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Hi guys! So I've been taking care of this cute little baby emu who had splayed legs and couldn't walk, after banding him/her every night, it's finally walking and is doing pretty well! Which is crazy as I read there's no way they will ever walk. But my main question is, do you think this little...

Hi Friends I'm kind of stuck trying to figure out what is wrong with one of my chickens :( She has grown so pale, and thin, wont eat meal worms ( which is crazy) she doesn't have mites, although I treated the coop and all the hens to mite treatment and put DE all in the coop. she does have...

Hey Friends :) I'm thinking about modifying my little backyard chicken coop into a tractor coop and was looking for feedback/advice. :) 1. How often do you move it per month? 2. what are the benefits (besides not killing your grass) that comes from moving your coop? 3. is it worth the...

Hi fellow BYC peeps! I've been trying to find a good Hatchery where I can order chicks from, but I want to find one that has great service and really cares about their baby chicks and cares about how they will be shipped. which companies seem to care the most about the chicks welfare? I've...

I could be paranoid but Iv also never seen a chicken do this... Could it be that she ate to fast and has something stuck in her throat? Has anyone ever seen this behavior before?

I think we need to get him some chickens... that will totally change his mind!

Just Curious questions for when you first started, let makes this fun! :) What made you want to get chickens? How many chickens did you start with? (did you also start with hens, pullets or chicks) What breed did you first buy? Did you make or buy your first coop? How many...

this is my first winter and first time seeing these chickens molt, although its not their first winter since they are over a year old and are rescues :) I was out of town over the holidays and had my roommate taking care of the girls while i was away, and one of my most active chickens is...

my hens are finally started laying eggs, but one of them is laying a lot of double yolker eggs? theyre still small eggs since they've just started laying them, but i got 3 in one week. is this something i should be concerned about? could it be something im feeding them? or are they just extra...

sometimes when changing the nesting boxes ill see little roaches scatter and these bugs that look like flying queen ants. after realizing that there cant be that many queen ants in our coops, i was thinking maybe theyre termites? my coops are all made out of wood and chicken wire and are cute...

What's the best way to protect your flock from this out break and can my backyard chickens be at risk? How is it transmitted, And can all birds get it and spread it?

I recently took in 9 hens from a really rough rural area, the environment that they were living in was really rough and looked like their coop has never been cleaned and was completely covered in poop, every inch was covered... We have them in a 35"30 caged off area with a cover so no other wild...

I've been wanting to try the sand in my chicken coop but have read very mixed views on it, one being that it's great and helps the Oder control and it's very easy to clean. The other is that it's bad for the chickens crop, which I'm not quite sure I understand what that means, and would love...