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Ready to do a lot of weeding, dandelions and the like (they've never been sprayed with weed deterrent) and we always threw big piles into the coop where they would select what they wanted with dandelions at the top if the list. Is there an age to start giving weeds to them or just whenever they...

Preface: Major deaths this year from raccoon's; Chief, a gentle but stupid 5 year old protector, another nice protector dude that was just fitting in but @ 4 weeks later he was gone along with 3 hens during that mix met their maker. All secure now but **** So now I only have 4 hens left...

There's a little bump on their feet like in the palm area that is 4 times larger on one foot than the other. He is visibly limping and favoring it. Does anyone know if this is something common?

We have 18 laying chickens and one rooster. We were thinking of getting 2 turkeys to raise and eat for thanksgiving and the holidays. Do I have to do anything special? Are they heavy? Do they perch? Do I need to support the perch's more due to their weight? Can I feed them chicken feed? Will...

One of my Amerucana's has a bald spot near her tail feathers going up her back about 2 inches and about an inch wide. She seems healthy and the skin isn't red and I don't see mites or anything (the flock just got a big dose of garlic rice for mite control) so not sure if it is molting or I...

We integrated 8 new chicks (we got them the end of March) to our flock of 11 with one rooster a couple months ago and have discovered that one is a rooster. That might be why the new 'herd' hasn't fully integrated. We got the 1st rooster to help with the pecking and it has worked but now with...

We got a rooster last year to help control the vicious pecking and it seems to be working. We now have 8 young ones that are about 8 and 10 weeks old, 4 of each; Americauna's and Cuckoo Marans. They are in a brooding box because the weather has been so lousy lately (PDX). Yesterday I had them...

3 of our 10 birds (they are about a year old) appear to be beginning to molt. I thought they start on their backs but these are starting near their vents and I am keeping a close eye on whether they are pecking themselves or each other. Does this look like molting? Thanks,

We are newbs and pulled one of our Ameriucana's from the flock about 2 weeks ago because she was being pecked on. We found that she was/is molting and we think the other birds especially the top hen Hazel were pecking her so we removed her and have had her in a brooding box with a heat lamp due...

]One of our Ameraucana's is losing many of her feathers including wing feathers. She also quit laying eggs a couple weeks ago. My wife picked her up and a watery discharge came out of her mouth. She is eating and drinking though. So we separated her from the herd and have her in a box in the...

I just lost a chicken to a hawk (previous thread - https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3298287#p3298287) So an idea in that thread from CMV and something my wife and I were discussing was using something bright that will bother them like CD's. I was also thinking about...

I saw a bird up in the trees cleaning itself but it was too far away to get a good look or tell its size. The chickens neck was stripped to the bone. Does anyone know what type of bird (or animal) does this? The chicken looked fine otherwise and was pretty heavy but not bleeding though it's...

Howdy, I have 4 adults(Golden Sex Link, Ameraucana, Barred Rock & Columbian Wyandotte) that are outside and 8 eight week old (Brahma, Rhode Island Red-White Plymouth and Ameraucana) birds that we have been integrating by bringing down to the yard with the others and are about to leave them...