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We have a Chickshaw 2.0, which houses 55 birds, comfortably. We are in SW Washington, and expecting an unusual cold spell with lows in the mid 20's next week. The chickshaw design has quite a bit of hardware cloth exposure on the sides, as well as the entire bottom, and I am wondering if/how...

We locked down our duckling eggs 48 hrs ago. Had a duckling hatch this morning around 8AM ( 11 hrs ago) It got its foot stuck in the plastic grate of the incubator, so after watching her for about 8 hours and seeing that she couldnt free herself, I quickly opened the incubator just enough to get...

I have a flock of about 28 hens. I am loosing one about every week. Up to 6 in the last month and a half, and about 4 over the previous 3 months. None of the chickens have any signs of illness whatsoever. They all suddenly stopped laying around the end of July. My 2 roosters (about 8-10 months...

I've just had the WSU Avian health Lab confirm suspected Marek's in my flock of 24. I've lost 3 birds in the past week, (a 12 week old, and two 14 month olds) and am pretty sure 2 more have just started becoming lethargic today. Just waiting for more to develop symptoms at this point. I also...

My flock is experiencing a bunch of weird symptoms which, after days of research, still have me stumped. I've attached a video of the current issues with one of my hens. I had to put down one of my 12 week olds this evening after finding her two days ago laying on her side, unable to use her...

A friend and I bought chicks from a local breeder a couple weeks ago. One of her chicks, a 6 week old Russian Flower Hen began showing symptoms this morning and appears very ill. She lays in only one position, on her belly, and has her head pulled down under her. She struggles pretty hard when...

I just went out to my coop to give the girls some treats, and found my 22 week old cochin laying on her side in a corner of the coop. I assumed she was dead, but when I went over to pick her up, she moved. She is not opening her eyes and is very VERY lethargic, but I have no idea what is wrong...

I lost one of my favorite hens last night, a white cochin, to a dog that got in my coop. Our yard backs to a park, (where there is a leash law) where there is usually a large rowdy group of people playing some sort of ball game until late at night. I was sitting at the kitchen table when I...

Sorry for the long story - but to give you some background into my issue: My next door neighbor is a retired woman in her 60's that has made it her full time job to patrol the neighborhood. She calls the police "on my behalf" when the 4 year old on the other side of my house opens my mailbox...

We noticed yesterday that one of our hens, (1 1/2 y.o. Wyandotte) had a bloody bulge near her vent. Yesterday, the bulge was about half the size of an egg, and seemed to protrude. There was a small amount of blood on her outer feathers, which is what we noticed. She isn't a big layer, and...

We have 2 new chickies, a Partridge Cochin, and a Standard white Cochin. We were inspired to add a couple cochins to our flock after meeting our neighbors black Cochin who is named Georgie Fatpants. My kids would like to name ours with similarly "hefty" 2-word names that reflect their fluffiness...

This is my 13 week old Salmon Faverolle - Olive. I've been thinking, despite her coloring that she was a hen because I didn't think her comb was very dark or large for her age, but I am not seeing any salmon faverolles with her coloring that aren't roos. A little help, please? :)

I have 2 chicks that were hatched by my Buff Orp Broody - but they were eggs that I got from a friend who doesn't know which of his 30 hens laid them. Their Roo is a Barred Rock, and if it helps, the dark chick hatched from a pale green egg, and the lighter one (Lavendar?) hatched from an...

My 3 week old Faverolle got caught in chicken wire fencing that was used around our garden. She was free ranging with her Mama and got caught on a 1 inch long wire end that was sticking out. It punctured the top of her thigh and appeared to go in about 1/4-1/2". I pulled her gently off of it...

I made myself a homemade egg candler today and checked the eggs that I got from a neighbor and gave to my broody hen. It looks like a couple have bacterial growth, and the rest show absolutely nothing at Day 6 Poor Butter. All that work for nothing. Here's my question: She's been sitting for...

My 8 month old Buff Orpington went broody a couple weeks ago. I got some fertile eggs from a friend and gave them to her. She is on Day 6, and doing a marvelous job, except that she hasn't once got off her nest on her own in 6 days. I was told by the neighbor that gave me the eggs that I need to...

I picked up a couple pullets from a friend of a friend. I was interested because I was told they were 5 month old red laced blue Wyandottes. While these birds are beautiful, they are not what I was expecting. Is the lighter one a blue laced red splash? And what would the coloring of the darker...

We just built our new coop. We have NO construction experience. We knew buildings had to be under 120 sq. ft. and 8 feet tall to not need a permit. So, that's what we planned. Turns out we didn't account for the 2x4 top plate that a friend strongly recommended, and the extra 2 layers of 2x4's...

I am trying to figure out what to use for walls inside my new coop. I've seen everything from sheetrock to beadboard in the coops on BYC. I keep a very clean coop, in a very visible (not like the inside will be visible) part of my yard. I don't want to spend a ton - but I want it to last and...

We've had our Amazon, Molly, for about 10 years now. She is a gorgeous Blue Front. My husband bought her for me when we first got married. Of course she had to be partial to dark haired men. She likes me perfectly fine, but when a guy walks in the house, boy does she get chummy fast. Starts...