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First time duck mama (plus, my first time with a broody duck!) She has only been on the nest for about a week, and she was not on her nest for most of the day. We thought, she may have gotten attacked, because she wasn't there for some time. We took the eggs and put them under a very broody...

This is the first time I have ever posted to sell my Chicken Saddles on a BYC board. If I have something that is not up to BYC standards, please let me know, so I don't do it again. I have 7 different groups of saddles where I am selling 5 saddles for $50, plus shipping. This is a huge...

I have been part of Backyard Chickens from the very start of having chickens the spring of 2014. We started out with 21 Buff Orpington, and 5 Easter Egger chicks. We live on a small farm, just outside of Olympia, Washington, and love our animals. Chicken math quickly took over and adding a...

I am writing as I am out of ideas on what to do with her. It started out bumble foot on July 24th when I did the surgery. She went broody the next day and I didn't think anything about it. Tried bringing her and her eggs in, but she got agitated, so I put her back where she was brooding. I...

This post is about my rooster, "Peach." Last month he had a bad case of Bumble Foot..it was so bad that it started going up his leg and making his leg swell. I am new at raising chickens, and bumble foot. I took Peach to the Vet and the Vet confirmed that it is what he had. The Vet gave...

I have a hen who refuses to lay in the coop and she has lost 5 or 6 different nests. It is too late this year for planting dummy eggs, but I MUST be ready for next year. Where do you guys go for them? I have looked all over the net, but have been unsuccessful. My heart is breaking for my...

I just wanted to let you know that 1 of my 2 hens is not a chick killer! I put a newly hatched, still slightly damp chick under her and she started to clean herself..I watched her and then she went to her breast and started to clean..then she saw the chick! She just started to gently clean the...

Here is the deal..I am new at 'hatching' the chicks out. I am still learning the process of how they hatch (I have learning so much from this site, and I am so very thankful for you being here!) The thing is I have only dealt with 5 brooding hens. 3 of them (buff orpingtons) have been...

I had chickens growing up (meat cornish cross) but I never did the hatching, until having my own home. My chickens turned a year at the end of April. We have Buff Orpingtons and Easter Eggers..I am learning as I go, and I am realizing that there is a technique for hatching out the eggs. I...

My daughters rooster has bumble foot. Problem is, we can't see where it started...even from the start, about 2 weeks ago, he started to limp, we checked to see if he had any sores. He didn't. He was just limping. We figured that it was because he sprained a leg or something like that, so we...