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we have a flock of 6 hens (no roo), 2 RIR, 2 ameraucauna, 2 barred rocks. they were all raised together from day 1 of their lives, and are now about 14 months old. when they were chicks, the ameracaunas seemed to be "in charge," but by the time they got out into the coop (from the brooding...

excuse my utter newbie-ness, this may be nothing at all, but my instinct is to be concerned. we have 6 pullets (8.5 weeks old), 2 of which are ameraucaunas. Buttercup has a comb that looks plump and healthy, pinkish. but Twilight's comb looks sort of flat and grayish, just not healthy looking...

I've got three week old chicks and I'm wonderng when it would be okay to feed them a worm or two, or try them out with some veggie scraps. Are they too young for that still? (I found some awesome wroms in my compost today, but I'm a little afraid the chicks could choke).

Hi all... We have 6 three week old chicks in the brooder right now, our first foray into chickens. It only took me about 2 hours to fall in love with them all, and I'm a little scared that we might have a rooster and we'll have to find a new home for him. But for now, I'm just enjoying them...