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We've been trying to figure out what Sassy is for months now. She/he was hatched by my daughter's ag class just before Easter and told they were bantams, so that's all we know. Poor little Sassy has taken a very, very long time to get big kid feathers. After being the ugly duckling in the flock...

I was directed here to all of you knowledgeable meat raisers! I had a dozen cornish cross that we raised for meat. When they were maybe 6 weeks old, the coop flipped from the wind (lesson learned, it was staked down better afterwards) and we lost 2. One was injured and walked with her leg out to...

Our cornish rock hen was injured about a month & a half ago when the wind blew our coop over. She spent a week or so not walking much, then began walking with her leg out straight beside her. About two weeks ago, I couldn't see any difference in her gate and thought she was better. We took the...

Newbie questions We are almost ready to move the chickens out of the tractor and into the coop we have been building. Right now it's a pretty simple building, we just got the floor in and are working on the door. My question is more for the purpose of figuring out where to put the feed and...

We had a terrible accident yesterday. The wind switched directions and caught the chicken train and rolled it over 2 or 3 times. The floor of the coop opened up and the chicks all were exposed to our three dogs. We lost six. Two of the other meat chicks have some superficial cuts and are...

I want to verify that I hand the correct breeds after hearing that some people were sold the wrong breeds at some major retailers. I believe the following pics to be 3 of the 4 Ameraucana pullets. Next are my two jersey giants, one roo and one pullet Golden laced Wyandotte, both supposed to...

Meet Baby, affectionately named by my nine year old. She's a rh red that came with some other reds and barred rocks that were given to us. She's always been slightly smaller than the others which I just figured meant she was a few days younger. She had a scab on the corner of her eye, assuming...

Hello! I'm new to BYC but I've raised chickens twice in the past. My family of 6 moved to a property with a few acres and are starting again with a new chicken flock. We've gotten baby chicks over the last several weeks and are working on getting them moved outside in the next couple of weeks...