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    Sold as Silkies, definitely NOT silkies. What are these feather footed fuzzballs?

    Our local feed store advertised they had silkes in, and of course i needed to add a couple more silkies to my already existing flock of 60+ I have a wide assortment of birds ranging from bantys to large fowl. I already have a few silkies but wanted more, ya know, cz chicken math. 🙄 I wasn't...
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    5 day old chicks primary wing feathers curled out and up. Angel wing or something else?

    Ok hear me out, I've read so many times that only waterfowl get angel wings, but I would almost disagree. Any other explanation for this babies wings to curl up and out only on her primary wing feathers. And a large gap between her primary and secondary? The secondary lays flat. She or he is a...
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    Day 23, last egg still alive but hasn't pipped internally. Any advice?

    Hey guys, looking for advice. I set 23 eggs on December 28th. Today is day 23, 18 eggs hatched between day 21 & 22, I candled the remaining 5 for signs of life and sadly lost 4 after lockdown BUT...I still have 1 remaining olive egger that is clinging on, It was very hard to see, but I...
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    Real life Easter egg hunt...where are they laying?

    We have a mixed flock of 9 laying hens, 5 of which we recently added to the flock. Before that our 4 hens laid fairly well, and we'd collect at least 3 eggs a day. But now, we have 9 hens all laying age and yes they have all laid, just not for me. I can tell a few of the new ones are laying...
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    DESPERATE for ANY help. Infection, pin feathers, vent, doing everything I can to keep her with us.

    So we have several chickens and they all stay in the coop and attached run... With the exception of Free range Frida. She is an 11 month old Andalusion hen. She somehow manages to escape the run several times a day since we've had her for the past 6 months we have done everything to keep her in...
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    3.5 wk old Cochin mix looks like Edward scissorhands tried to pet him!! Is it normal?!

    So I have a 3.5 wk old bantam Cochin mix, he looked normal earlier this week. But I have always noticed what looks like 2 bald spots on his back. Well today I starting noticing a huge difference. He looks so crazy. His feathers look broken and sparse. You can't see from the photo but he has...
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    Need help identifying what bantam mixes my babies are.

    I have been obsessively trying to figure out what my babies are. I have a girl who hatched several bantam chicks for me. She didn't match breeds or anything and all of her bantams are together so it was basically a mystery bag of bantam babies. I have 10 they are all 3 weeks old. I know she has...
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