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I have multiple hens and one rooster, all hatched on the same day and now 4 1/2 years old. In the last 6 months, the roosters feathers around his beautiful ruff have changed from a vivid copper to white, as has his feathers on his head. Now I have his black Copper Maran hens showing white...

My husband just went out and found my 2 year old hen lying in a dust depression she made, dead but no rigor. There were no marks on her and she looked perfectly healthy when she went outside. I’m so sorry for losing her. Has anyone ever had this happen or does anyone know what this could be...

I have 2 hens who live together, separately from the rest of the flock, as they were being picked on savagely by another hen. When I moved them, one started to regain all of her feathers but Wendy, my Gold Lace Wyandotte, looks far worse than just originally losing her tail feathers to the...

I just went out to my run and found one of my hens just standing there, looking confused and staring off in the distance. I picked her up and put her outside, then she just stood in front of me and started falling asleep. She has not moved except to stand up with her eyelids closing. She has...

My broody hen hatched 4 live Keets and 1 stillborn that we removed. Because of some behavior issues, we had to move other eggs over to her, which she is happily sitting on. My concern is the first chicks hatched 2 days ago and are already gaining some size. What happens to any that come out...

Question re: guinea keets and raising them with a broody hen: I have a flock of only 4 guineas due to woefully inadequate planning last year. I also have 3 males with only one female. The female has laid 2 eggs and left them on the floor of their coop but she has shown no signs of wanting to...

I found all 4 of my guinea fowl have scaly leg mites (from appearance, not because I see anything crawling). I had this with the hen who raised them and now, 6 months later, the guineas are showing up with the same. I have sent for Elector PSP for them and their coop but I'm really not sure if...

I have 2 barred rocks, who were always downy underneath on their stomachs. When I went out with them today, I noticed one had no down or feathers in a large area, it is also red. She seems to feel perfectly fine otherwise. When I finally caught her, I rubbed the area and it doesn’t feel hot...

I have a Black Copper Marans hen who is now 7 1/2 months old. She is a healthy gal and has always been real positive and stress-free. When she laid her first few eggs at 20 weeks, they were soft-shelled and one seemed to have no shell at all. This resolved within that first week. Now, in the...

I have 4 guinea hens I received when they were around 3-4 weeks old. The 4 grew up together but, of course, one was always a little at the bottom of the pecking order; that said, no one was really pecking or bothering each other at that time. Much to my surprise, I ended up with 3 roosters and...

I came out this morning and noticed my large Black Copper Marans rooster, who was acting fine the night before, had a hen chasing him around who was pecking at the base of his tail. When I separated him, he has a large number of tail feathers broken off with active bleeding. I read through old...

I just found my hen hanging from a hook on one of those seed cake holders they jump at. I don’t know how long she was there but I pulled the hook out and brought her inside, she looked like she would die any second. I have her wrapped against me, I tried to give her water but she wouldn’t and...

I am trying to introduce my hand-raised chicks into a new coop with a hen and her chick at the same time. The chick is submissive so he isn’t an issue. When I brought 2 of my other chicks into the coop, the hen pinned down the most submissive one and brutally attacked her. I got the hen off but...

I am trying to introduce my hand-raised chicks into a new coop with a hen and her chick at the same time. The chick is submissive so he isn’t an issue. When I brought 2 of my other chicks into the coop, the hen pinned down the most submissive one and brutally attacked her. I got the hen off...

Through a lot of research on this site, I think I finally have a workable feeding plan for my mixed flock of chickens and guineas. I'm hoping someone who is more knowledgeable can confirm this is good for them! I have 18 7-week-old chicks (mixed breeds), 1 adult hen of unknown heritage, and 4...

I took a “family” of 1 chick and 4 guinea keets, as well as the hen momma raising them. They had been with an Amish boy who let them all run around together in a barn. Rough guess is they are all now about 4 weeks old (minus Mom of course). She takes beautiful care of them and they all seem...

i am getting 4 guinea keets 2 days from now, unexpected. I am also getting a chicken “mom” who has raised them for their 3 weeks of life. The young man who had them said they have been in a barn with mom since hatch and they have already started scratching around outside with her. I also have...

I am having a problem with sudden-onset constipation in my 11-day-old chick. I can usually squeeze the vent lightly and it comes out but his vent is swollen and he cries every time he starts going. I have read molasses gives them diarrhea OR it should be used to stop diarrhea- they can’t both...

Does anyone know where I can obtain pictures of the different breeds of chicks I have, at multiple stages? I am finding 1-day-old chick pictures and adult pictures, nothing in-between. I'm trying to figure out who is who as they grow since I seem to have ordered multiple breeds that look so...