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Hello! I’m located in North Carolina, USA, and I am wanting to become NPIP certified. I just ordered chicks and they came with NPIP certification under the hatchery. When would I need to have a technician come out and certify my birds again?

Hi all! I was just wondering how long MG lives in the environment without a host. I culled all my birds back in November and have sanitized EVERYTHING. I now have baby chicks coming from Ideal, Meyer, and Cackle. I have even invested in a pair of rubber boots that I will ONLY wear at home...

Hello! I was wondering how to effectively breed lavender mottled bantam Cochins. I was thinking of starting with just black mottled and lavender stock but then I had another idea. Should I also include solid black with the lavender and black mottled stock? I’m new to genetics and would really...

I was given a cockerel and told he was a black Australorp. However, I have a couple black Australorp pullets and their legs are darker than the cockerel's. Can someone help determine what breed this cockerel is please?

Blue Ameraucana — unsure if cockerel or pullet. I'm going to go with cockerel since it does have one awkwardly long tail feather. Approximately 4 months old.

(I assure you the chick pictured is alive) I ordered the weekly rare chick assortment from Cackle Hatchery. I just picked up my chicks from the post office: 4 black Sumatras, 3 blue Sumatras, 4 Golden Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben, 3 Black Breasted Red Standard Phoenix, and then 4 of these...

Any clue as to whether this little Silkie is a pullet or cockerel? I assume it's around 4-5 months old but it's neither crowed nor laid an egg.

I have a young Ameraucana that is holding its head to the side. I just noticed this today! The bird can run and walk just like normal. I felt if it's crop and it doesn't feel like its ate anything. I have not introduced any new birds in over 2 months and I now have this one separated.

This little Jubilee Orpington chick I just bought has an issue with its eye. I can't tell where it's eye is because of this white/yellow film. Its eye is also swollen. It's other eye; however, is fine. Is it an injury or a disease? The chick is 2 weeks old and none of the other chicks I bought...

So, Jersey Giant or Black Australorp? 6 weeks old and from an all pullet assortment from Cackle Hatchery.

What breed is this little cockerel? My friend is selling him for $5 and says he came from a TSC bin labeled as a RIR. We know he's not a RIR (lol) so what is he?

I went to my coop this morning and found my Lavender Orp hen dead. There were signs of a struggle in the bedding of the coop. It looks like the other birds tossed up the bedding trying to escape. Other than that, there are a few blood spots on my coop door. The hen that was killed was on the...

It's been a week or so since I sent a 4-month-old Brahma pullet that suddenly died, in for a necropsy. The vet at the dept. of ag called me today and confirmed that she died of kidney issues and an infection: Mycoplasma gallisepticum So, my flock has been put under quarantine for 45 days and...

Sorry if the picture doesn't turn correctly. I just bought this chick along with some others that are definitely Silkies but I'm not sure on this one. Is it a mix?

I just noticed that part of my Sussex mix chick's beak has chipped or broken off. This chick is 2 weeks old and is in with 5 other chicks close to its age. Will it's beak grow back and what could've happened?

This has been an ongoing endeavor and I cannot find the cause of this. My roo and sometimes a few other members of my flock experience food and what appears to be water coming from their nostrils. Is this normal or what can I do to fix this?

I found an ad online listed for 6 Delaware hens. There's only one image depicting the birds for sale so could anyone confirm that the hens are in fact Delawares?

I just bought this girl this morning. Any clue what she is?

I have a few chicks that I really would like to know the breed of. These birds are from Cackle Hatchery and are 2 months old. The bird on the left is lighter in color and the ones on the right are darker.

I was just wondering if anyone could tell me exactly what breed these are. I'm about to meet a lady about bringing one home and she's also unsure of the breed. The woman I'm thinking about getting my roo from said she bought four birds from TSC as Black Australorps but they certainly don't look...