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I have a 9-month-old serama roo, he was living outside, and I was prepared for his comb to get frostbite, but his left foot developed 3 blisters/bubbles. One large one between his middle and right toes, a smaller one between his middle and left toes, and a very tiny swelling above his back toe...

I have a serama egg going on day 7 tomorrow, Oct 14 2013. Last night when I candled, there were some really red smears that if you connected would make a ring around the egg, but there are also numerous blood vessels stemming from a little brown shape (my guess is the embryo)... Soooo... Is it...

I have a flock of about 35 birds, ranging in ages 3 weeks to a year and a half. On Sept 23, I was at a poultry show showing my birds (it was a cold and windy day at the fall fair) and we bought a blue cochin hen. We brought her and my birds home, and set them up in the basement for quarantine...

I have a chick that JUST hatched, while hatching, something happened, and he had half his yolk hanging out of his body! He was tugging, so I cut the cords attaching the yolk to the shell. What should I do? He is now out of the shell, and I've put his back end on a warm moist towel, he's under a...

Hey everyone, my broody hatched 2 eggs on Sept 4&5. The second chick had pipped by the evening of the 4th, but had not hatched by the afternoon of the 5th, so I helped hatch him - he was very dried out (stuck to the membrane)! It took him 2 days to fluff up! Now that he is 4 days old, momma is...

I am going to try and show my first chickens this September - and i choose seramas... i lnow, right? My boy already stands pretty good without me doing anything, but how can I get him to stand nice and tall? My pullet has not as nice posture, but when her tail is up, she starts to look more...

Help! 5 days ago I bought 12 day old to week old chicks. 11 are ameraucanas, 1 is an isbar. The past 2 nights, I've been greeted by a cold, flat, DEAD ameraucana chick on the floor of the pen! What could it be thy is killing them! Please help me!

I am on the hunt to create a backyard layer with a good food to egg conversion ratio, good foraging abilities, a good temperament, good cold hardiness, and a wide body to get large eggs. I will be starting with Rhode Island Red x Australorp chicks. In the area around me, I can get black- and...

Hi everyone, this is my first time ever incubating anything, and the people on this site have helped me and given me advice through all of it. Now I need some more of your amazing advice. Today is day 19 of incubation. I started with 19 possible ameraucana cross eggs. 5 were not developing by...