chickens (This is our first chickens, if it's not obvious) was that...

I moved my girls out to their coop (small shed) with attached enclosed run about a week ago. They don't go back in the the coop at night and huddle in the corner on top of each other at night. These are my first birds. What has been successful for you to get your girls to come in at night and...

I went to check on our chickens and they were all piled on each other in a corner, some "crying". One was on the bottom just sitting there letting them all be on her. I got them in the coop hoping that would help, but they are still doing it in the corner of the coop. Am I freaking over...

We just put our chickens in their coop (shed) 3 days ago. Is it natural for them to not g int the run. A few will pop their head out, but if they actually go out it's only for a foot or so and back n.

How large of nesting boxes do I need? I have 4 RIR, 2 Black Sex Links, 2 Barred Plymouth Rocks, and 2 Sicilian Buttercups (which one I suspect is a he and not a she, lol)

These are my two Sicilian Buttercups. They were suppose to both be girls, but wondering if a roo snuck through. These are my favorite chicks, so if one is a roo I will still keep him/her. What has my suspicion up is their comb size. They are the same age and one has a pretty good sized comb...

I have a couple chickens who seem to have chosen their favorite spot either on my feeder or waterer. How can I discourage this so I don't have to worry about their poop contaminating the food and water?

I have 10 chickens who I need to buy/build a new home for. My husband isn't thrilled with spending tons of money so I need it to be a nice home for my girls (4 RIR, 2 black sex links, 2 Sicilian Buttercup, 2 Plymouth Barred Rock) without costing a small fortune. Any ideas are welcome. They...

I bought these girls all together straight out of the shipping box at Bomgaars. One looks different though. Is she maybe older or is she not a she?? If there is a RIR in the pic, please ignore. They are all together in my brooder. All the others are more black than this one.

My black Sex Links that are 5 weeks old appear oily. Is this normal?

hi, my name is Amy and I am new to chickens. We got interested through my oldest son being in Clover Kids (4H). Chickens is a project they can do and so we started researching. We have an old shed in our backyard my husband is going to fix up for our chickens with the help of a friend that is...