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Cats are snoopy, troublesome pets. That's why we love them so much! Cats are great rodent catchers, and can get rid of your mouse problem very quickly in the coop. What else can they do that's helpful to the coop? Find gaps and holes! How to do it: Having your chickens inside is optional...

My kitchen scale is broken, I had used it to weigh my chickens a while back and well.. they freaked out and broke it :hmm I have never tried to use bantam eggs in recipes, my first thought was just to weigh them and compare... but yeah, scale won't read anything. So as the title says, how many...

This year has not been a nice year for my chickens or property. From decaying wood to predation, I do not have a safe winter home for my birds. I found a farrowing house for hogs on a property a mile from me that was left unused for a decade. I power washed it out and got it all ready for...

Long story short, last week a raccoon killed my flock of bantams. Two survivors were injured. The one I'm calling Glory for right now had her head chomped on. Her whole face was a grotesque, mauled mass of blood and meat. Her beak was off center and her tongue hung out. I've done everything I...

My Isa is my baby. It was a shock to go outside today and find her unable to stand, last night at about 11pm she was perfectly fine. I found no injuries, but she sometimes squeezes her eyes shut like she's in pain. She keeps her legs tucked underneath of her. If I make her stand normally, she...

Long time no see, BYC! I'm going to make this post short and sweet lol. What should I treat first? Worms or coccidia? We had devastating flooding, it brought in a bunch of crap. I noticed some thinner chickens today and thought I should treat them to be safe. I have corid(liquid) and...

I think it's an opossum, but I'm not 100% sure. These tracks are circling my chicken coop and came from the creek, which is where it returned. I had 1 person say raccoon and 1 say opossum, I'm leaning towards opossum but still making sure.

Long time no see, BYC! I'm having an awful situation, one of my favorite hens I believe is terribly egg bound. I have no experience in egg binding, the only hen that had it died without symptoms last year. Its been so cold I try to keep the door shut, so I race in, feed/water, race out. Which...

I've always known that owning animals is responsiblity, going on vacation is nearly impossible. And I've fully accepted that. Unfortunately, my uncle, the only uncle I have left, is dying. He lives down in Lousiana, and me in Nebraska. He's got no one down there with him, he lives alone and in...

I was at work and my dad went and got cat dewormer, him and mom didn't read the label and gave the cat the medicine ORALLY. It says on the label NOT FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION!! Google was no help! The vet is closed! What do I do?? The medicine is called Centragard.

A friend of mine breeds chickens, she was just about to start breeding Polish and was very excited, until her only Polish Rooster dropped dead. Now she can't find anyone who has what she needs. My Solid white Polish is too handicapped to breed. She needs either a White crested black or a solid...

I live in the Northeast corner of Nebraska. North of Norfolk. I am mostly selling parts of my Rooster Flocks and a couple hens. Please feel free to ask questions! I will gladly answer. According to BYC rules, I cannot list chickens I have ads for elsewhere. So if you are interested in seeing...

I have gone back and forth on this chicken since it hatched. It was my "comfort/support pullet" for my 12 chicks that were surprises in a hidden nest. (S)he acted very motherly at just 2 months old. (S)he would huddle with the newly hatched and show them how to eat/drink. (S)he always had a...

The father is either a Frizzle Cochin or a Danver x Cochin, which both are crestless. The mom is a White Crested Blue Polish. The chick has regular Polish chick colors, but NO crest at all. I don't mind this, but could that mean it still has a thin/hole in skull where the crest SHOULD be? Or is...

I discovered a surprise nest about two weeks ago that appeared to be a week away from hatching, well, they didn't so I threw all eggs out, no living babies. That's okay, I didn't need to be raising chicks during winter anyways. Except... I come outside today and this is running around the...

Im downsizing my flock for winter and then repopulating next year. I love Roosters, and normally I have no issue, but my Rooster flocks are plump full, I've got 3 entire flocks of them! I'm running out of housing room for roosters (and NO I'll never kill them, they deserve to live too!) My...

I'm on the fence. This is a Lavender Orphington that hatched on March 3rd. I've went back in forth, it's comb was always on the medium size. It matched my pullets up until maybe the last week or so. It's comb turned pinker than it has been and it's tail kinda sits up a little higher now. It's...

So there's an upcoming exotics and poultry auction, I decided to sell a bunch of my less lovable birds on it (Egg eaters and jerks). I will not buy adult birds, but I spotted they'll be selling hatching eggs, and by the looks of it, a LOT of hatching eggs!! I know there are a few diseases...

I'm having problems with random deaths all this summer, just peek at my previous threads. I haven't had a death in several weeks now. Unfortunately mostly hens perished and my hen to roo ratio is out of whack by a huge number. I really do not want to take out roosters as they work together...

This is simply a curious question. This summer it's been super hot, 105° even after the sun is down, yet we've gotten lots of rain (thankfully). I have noticed, that the day AFTER it rains, my chickens don't drink anything. There's no puddles in their run so I know they aren't drinking off...