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i recently got 2 blue laced red Wyandotte chicks i think are now about 2 weeks old. i thought they were the same age but i now see that one is significantly larger. The larger chick also has much more feathering the other chick only has started feathering around it's wings. does this mean the...

I just noticed that my banty cochin who has been sitting on eggs for a two weeks, has lost weight and is weak. when i picked her up i noticed the plumage on her rear had completly blocked the vent. She essentially has pasty butt. I cleaned most of it out and trimmed the feathers around it. I'm...

My 5 bantam chicks are around 13 weeks old and have been inside the coop(in a enclosed brooder for a few weeks. I heard you can put them in around 2 months, but most of my chickens are standard sized and even the baby roo (silkie) who is the biggest is 1/3 the size of most of the big girls. i...

I posted a while ago about my chicks sneezing and after a few recommendations i got them on antibiotics. Well its a couple of weeks later and they still are sneezing! (They are almost six weeks old) They seem fine other than that, they are active and chirpy:) Is this normal or are they actually...

I hatched these from eggs i got from a breeder. She has ALOT of diffrent bantam breeding pairs, and she doesnt label eggs because she usually hatches herself and knows what they are right away, of course i am pretty much clueless :) So i am hopeing someone might be able to tell me what they...

my chicks were born on the 16th of October have been doing great until recently. My flock outside is sick with some sort of respiratory illness(sneezing, sniffles) I have them on Duramycin-10?? i think some sort of powder antibiotic. i think they are doing better... today i noticed some of my...

Just got my first peeper around 2:30, all she has done is crack the shell and hasnt flaked any peices off just checked again hear her a little bit but doesnt seem like shes trying to get out should i just flake off little peice to see how the membrane is doing?

just got a silkie roo from a rep breeder and now noticed that he is having cold-like symptoms and almost gurgling on mucus or something. Earlier this morning i went out to check on him and he teetered bacck and forth then fell on to his back for a minute!

Most of my chickens have a bunch of feathers missing or damage. A lot around the front of their necks, and backs. How do I stop it?

i was really hoping to build another (smaller) coop for my two bantams and get a couple more chickens to put in with them. I LOVE silkies i have a friend who has some and would love to get some of my own. I know silkies are commonly picked on, so i was hopeing someone could tell me a little...

okay i have found quite a few of my eggs(my be from same hen) with a yellow almost waxy splotches on the outside. Does anyone have any idea of what it might be?

My banty Yolko, has lost almost all her feathers under her beak and earlobe the "Tuft??" is she just molting or could other chickens be pulling it out?

i am not sure what these things are but i am hoping someone can tell me how to get rid of them... i found them all around the nest boxes and some were on my arm after one of my banties flew up onto it. does any one know how to treat them? here are some pics, sorry they arent the best...

some of my chickens (especially single combed roosters) have gotten black/discolored spots on their combs. some of them the top part has completely turned grey! now i found a hen whose comb had spots like this is bleeding on one of the tips.

i suppose this might depend on the breed and i havs BO, SW, AA, and also a belgian D'uccle that can fly like any song bird and my poor cochin who can hardley get off the ground. Where is the happy medium??? Also what are your guy's thoughts on differing height perches----- my friend has 5...

are there any hatcheries you guys know of that you can order multiple chicks of diffrent breeds>(1 chick per breed) thanks! :)

i ordered from cackle hatchery last year and was very pleased i didnt lose any chicks, and it was only my first time. This year i already have a flock of ten chickens and only want to get five or so more of diffrent breeds, cackle will only do 5 of each breed... also i heard that hatchery bought...

Hi live in northern Wisconsin and am currently trying to build a chicken coop. i have 9 pullets , 4 of which are laying eggs and i really liked the idea of being able to collect eggs from otisde the coop, but my dad wass worried about the fact that they would be drafty for the girls... really...

i am in the process of building my first chicken coop and was wondering what size the chicken door should be... thanks P.S. I have speckled sussex, silver laced wyandotte, belgian d'Uccle, cochin, BO, and amerucunas...

will chickens lay the same looking eggs each time(shape and color or shade) because i got my first eggs this week and i was trying to figure out who laid them and some of them look really similar and some are diffrent. could i figure out who laid them if i found one egg for sure was so and so's...