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I have a chicken that I think has worms. Last night I brought her inside after finding her sleeping on the floor of the coop rather than roosting. She was so light when I picked her up and after examining her, she’s very skinny. She has been acting off for a while, but she had a very hard, late...

I have a 10 week chick that I’ve been treating with a hooked beak. I’ve been filing down the overgrown part every 3-4 days. I’ve included progress pictures of that helps at all, but I haven’t been successful in getting a good picture that shows the underside of the bill and how far the live part...

I put some hatching eggs under my broody hens this September - some of which were supposed to be blue egg layers - either full Ameraucana or Ameraucana x Legbar. Upon hatching, two chicks from the blue eggs hatch out with dark skin, feathered legs, and 5 toes. I contacted the breeder, she’s as...

I got a couple of chicks from a hoarding situation. They are silver-laced Wyandotte’s from McMurray hatchery, supposedly female and 8 weeks old. The feathering would indicate otherwise, I think. How old would you say these chicks are? There are three pictures of each chick.

Two lovely Schjindelaar cockerels for sale. Friendly and will eat from your hand. Located in Saratoga Springs, UT but willing to drive to neighboring counties. Both were hatched August 8 this year. Make me an offer.

I picked up two Schjindelaar chicks today. They hatched August 8, so as of writing this they are 11 weeks old. Any guess on cockerel or pullet?

Can someone please remind me if broody hens go on lockdown? I have my brooding area inside my coop, but blocked off so that the other hens will not bother the broodies. Since they are blocked off, I have been lifting them off their nests once a day so they can poop, eat, bathe, etc. I have only...

Ok, so this is my first time raising turkeys and I have two questions. 1. I have three poults (about two weeks old) in a brooder that is outside in a small but well built coop. It recently turned rainy and so the ambient temperature has dropped, though they still have a warm area they can go to...

At what point in time should I be concerned about a hen with a saggy abdomen? I have a 10 month EE who is currently laying like a champ and acts perfectly normal - active, curious, chatty, loves to forage, etc. I noticed that her abdomen is getting saggy and that she had some poop stuck to her...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Mosaic/Wyandotte cross, 8 months old. She is a stout bird, but has always been. I would guess about 7 lbs. Her weight has not changed so far as I can tell. 2) What is the behavior, exactly...

A lady on my local FB chicken page said that chicks born in the fall will molt in the spring every year. I had never heard or read that before, but I’m relatively new to chickens and certainly don’t know everything even though I read a lot about them. I do have a couple of fall chicks, so while...

My husband is job hunting and has interviewed with a great company about 2 hours to the south of where we currently live. I would not be crossing state lines if we did move, and I’ve been researching chicken ordinances in the various towns we are looking into housing-wise. Obviously I prefer the...

I’m wanting to get 2-3 turkey poults next year. I routinely get a couple of chicken hens that will go broody each spring. I still need to check my county extension office to find out if blackhead is an issue around here, but could I use a broody chicken to graft the poults onto and save myself...

I have two 6-7 week (not sure exactly when they hatched) chicks. They were in a bin labeled “Assorted Rare Breeds” and I initially thought they were Buff Orps. The experts here on BYC helped me clear up my confusion over their darker feathers and ID’d them as red sex links. Since the store also...

I have a couple of red sex linked chicks, most likely ISA Browns, that I picked up at a farm store because they were the youngest chicks there and I needed a companion for a single chick that I hatched. They were also in a bin of “Assorted Rare Breeds” and I initially thought the were Buff Orps...

I’ve noticed that my 5-toed feather-legged chicken breeds (Sultans and Faverolles) tend to have longer nails than the rest of my chickens, but not sure if that’s because the feathers inhibit their ability to scratch on the ground or if the 5 toes, which are more spindly than their 4-toed...

Had a poor hatch with only one surviving chick, so I got a couple of chicks for company. These two came from the “Assorted Rare Breeds” bin and I am guessing Buff Orpington. Does that seem accurate?

First time hatching eggs and would love your help knowing if these are viable. I have several light shelled eggs I could see quite clearly into, and saw veining and movement. I have one blue shelled egg (first two pictures) and one darker brown egg (last picture) that I can’t quite tell. I’ve...

I have a broody hen who has been sitting on eggs for a week now. When I got her off the nest to eat, drink, etc. I noticed a funny smell (not bad per se, just unknown) and counted the eggs. One was missing, and there was egg goop on some of the other eggs. I found part of a shell, and some...

I have a broody hen and was planning to put eggs under her today. My cockerel, who hasn’t yet been successful in convincing any of my hens to squat for him (my pullets aren’t laying yet), chased her around this morning when I got the broody up off her nest to stretch her legs/dust bathe/eat etc...