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I have about 100 White Rock chicks that are two weeks old and about 20 of them have bloody "tail areas" from being pecked on. I've now moved the bloody ones to a seperate area, but when they were being pecked at they had been combined with a combination of Buffs, Rhode Island reds, and black...

I've had these two since they were chicks.. Have no clue what breed they are.. One is gray (above) The other is black and orange.. My daughter calls her "Halloween".. Well b/c she looks like Halloween:)

I have a week old chick that can't walk properly. It walks on the back of its legs, but it CAN walk normally for about a foot before it falls down. Once I saw it struggle getting up after falling on it's side, I decided to isolate it. It's now in an old shoebox where I cut a slit on the side so...

1) Is there any reason why my hens would kick out all the hay I use as their bedding to lay there eggs in? I have this rectangle metal cage netting underneath so the eggs will never fall through, but I've had a couple breaks in the eggs over the last month. 2) There's five nesting boxes for 13...

I bought 13 new hens about a year old (10 red sex links/3 australorp-red sex mix) and it's been four days and have only gotten a total of two eggs. Anyone know what could be happening? I make sure they're fed properly and I lock them in the coop each night so they should know where the nesting...

It's only around 7 p.m. and I have to chase my chickens into the coop because the neighborhood cats are already stalking my chickens. When I was done, I saw one fleeing away and another was hiding under my truck which was just 30 feet away from the coop. Anyone know any tricks to pass along to...

I have a small tree in my backyard and I just started dumping the freshly mowed grass around it so the chickens can dig around in it. Is this okay? Are there still remnants of gas in the grass? Can it harm the chickens if they eat it?

I bought some pullets from a guy for my other coop a few days ago and he threw in a rooster for free because he was about to change them out anyways. I thought it was a Leghorn at first, but the combs don't match up. He is over a year old, has some light gold on his wings and small black...