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New batch of chicks! They're 4 wks old today. Still seems a bit early to me but I'm starting to get ideas and I thought I'd share. They're hatchery stock, SLW, Easter Egger, Light Brahma, Welsummer. Pretty sure the Welsummer is a Pullet. Easter Egger matured much faster than the other three, and...

Hey backyard chickens! It's been so long since I've been on this website, and even longer since I've owned chicks. This spring I made the decision to grow my flock and purchased 3 baby chicks from a reputable guy I've gotten them from in the past. He just orders them from some hatchery, I think...

Hi, We've had ducks since summer now, and they've been laying like crazy. That would be a dream come true if we could eat them. My parents and I have all recently developed a strong intolerance of our duck eggs. Eating just a bite causes pains, vomiting, light-headedness, etc. for the rest...

Pretty sure my chickens have worms. Probably threadworms since I don't see them in the droppings and I know they're difficult to kill, but I haven't had a fecal float done so I don't know exactly what kind. I have Fenbendazole paste. How much do I give them? I have large fowl as well as...

Been dealing with a mysterious problem in my flock for a while now. Treated with antibiotics, chickens responded but it came back. TwoCrows suggested it may be Coccidiosis but they don't appear to be responding to Corid. I've come to the conclusion that it's worms. When I treat them with...

I have some kind of disease in my flock, probably a bacterial infection. The biggest sign is that the infected hens start laying soft-shelled or shell-less eggs, usually on the droppings board at night after a day of nesting activity (with no egg produced) Then they become lethargic, tired, lose...

I have what appears to be a serious bacterial infection that responds to sulfadimethoxine, which treats it but does not cure it, the infection returning within two weeks. Signs are dejectedness, fatigue, weight loss, and diarrhea. Nesting behavior continues but no egg is laid until night...

Over the past week, my cochin has been losing a lot of feathers. They just seem to fall right out, and immediately start growing back in. She seems to be acting normal, and there are no visible bald spots. She'll be one year old in about 3 months. Is it okay that she appears to be going...

Hi, we appear to have a beginning case of scaly leg mites, only apparent at the moment on our bantam cochin. I'm going to be soaking her legs in oil, exfoliating, and covering in petroleum jelly. Is this the best method? Do I have to do it for every chicken? Also, what is the best way to...

I have a small flock of 3 bantam pullets: one silkie, one cochin, and one Serama. The Serama being the leader. Because it is cold outside, they have been living in our basement, having access to a good-sized room as their run, and a dog crate, which they roost on top of and lay eggs inside...

Ok so I've been fairly sure for a while now that our bantam cochin was a pullet, but I'm posting pictures just to make sure. It's gotten serious comb and wattle growth in the past week (I lost track of it's age, if I had to guess I'd say 26-30 weeks). I'm also aware of the faulty comb, but I...

After hours of research, I have come to the realization that my chickens have fowl pox. Every single one of them exhibits small, black dots on their comb and waddles (some more serious than others but never as intense as what you find on google) even the bantams, which are separate from the...

Ok, so I have a Serama. It's about 21 weeks old and until now I was confident it was a cockerel. Why? Because it was crowing and it's comb and waddles are quite large. Here's the odd part. He lives in a flock that consists of 3 other birds. As I mentioned before, he was crowing like crazy for...

Alright, I'm panicking a bit. For the last week, one of my Wyandottes has had a hurt leg, so she limps. She has been living inside in a dog crate separated from the other birds, and her leg has not improved. Also, she is digesting very slowly and doesn't appear to be eating much. I assumed it...

My pullet has a hurt leg. She walks with a limp and it's been a week now with no improvement. She stopped laying entirely and seems to be digesting food very slowly. Her crop is full in the morning. If I touch her leg she pulls it back in pain. I posted a thread a few days ago and got some...

Hi, we have a pullet that has been limping for the past week. I'm not entirely sure if it is her foot or her leg (although I did check for bumblefoot) It doesn't seem to be getting any better. She is still eating and drinking but is kind of alienated from the flock. She can get around by...

My serama pullet (5 months old) died yesterday morning from what I think was cocci. She showed no signs the day before and we found her rolled over in the coop the next morning. We brought her inside and gave her some corid but she died 20 minutes later. Just last month my silkie pullet got...

I have a Serama cockerel. I know he's a cockerel because I can see hackle feathers coming in, and he crows every morning. The odd thing about him is that when I go to pick him up, he does the submission squat thing just like the hens do. Is this normal? Thanks!

So our Serama cockerel never grew in feathers like my hen did. My guess is that the feathers were pulled out as a chick before we got him (we got him when he was already 4 weeks old) Now, our hen just has a full thing of tail feathers, and our cockerel has three. Just three, long tail...

Hi, my Silkie juvie was attacked by my Serama juvie in the back of the neck, and there is a good-sized open wound there. What am I supposed to do? Never dealt with this before. She seems alert and not in too much pain. Thank you!