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Hey all, a few days ago my red sex link pullet ate either a screw or bolt, I couldn't tell which one but I saw her pick it up and swallow it in one. Since then it seems as though her crop isn't emptying. 2 nights ago it was full as usual, but the next morning it was still enlarged. It's not...

I have our small rubbermaid brooder in my bedroom because that is our only option. Long story. But I was wondering if I can get any airborne sicknesses from the chicks? I wash or sanitize my hands after I handle them in anyway. Thank you

Any ideas on what to do with chicks if they hatch but we don't want them? That sounds terrible, but we don't want a large flock. Can we take them to feed stores, sell them, or Craigslist maybe??

Not exactly a rescue. He was the last one in the "bantam" bin so I took him. Any breed ideas? It has feathered feet

While at my local feed store, I bought a couple new chicks to add into the flock as replacements from predators. I noticed this little guy all by himself in one of the brooders. I brought it home, and am wondering what breed it (hopefully pullet?) is. It also has been standing by itself and...

I adopted an wheaten old english game bantam because she was getting severely beat up do to the other hen having chicks. Anyway, her feathers are essentially, "dissapearing" or coming off both sides of her neck and head. There is no visible blood one her neck that I could find, so I don't think...

I know it's not frostbite, but one of my hens has a black "spot" on her comb. I have done some research, and I am unsure whether it is mites, or hopefully not fowl pox. I remember seeing it before on them, but I don't remember which one. Sorry for poor image quality, she was squirming. Thanks!

While collecting the eggs, i dropped one that broke open and the yolk spilled out. My hens ran over to it and started eating it, but i stopped them and buried it. Can they get sick?? Any help appreciated.

I am wanting to adopt a silkie rooster i found on craigslist in my area. He will be my first and only rooster. I have a new hampshire red, 3 black australorps, and a wheaten old english game fowl. (all hens). Will the silkie rooster sucessfully mate with my hens? I have read that they have...

Can I buy a single rooster chick, take one of my existing hens, place it in a larger brooder with the chick, then add the chick to my existing flock of hens along with the "momma"? will that restart the pecking order? I haven't found anything online.

Hello all, I am wanting to add 2-3 chicks to my chicken flock. I would like at least one chick to be alert (as in watching for predators), and maybe a silkie or something. Preferably bantams. All the breeds i have found say only the roosters watch/protect from predators. And if at all possible...

Hello all, I am wanting to add 2-3 chicks to my chicken flock. I would like at least one chick to be alert (as in watching for predators), and maybe a silkie or something. Preferably bantams. All the breeds i have found say only the roosters watch/protect from predators. And if at all possible...

Hello, My grandson, (and I) were wondering if you have to be 18 to buy chicks from a farm supply store? Also, I was wondering if you can raise a single silkie hen chick to add to an existing flock?

For the last almost 2 weeks, i have not seen a single egg. I have had a bad problem with mice getting into the feed we keep in a shed near the coop, and in the garden next to the coop and fenced in area the coop is in. But like i said i have not seen an egg for nearly 2 weeks. In one nest box...

This morning I discovered these tracks in the snow. I think maybe skunk, rabbit, or mouse/rat. What do you guys think? thanks for the identification help.

So I bought a heat lamp and extension cords and everything, and was wondering if i even need it for winter. Here in spokane at night during winter it can easily get below 0. I have 3 black asutralorps, 1 new hampshire red, and 1 dutch bantam. I read that chickens can get sick from going in and...

Hey Guys!!!!! I finally got my first egg today! i had the window open and was woken up by the sound of one of my girls clucking very loudly (egg song) and went out to find the first egg! so happy and excited! Anyway, my question is what hen layed it? i have one new hampshire red, three black...

Hey Guys, So 3 out of my five hens have recently started the "submissive squat." how long until they start laying? they are twenty weeks. Thanks!

Hey Guys, I have rescued a dutch bantam hen from my grandma that her other chickens just couldn't get along with. I have 4 original hens, 3 of which are doing just fine with her. My fourth and smallest original is being a "bully" and won't stop attacking her. I have 1 coop, which is in a...

Hey Guys, I have rescued a dutch bantam hen from my grandma that her other chickens just couldn't get along with. I have 4 original hens, 3 of which are doing just fine with her. My fourth and smallest original is being a "bully" and won't stop attacking her. I have 1 coop, which is in a...