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I have been growing out 3 heritage RIR cockerels to see which one I want to keep for spring breeding. One of them has been stubborn and wanting to roost outside the "fortress" as I call it. It's basically a bulletproof coop inside of a fenced run protected by electric fence. Well, this morning I...

2 week old slw sold as unsexed. What do you think??

One of my week old Lavender orpington chicks has an eye that looks cloudy kinda like a cateract....the eye looks black with a milky looking haze. Do you guys know what can cause this?

6 week old EE. I see saddle feathers and the comb is starting to grow. What do yall think?? Thanks

Hello everyone! Today is day 20 for my micro hatch (3 eggs) and we have 2 pips!!! I checked on them early this morning and all was well, temp good and humidity was 66%. Just got back home and checked on them and the humidity had dropped to 37!! I quickly raised it back up to 70, do yall think...

I bought these three as ameraucanas. They are about 1 year old. What do ya'll think?

Not sure what happened but one of my SLW got attacked by something, probably a dog. I was asleep, worked last night. Woke up and found 2 missing a bunch of feathers. One is ok just feathers missing. The other has a large chunk of skin and meat missing on her back. I'm not sure what to...

My hens have started getting black scab looking spots on their combs the last couple of days. I'm new at this so I need help from you guys. I read about fowl pox and I guess I just want some confirmation. Thanks!!!

Supposed to be a pullet ..

I need a little help choosing what to feed my flock without having to have 3 different types of feeds in the pen. From searching on here, it looks like ppl use starter/grower and provide oyster shell for the layers until all are laying. I currently have layer crumbles and layer pellets available...

We lost our black silkie yesterday to an unexpected predator, my 12 YO son. It was totally an accident. He was riding our side x side out back with some family that was over for BBQ and he noticed some of the flock had wondered toward the neighbor's pond. He rode over to push them back and in...

We had our first casualty today. The neighbors dog killed one of my barred rocks and almost got my Wellsummer. I wasn't home but the neighbor came over and told me when I got home that I was missing a chicken. The dog bit her when she pulled him off the hen that was still alive!!!! I hate to be...

So here in the deep south we are getting constant rain and sweltering humidity right now. I built a bucket feeder and it works well except that the feed is fermenting inside the bucket pretty badly. It's to the point where I'm just using a flock block and leftovers right now until I can figure...

Maybe I'm just freaking out for no reason. Today is day 20 and I've already had 3 hatch since yesterday. My question is - one of the eggs that pipped yesterday afternoon has made a large hole overnight and (about a quarter size ) and stopped. The chick is moving a little bit no chirping. The...

Hello to all! I live in the deep south, Baton Rouge to be exact. My family had chickens when I was a kid but it has been quite a while since I've raised chicks. I recently built a coop and started a small flock for me and my family to raise and have a little fun with. We got 5 barred rocks, 5 RI...

So I got 18 fertilized eggs from a co-worker to hatch as a little home science project with my kids. Not knowing much about hatching I borrowed a still air incubator/turner from him and put them in last Saturday (April 11th). Temp has been holding at 99.5 since the start, no problems there. I...