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So my beautiful, huge lavender Orpington 3 yr old rooster disappeared from the back yard while husband was fifty feet away from the free ranging birds, on the side of the house. Besides a few feathers not a clue as to the predator. D suddenly heard a racket and went running to the chicken yard...

My black Australorpe, among others developed a fiery red swollen vent with feather loss after an atypical rainy spring. I was battling muddy runs for eight weeks, adding woodchips, straw and sand as needed, and filling water puddles. Several ladies and gentlemen developed messy fannies, bald...

Does anyone know what pattern results from crossing a blue laced red Wyandotte Rooster with a cuckoo/barred Dominique or Plymouth Rock hen?

What happens when a lace male mixes with a bar female? Do we get lace, bar or solid? I have bar roos over bar hens and sexlink hens and we get bar and sport pullets and cockerels that are barred, some with red, gold and green feathers. Now I have one barred roo, one lavender oprington and...

I have incubated three times. The first time I had half the fertile eggs hatch but on days 22-23. The second time was a total bust. One hatch, one pip and no survivors. This time I know 19 -21 were alive and well on day 18 but now it is day 27 and I only had about ten percent hatch on days...

Well Originally I thought I had some different breeds but now that they are nine weeks old they are looking very similar. So my original opinion was that they were black sex links/black stars. However, there is this one guy who has jowls and a bright red breast and tiny spur nubs. I am...

Should I be concerned about a squirrel in the run?

Coop got left open last night. This morning the side door to the roost was open. I'm not sure if the barrel latched had been properly closed or not. I'm concerned that it may have been correctly latched and considering installing an additional latch. . This is how I found it. Warning dead bird...

Little Ricky keeps breaking into the back room to watch the chicks in the brooder