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Last spring we got 2 Rouen ducklings and 3 chicks to add to our other hens. We realized that, while we had intended to get 2 female ducks, we ended up with one male and one female. An unfortunate predator attack took our female duck and a couple of the chicks/hens. Since then, the male duck...

I have a 14-wk-old BSL that I thought was a hen. But the other day s/he crowed! A full on cock-a-doodle-doo! I've read that hens can sometimes crow. How can I tell if it's a crowing hen or a roo? If it's a roo, we'll get rid of him.

I have 7 three+ year old hens and 4 13-week-olds. I found this wrinkly looking egg. I'm guessing it's too early for my little girls to be laying, so that leaves the old gals. Is it that one of my older girls is nearing the end of her laying cycle and that's why I got this strange egg?

Hi there! We have 7 hens that we bought as laying hens 2 years ago, so this is our first foray into raising chicks! Any chance anybody could tell me the gender of these 3 isa brown cuties? Thank you! [/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]

I found this in my coop this morning while cleaning it out. It wasn't really mixed with poo, but had pine shavings stuck to it. While scraping out the poo I inadvertently mixed it together. Looks like worms to me, but the guy at Tractor Supply said they're normally white. This looked like a...

Hi there! My family and I are newbies to backyard chickens and have had ours for just a few weeks. My 5-yr-old son noticed this morning that one of our favorites, Francis, isn't doing so well. She has watery eyes {one is mostly shut}, a crusty beak on the outside and foamy mucus when she opens...