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Hello, I looked through the breed thread and am still not sure what breed or sex this chicken is. It is a rescue chick, it will be 9 weeks old this week. It is very small in comparison to our orpingtons. Can anyone help idrntify its breed and sex? Thank you! ]

Hello, I tried to find clear answers to my questions on other threads but some were very long and I thought just asking would be faster. We did surgery today on our roosters foot. We got some scabby stuff out and my neighbor pulled something out, we were not sure that it was the "corn"...

Hello, My 4 year old Orpington has bumblefoot. I wasn't sure what was going on. (I feel bad!! I didn't know till I saw pictures online... oiy) A couple of months ago my neighbor saw him walking funny like his leg or foot hurt and we checked him that night and couldn't find anything wrong. And...

Hello, So my hens have not layed any eggs for about.... ummm... well it seems like it was august. I was wondering if they had worms... but I am not sure. Now they have been molting for what seems like a while and I suspect that is the reason for no eggs. They are Blue Orpingtons and Wydonette...

Hello, I don't know what is going on. All my hens stopped laying eggs about a month ago. About 2-3 months ago only about half were laying... now no one is laying. I breifly read another thread about this and someone said they might be molting. There is a big area with alot of feathers on the...

Just wondering if I should? How often? Any thoughts Thanks Y'all!

1) What type of bird , age and weight. Blue orpington wyadonette mix, 6 months... I am not sure her weight but she has lost weight and is weak. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Sleepy, eyes closing, laying down most of the day... loosing interest in food and water. I am helping her with water...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew how much water 1 chicken drinks in a day... and then how much Sulmet I should put in the water per day. Thanks

Hello, I wanted to share with you all my natural/organic chicken lice treatment. I started with what chickenannie did as explained in her thread... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=146550 I combined different things I had heard of people doing, using peppermint etc. So far...

Hello, I am researching natural methods for treating chicken lice. I remmember when I was little our Mom would use Distilled Vineger to loosen up the lice nits (eggs) in our hair, can this work for chicken lice eggs on chickens? Has anyone tried this?

One of my chickens has lice, in which I will probably have to treat the whole flock. My roosters comb looks droopy. Will DE do the job. Can anyone help with how to go about cleaning all my chickens up? And coop. thanks I would like to do this organically if I can. Thanks Here is an online...

I was just wondering. About a week before my hens eggs were due to hatch, I went out to check on her and one of the eggs was out from underneath her right up by her chest. It was just the shell and opened/cracked on the side, it reminded me of a soup bowl by the way it was opened (if that makes...

I have 2 orpington hens and 1 roo. They hang out together. I also have 5 australorp pullets about 16 weeks old. They hang out together. I got the australorops after the orpingtons. The two flocks are starting to mingle more. I slowly introduced them in different pens so they could see eachother...

Hello, I am wondering if anyone could help me tell who is who . These are our 5 week old blue orpington chicks (although Cyan has a comb I have not yet seen before, it has a little point in it). I think I have 4 pullets, 3 Roos (Dahlia, Lilly and Lupin) and Cyan I am not sure!? I tryed my best...

Hello, Here are pictures of our 10 week old Australorps. They weree guaranteed to be pullets, but I have a feeling that one is a cockerel because the comb and waddle are bigger and redder... but maybe some australorp pullets have that? I hope it isn't but if anyone can tell please let me know...

Hello, I am just wondering how long it takes for a chick to hatch? I have 7 little chicks already running around. The momma is sitting on the last two eggs to be hatched. One is hatching, I noticed a hole in the shell this morning around 11am and it is now 11pm and the chick is still not out...

Hello All, I am so excited, went outside this morning to find that my hen had some peep peep peeping under her. It is her first batch and mine as well! 4 out of 8 have hatched so far. She is a Blue Orpington. Here are my questions, latley it has been cool outside... high of 60 low of 40. Should...

I need to find a good home for these two roo's for free. These are pictures of them when they were 4 months they are now 6 months. They are nice to humans, I have raised them as pets, you can pick them up and pet them. And they eat your kitchen scraps! I just don't want them to fight and hurt...

Please list them in the proper auction format. Read here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=250783

Hello, I hope that someone out there can help. I am so sad, a predator broke into our chick run tonight while we were out and took one of our chicks (Blue she was my sweetest one... see my page for picutes I just took of him/her the other day) and another seems badly wonded. I read the section...