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I've found a few odd poops in the barn with brown lines, I always figured it was just chickens stepping in them. Until today I found this!!! WTF is THAT!?

So I have this chick, hes normal, absorbed yolk and all, but hes not as good on his feet or growing as well as his sibling. I noticed today that his once soft abdomen now has a hard lump inside. You cant see it but you can feel it, hes had a little problem with pasty butt but so has the other...

Are those giant brahmas a breed? Or just a fluke? I want to get some of the very large ones, but no idea where to even start looking. Hatcheries tell me they have 8lb average birds, I'd like to get something in the teens. Anyone have any idea? Thanks!

I am looking to get 10 chicks of BLRW breed, or splash color, but looking for nice dark red and blue, not hatchery orange. Looking for them at a reasonable price, need not be show quality. Please comment if you have any! Will consider hatching eggs!

Ive got half my flock tail picking eachother. Anyone know how to stop this? I've tried no pick to no avail. They have ruined all my long feathered birds tails none have butts any more Also some bear pluckers on my favorite rooster and now all this beard feathers aren't growing back...

I've got a chick that hatched and can not walk or lift his head. He appears to be having convulsions now where his whole body or part of it shakes violently. His head always wants to be tucked under him or at an odd angle. He is very weak. Hatched 2 days later than the other chicks, assisted...

My incubator went out some time in the early morning before I woke up. When I woke up it was only 87* I got it running again. Now back how it should be. Idk how long the Temps were low. I did just find out that there was an arc in our electrical system and it fried the lights, surge protector...

I have a chick that started to partially zip and didn't move for 20 hours. I checked on him this morning and he was covered in yellow and red goo and gasping for air. I could hear it in his airways so I broke the hole open and wiped the goo away from his face which was down on the bottom end of...

I have once chick who pipped externally late last night. Now tonight he peeps and wiggles around but has made no progress getting the shell off. Should I assist in opening the top of the shell for him? Or wait another 12 hours till morning? I'm afraid of him drying out. It's hard to keep the...

I have a rooster, or rather had (we ate him this week) and he would always walk about during meal time saying "oiiii yoi yoi yoi" I always liked listening to his yodel. But I had too many roosters and these two Phoenix gave the hens the most trouble except for the coachins who we also ate...

My barred copper Maran started acting funny about a month ago. She sets down on her hocks, has an awkward too upright stance when standing, and she can barely walk, she walks like she is crippled but I can't find anything wrong with her. She also breaths very heavy when she walks, and sets...

I have a mother hen who doesn't set on her chicks well and one died of exposure over night with a lamp. I put the 3 chicks in a box with a lamp and feed and water but they don't eat or drink, only peep for mama hen!! What do I do? Will they start eating on their own? I'm worried sick because I...

I have a rooster who isn't him self, hes getting older, probably 3 years now. He keeps having runny diarrhea and his comb is more pale and he doesn't want to come outside. I wormed him and all the other outdoor chickens a little over a week ago with safe guard. I think he poops green because...

I have a chick that needs to be tube fed. How do I do this and what do I use, and where do I get those supplies? He was born with no toung and under developed jaw and can not eat enough to sustain himself, he is very emaciated. Normally I would cull but that is a REALLY rare breed and I only...

I have some chicks in my basement and I just noticed today that one had blood in his vent, not pooping bloody but there was blood in it, plain red blood. And then I noticed that the dust around the place was MOVING!! Yikes! There are grain mites on every surface of my basement and it looks like...

I have some shipped eggs that hatched but some are not developing right. One has awful cross beak and another has an underdeveloped lower jaw. One chick is also healthy looking but is not growing as much as the others. Is there any cure for cross beak or a way to prevent it? His beak went...

I have a 1 year old cochin rooster who is having very dark red bloody stools today. More than just the passing of lining, actual blood in them. He is other ways in a very good mood and acting normal. Seems to have started just this morning and is progressing throughout the day. He does free...

I have a chick with bad prolapse. Here's pics. They are a day old. The one with the big one has trouble walking but is other ways alert. He also had an issue trying to drink. He gasps and makes awful clicking noises in his chest. Could he be internally deformed?? All but 2 chicks hatched with...

I have one chick that is peeping and wiggling but not coming out, hes been pipped for about 36 hours. I opened him a little lid and he stuck his toes through but hes not coming out. I opened his lid a little more and ran into red-ish slightly clear stuff, not quite blood but i wasn't sure so i...

I have two pipped eggs. They have been pipped since last night. Humidity was 40% and I raised it back up to 65-70% this morning but still no zipping. The has partially zipped but neither has progressed any further. They both are tapping inside if you feel them and I can hear cheeping. Should...