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I found my polish hen in the grass yesterday afternoon with what is clearly a fox bite (we’ve seen it around, and it took another bird already) but she is alive. I brought her in, cleaned the bite and put antiseptic on it. I have been giving her water with electrolytes with a syringe, tried...

Hi all, I couldn’t help myself and brought home a couple of bantam chicks yesterday and could use help trying to determine what they might be. The last one has feathered feet. Thanks, as always!

Hello all, I have a 16-18 week old dark Brahma pullet who seems totally fine except for a droopy tail. She’s a heavy bird so not laying yet, and aside from a weird limp about all th ago no outward signs of any problems. She eats, drinks, poops, forages around with the rest of the flock, comes...

Hello all! I have a 4 month old brahma pullet that was not out and about with the others when I got home yesterday. I found her under a tree, and at first thought she was just napping but when she got up to come see me I noticed that she was hesitant to put weight on her right leg and her tail...

... between keeping a BLRW cockerel or a buff Brahma cockerel (because the Brahma is being mean to the Wyandotte) which would you keep? I have a small backyard flock, o my enough girls for 1. Both cockerels are the same age and the Brahma is not playing nice anymore with the Wyandotte. Both are...

I’ll startby saying up front that I live in Vermont, and the frizzle wasn’t a planned purchase- she came in a random assortment of bantams I picked up this spring. That said, I have a well insulated but unheated coop. Is there something I can do to make sure my little girl stays warm this...

Hello, I have a pair of buff brahmas and I’m 90% sure one is a female but the other has me stumped (or in denial). I have additional photos if needed.

Last night our neighbor called and said a fox wasn’t out roaming so I collected all of my birds, and as I was closing the door to the run one of the babies toes was caught. Today she will walk, but is limping, and it looks bruised. I tried to take a couple photos but she’s not super...

hello everyone! I’m raising a mixed flock, and because I’m also a chicken collector I have young chickens and older hens all together. I did read that trying to keep separate feed for each is crazy so right now everyone is eating the grower crumbles. I have oyster shell out for my girls that are...

Hello, me again :) A recent pic of my mystery chick, unsure of age but somewhere i. The 5-6 week range. Super curious, and very easily handled. When I pick her/him up s/he always settles down on to my hand like in the photos. I did think BLR Wyandotte, (still looks like a rose type comb) but...

I have a year old EE hen and she always tries to burrow under whichever hen is right next to her. Why? She’s the only one who does that.

I have 2, both 2 weeks old today. One has longer tail and more wing feathers than the other. Combs look the same. Is it possible that I ha e a male and female, or is one just a day or so behind?

I picked this one out if the misc rare breed bin at my local feed store, they are unidentified and unsexed. Any ideas?

I closed off an area of the run for my 5ish week old bantams to play outside during the day (our night temps are still hovering in the 40s so they still come back into the house at night) and they're in an area where my big girls can see them but not get to them. One of my hens, a wyandotte that...

I’m wondering if the brown one could be a roo or if maybe it’s was just older than the rest when I bought them. Also, still think frizzle? The yellow one seems to be the furthest behind in terms of feathering.

I apologize up front, I'm at work and am lacking specifics since my husband called and filled me in. Last Saturday I impulsively bought 4 bantam chicks at Tractor Supply. I raised 8 last year with no problems, but they were ordered through my local feed store- I don't know if this makes a...

This is one of my 4 "assorted bantams" from my visit to Tractor Supply this weekend... Its wing feathers are strange, is it maybe a frizzle? (Secretly hoping it is) If my photos are duplicated again, I'm sorry!

Hello all, I picked up 4 "assorted bantams" from Tractor Supply yesterday (on a whim, because they are cute, and they will be a nice addition to my flock) but have no idea what breeds they are. Any thoughts? The 2 yellow ones have feathered feet so I was thinking cohin? The black one has yellow...

Ok, so I'm still a chicken-noob. I think one of my hens is broody. I have a wyandotte and she's been in the nest box for most of the day today. I opened the lid to see what she was up to, and when I reached out to pet her she fluffed up her neck feathers and made a weird noise at me while trying...

Hello all, I posted my question as a response to an older thread a few days ago but with no reply from the OP since her bird was exhibiting similar symptoms. In short: 8 month old Golden Comet, still active, eating, drinking- not sure about laying though since all (we have 6) lay similar...