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About this time of year I get eggs with holes in them if I doesn’t gather fairly often. Is this because a a clumsy hen? Is this what an egg eater does or is this from another bird, like the magpies that live in the neighborhood? Ignore the other flattened egg... I have a couple of rescues who...

Two of my momma hens somehow escaped their broody areas, got together, and went at it yesterday, probably over baby chicks. The one that got it the worst had her comb torn and her face pretty mangled. These injuries she’ll recover from but I’m worried about her eyes. One has been closed all day...

I sent my husband to the farm store to pick up a couple of friends for my lone baby. One of the babies he brought back looks just like the one I have - a black copper Maren pullet. The other one was in the same container but has a white splotched face. Any ideas what it is? And do you think...

This is Louise (although for a while I was thinking maybe Louis). She's not showing saddle feathers or a larger comb so I'm pretty sure she's a pullet. She was sold as a buckeye but her coloring is all wrong. Is my sweet girl a barnyard mix or just a bad genetic combo?

These two little girls (I hope) were part of a senior prank at school today. I have a broody I can't break so I offered to bring them home. My Jersey Giant took them right in! Anyway... Originally I was thinking buff orp but after looking at pictures and noticing the stripes on one of them, I'm...

I was thinking about adding turkeys to my chicken flock this year and have a few questions... Can I get just one turkey be or do they need several of their kind in a flock? At what age would I introduce them and let them start hanging out together? For that matter, if one ends up being a Tom...

For the longest of time, I thought this was going to be little Jackie but after taking pictures and looking at the feathers I'm not so sure any more. This baby hatched 10/5/16 so it's 4 months. Mom is a welsummer and dad is a naked neck RIR. What do you think?

One of my hens is broody again. She does this two or three times a year and usually I can get her to stop. This time, she waited until I went on vacation, hid under a bush, and layed six eggs and was sitting on them for several days before I got home and found her. I keep thinking I should just...

Hi All! I have a hen that decided to start being broody today... I think. :cd Backstory... she refuses to lay eggs in the nesting box set up for her in the chicken shed. After several weeks of us hunting for her eggs she settled on a corner under the deck, inconvenient but I can deal with...

I sort of accidentally became a first time chicken mom the end of May when I met Igor, a two month old naked neck rooster. He was brought to school (I teach) for an end of year production and afterwards needed to either be rehomed or end up as dinner. I picked him up and he just snuggled in so...

This is my mouthy adopted girl Gertrude. She's about 1, lays medium ivory colored eggs, and has an opinion on everything. Question: does she look like an American game bird? And if not, any guesses? Her wings were clipped when I got her.