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I have 2 birds in my flock, both are siblings and are from the same batch of eggs, that have foam in their eyes. What could this be?

I’m not sure where to put this, so here it is. I DNA tested my new chicks, sadly both are Roos so I will be getting rid of them. Does anyone want one or both of them? One is buff, it is a golden penciled Hamburg x Silver duck wing game x Golden laced sebrite. The other is a black silkie, I’m...

I have 5 roosters and I need to keep 2 more large ones to keep the girls safe, as the 5 are all bantams and to not have very large spurs. But Peep, who is the youngest is very strong and beats up all of the others. He is my favorite rooster, he is very friendly to people and loves to be pet, and...

I have a hen, Dora who had egg bound recently, luckily she pulled through, but I have dealt with egg bound before and the other case wasn’t so good and the hen didn’t make it. Is there any way I can prevent this in my flock? I’ve been feeding them the Purina feed with oyster shells in it, but...

Hello all new chicken owners! Here’s some tips on how to raise chicks!! You should buy your chicks medicated feed, a small bag lasted 4 weeks for my 8 chicks, spending on how many you own it should last about that long for you as well. Chicks should have one watered with plain water, and one...

I hatched some chicks and one is the son of my hen, Emerald, but he has extremely strange textured feathers. Is there anything I can do about this that won’t stress him out? His name is Thumper and he is 1-2 weeks old

A fox recently took my only large rooster while I wasn’t home. And unfortunately we couldn’t find his body, but we found two fox dens while following the the trail of feathers that was left behind. He was a large silkie rooster and pictures of him are shown below. Is there any way I can keep it...

I have a beautiful black hen with spots on her chest. I named her Emerald. She lays light brown eggs as far as I know, and she came from a home with a very small coop with a tiny run, but I don’t know what she is!! All guesses are welcome!