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My birds have been hit hard and fast with something with mild respiratory symptoms. The first to break with it on Monday were the roo and lead hen. By the end of the day Monday it was obvious in the whole flock. By the next day the separate brooder coop was sneezing despite bio-security...

I am trying to help people who are struggling with sick birds by sharing these two videos of sick chickens I had. My flock had confirmed MG. They are all gone now, but I want their deaths not to be in vain. This is a rooster that had primarily mucus, on and off darkening of the tips of his...

Adults known to have wet and dry fowl pox. No signs in chicks 4 have dropped dead in 2 days. Walked on 5th one laying down to die. Wrapped in a washcloth in my hand. Keeps having almost a seizure - extending legs and throwing head back over her own back. Gave her liquid b 12 and contents of fish...

Last April before I knew anything about chickens I bought some from a feed store. They were sold as "Ameraucana". They weren't even Easter Eggers... They grew and began to look like Brown Leghorns. Then all but one developed a rose comb. But I was told they were not rose comb leghorns and to...

I feel pretty sure this is Fowl Pox but would like someone to verify that knows for sure. Thank goodness we are having a cold front so hopefully mosquitoes won't be a problem much longer :( I have two Isbars that may be having the respiratory variety of this though... can it express differently...

I have a sweet pet Kraienkoppe who is almost at POL. When she was 2 weeks old Ripley got attacked by our dog and our cat and survived. I cared for her and she recovered from a lame leg and scratched face. One eye eventually went white, sunk in and she doesn't use it. She is my little pirate...

I have tried twice to hatch my own and out of two batches of eggs only two out of 40 actually made it. USPS smashed or scrambled most of the rest. I have one Huastec and may be trading the Colloncas I hatched for another Huastec. But I have no idea on the gender of either and really need some...

These are a couple of the packing peanuts that came with my Meyer order 7 weeks ago. My best guess based on what breeds they carry is maybe a Golden Spangled Hamburg?? Best guess on this one is Golden Buff What do you think?

I have read enough to get seriously confused... any guesses on the sex of my 3 new barred rock babies? I think girl I think Boy I think Girl So that would be two girls at the top and a boy looking at us Girl Boy Gril Boy in front Girls in the back Opinions?

As far as we know he was fine when I took him to my car. I noted he stunk really bad, but assumed he'd gotten pooped on by someone on the top roost. He rode in a fabric pet taxi with several chicks. They are all Crested Cream Legbars. Beyond that I didn't notice anything unusual. When I got home...

I started with 14 Heritage Barred Plymouth Rock eggs shipped from Tennessee to Texas and now have 7 good eggs on day 13. My previous batch of shipped eggs was a certifiable train wreck with 9 dying partially or fully hatched in horrible ways. So I am gun shy and trying to be most cautious. I am...

I had removed the dead ones and pulled out the slime puking one. 2 were dead and stomped flat, 3rd was spasming, arching, puked slime and died. I called Meyer where I ordered them and they said the 4th one wouldn't be contagious with anything, just stressed from shipping. They told me to put it...

I think that one patch around one leg looked like it might have been slobbered and there was one possible puncture wound on the same leg so am thinking something got it. But it would have been while roosting??? So that means something got it from 5 to 9 feet high off the ground on a clothes...

So #1 is it normal for one rooster to mate with another rooster to "put him in his place"? #2 Is it normal for a grown rooster to try to mount a 4 week old chick? I have kicked him out of the juvie coop - but just wondering if that is typical? #3 My 2 year old disobeyed me and went into the...

I am hatching for the very first time and assuming that of 41 eggs I will be lucky to get 20 chicks. BUT I also have 25 more coming in the mail. So.... WHAT IF all 41 or thereabouts hatched. How big a space do I need for 66 chicks??? I have 2' x 3' plastic bin I'd planned on using the first few...

I just bought my first incubator. I wanted a Hovabator Genesis with all the bells and whistles, but I could afford the Farm Innovator Pro 4200 http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/farm-innovators-pro-series-circulated-air-incubator?cm_vc=-10005 . I knew the thermostat would be questionable so I...

I bought a lavender Ameraucana from a flock that was being sold for a move. I also took home a few of her laying hens. Of the 3 that I kept only one is laying. The other is still young, but this BLRW looks to me like she should be laying. She looked rough when we boxed her up, but the previous...

Just inherited this lady I've named Mata Hari and the poor thing has been ravaged by the roo on her back feathers. Her flock was being sold and she was one of the only hens left and getting too much attention. She is intended to be a BLRW but not sure. Opinion? Also...

Don't even have an incubator yet - just trying to do all my research way in advance :) We are in Texas and generally try to do without A/C unless it is over 100 degrees. Our house stays around 95, but we have box fans and are used to it. So I have read to keep eggs at 65 or 70. Where would that...

I bought my first ever chicks 10 weeks ago from Russel Feed and kept careful track of what I was sold.... This is Rutger Hauer and he is supposed to be a White Leghorn rooster, but I am thinking perhaps he is actually a Buff Orpington??? Thoughts? There are 6 of these siblings...