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Yesterday I noticed that my buff brahma ( 10 months old) looked like her crop was still full in the morning. I picked her up and yes her crop was large and squishy. Someone mentioned that it was sour crop .I googled sour crop and then I looked her over again better . Her chest area is large but...

Has anyone used a corrugated drain pipe for their feeders ? I have been trying without success to find the parts to make a pvc feeder . It seems like every store is either out of the right size pieces or is out of stock on a piece . I have a black 4 in corrugated pipe that I can use though . I...

I put my seven 8 week old chicks in their coop this weekend . I have the roost bar ( it is 8 feet long) in front of the windows and during the day I see them sitting on the roost bad in front of the windows looking out . But at night they they sleep on the roost bar but all crammed into one 3...

This is our first time raising chickens . We bought 7 day old chicks , they are now 5 1/2 weeks old . There is one EE who is extremely shy , she is the last to take a treat out of our hand and sometimes she won't even do that . Yesterday I had them outside for a while , then it was time to bring...

I have a 5 week old Sussex , her feet were fine until a week ago . I noticed one toe looking like it was turning sideways and now it is bent . This morning I see her big toe is also bent and it was not like that yesterday . In the picture you can see where other toes seem to be turning and the...

I woke up this morning and went to check on the chicks , they are 4 weeks old . After their initial lets all run for our lives as I cleaned and refilled their food and water I noticed one start sneezing / couching . I picked her up to get a better look . There is no nasal discharge but her...

My coop will be 4 x 8 . I was planning on putting the windows on one east facing side which will be 8 ft long and and having an 8 ft long roost bar . I see many people put the roost bar near windows so that the chickens can see out the windows . Would having the roost bar near the windows make...

Maybe they feel like they need a party for being 2 weeks old . These guys have been running all over the brooder , flying across the brooder and trying to fly out , sitting on top of the feed and waterer , chicken fighting with each other and dust bathing all in the last 2 days . Wow , what a...

I have 7 chicks that are 12 days old . All seem to be doing well . Today I noticed one kinda sneeze a little or blow air out its nose . So of course I begin watching them more than normal and I see most of them do this occasionally . Not loudly or big just a soft noise . Some are also looking...

At what approximate age do chicks stop chirping and start making other noises ?

I know too early to tell . But I bought 2 day old brahma pullets . Now I am noticing that the buff is feathering more quickly than the dark . The buff has always has more / longer wing feathers and what seems like the beginning of the tail feathers . The dark has smaller and fewer wing feathers...

I picked up my chicks yesterday so they are 2-3 days old . I have 7 ( 2 brahms , 2 EE , 2 sussex and 1 RIR ) they are all supposed to be pullets. Yesterday all their poop seemed a bit soft/blobish but with the stress they went through between shipping to the feed store then coming to my house I...

Just got my baby chicks 2 days old . Do I leave the food in the brooder all night or take it out and put it back in the morning . (These little ones have been eating off and on all day and have nice bumps on their chests which I assume is a full crop . )

I was able to pick out my chicks this morning . I went with plans for 5 and ended up leaving with 7 ( just in case I loose one or two)or one is a rooster ) .They were supposed to have marans and australorpe but they did not get them in . My son had his heart set on the australorpe and I wanted...

I plan to build my coop with space under the coop so the chickens can go under it if they want . My question is how high of a ramp to the chicken door can they manage . Can I build the coop with 2 or 3 ft under it and they walk up a long ramp to get in ? Or do they need a shorter ramp and height ?

I bought sand for the brooder , it is paver sand not play sand . There are some tiny rocks in the sand the largest is about 1/4 in sized . Will this be a problem for day old chicks if they eat them ? I plan on putting a towel or paper towels down over the sand for the first week or so .

I am wondering if it would work out to use welded wire fence ( 2in x 4 in ) to fence in the coop's run . I would make a 2ft apron extending outward from the run so predators can not dig under . Then I could run hardware cloth a few feet up the sides of the run . I would think that animals will...

I should be able to pick up my chicks next week and want to be sure I have everything ready . I have my brooder set up . Heat lamp tested to be sure the temps are correct , thermometer , food and water dishes and starter food. Is there anything I am forgetting? I am unsure of what bedding to...

The more I research to make sure I am doing things right the more I get confused as to what type of chicken I want . I am only getting a small number of chicks (5) , but now my kids would like colored eggs as well as the docile pet breed of chicken . Is it possible to have 5 different type of...

I have heard that there are differences in breeds of chickens as some are noisier than others , but how noisy is a chicken really . Can you hear them cluck from 10 feet away , 20 feet away , 30 feet away , etc....?