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I just got 5 silkie roosters that I plan to use in my breeding program after they make it through quarentine...when I was taking them out of the cage I counted their toes to make sure they were correct and noticed that the spurs on both feet had grown into a complete circle...should I cut them...

I just got 5 Black Silkie roosters at an auction...apon inspection of the birds that are going into quarentine I noticed one has six toes and one has a nail that has grown into a complete circle...big enough to put my finger into...can you trim these nails just like you do a dog...I know you use...

I have a two year old guinea that I just noticed hobbling around, when i went to see what was wrong I noticed his middle toe is cut off in the middle, it is very swollen and looks infected (puss I think) I can't put antibiotics in the water so what ever I give him will have to be injected. what...

any body know what breed this hen is? I have had her for two years and she lays brown eggs.

my friend has a problem with her hens...she tries to incubate the eggs but they don't hatch..when the eggs are opened after being layed the chalaza is missing..the white stringy thing in the egg...is this why they wont hatch...is there any way this can be fixed or is it a genetic thing...any...

OK...ask a dozen different people and get a dozen different answers...so looking for a dozen answers. What percentage of humidity do you look for when setting and hatching guinea eggs..I have heard everything from 25% to 60%..what is your opinion or what works best for you???

it has been real cold here lately and i was wondering if you can hatch eggs that have been out in the frozen coop..they are not frozen but are real cold...will these hatch or should i wait for warmer weather.

I have a small flock of about 25 white silkies that are wheezing and sneezing. It has been miserable weather the last 2 days with rain, snow and cold temps. I noticed today that some were weezing and sneezing so i think they have some sort of cold. what course of action should i take, should i...

I have 23 white silkie chickens about 18 weeks old. Do they start laying at 20 weeks or do they take longer? I have them on starter right now and was wondering if I should start feeding them layer. I was told silkies take longer to lay being that they are bantams. Any info would be helpfull...

Killed this snake in the coop thinking it was venomous but now I think it is some other snake. anybody know what kind it is??? It had round eyes not slanted like a viper and it was shedding its skin

OK forgive me but it has been a while....I know if you crack open an egg and it has the bullseye it is fertile but how do you tell if an egg is fertile "without" opening it????

We lost power wednesday morning at 6 am. It went back on this am at about 4am. I have a batch in my homemade incubator that was in there for 4 days and a batch in the hova bator that was in there one day. Should i keep incubating this batch or start over with new eggs.

I was wanting to get 100 cockerel chicks and raise for meat. I like to raise them for the freezer. I would like to know what the weekly and monthly feed requirements would be? Would 50# a week be enough for 100 chicks. or would i need more??? how much more. I would butcher at 20-24 weeks. They...

thinking about getting 100 frypan special cockerels and was wondering what the daily or weekly feed would be. Never had that many chicks and wondered if it would be cost effective to raise them for food. They will be heavy breed. Also if they were raised without hens would they still be real...

went to lock up my flock tonight and was devastated to find my coop littered with feathers, shocked birds and dog prints all over the snow. i have 12 birds missing and i guess are dead. My question is this will the dogs be back???? I have a game cam that i can set up to try and figure out which...

I have a pen with (i think) 3 hens and 1 rooster. One of my hens started to lay eggs about a month ago, after about 20 eggs she started to sit on the eggs. I put up to 13 eggs in her nest and she is setting like a champ. Now my question, when they hatch should i take them away and put in a...

I have a 19 week old yellow buff rooster that is in an inside pen and has started to walk funny, he is wobbly when he walks. His legs kinda bow out when he stands and he wobbles when he tries to walk. He has no breathing problems, eyes are clear, poop is normal, eats and drinks fine. The hens...

Have a pen with 9 yellow buffs and 1 EE. they are 3 months old. tonight when i went to feed them i noticed a hen and a rooster with there head on the coop floor. they have no energy and just lay on floor. they are in an indoor pen, off the floor and well ventilated. breathing is fine, poop is...

any help would be appreciated. rooster 25 weeks old and growing. same rooster with two unknown hens. 19 weeks old. Edit to make images show

27 days old hatched from barnyard mix. No clue was told it was an EE. hope its a hen. www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/28493_chickens_006.jpg www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/28493_chickens_013.jpg