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Today I noticed a hen that could not use one leg. She also has a purple-black tinge around the edge of her comb, as well as a prominent keel and fluid in her abdomen, plus missing feathers around her butt despite being at the top of the pecking order and lately she has had weak eggs, but all the...

I posted a thread offering a cockerel whose breed I didn't know at the time in the rehoming section, how would I edit the title to say "2 month old brown leghorn cockerel in NY"?

I bought a few birds from a poultry store (they were hatchery bred) and unfortunately got a boy in a batch of girls and my local laws do not allow roosters. He is supposed to be a speckled sussex but I believe they gave us the wrong breed (my guess is Welsummer). He isn't mean, if anything he's...

several chicks just arrived by mail order, one of them is lethargic and not eating, though drinking when we put her beak in the water. at first she just seemed slightly more cold and dehydrated, and was getting some food and water when we moved the other chicks out of the way, but shes been...

My two ladies decided to eat their nest box insulation, they peeled away the papery layer and ate much of the styrofoam, so far they haven't been showing any reaction, but I'm not sure if they will be able to pass it or not, and here is a pic to show how much they've eaten (w/ a quarter for scale)

Hi, I've been finding my waterer frozen every morning, even when it's inside the coop, and my coop isn't big enough for a bigger waterer. I'm planning on insulating the coop and putting a vinyl shower curtain around the run, but I don't know how much that will help. It's one of those metal...

At the beginning of summer my buff got a small cut on top of her beak that never completely healed, though i don't know if this is connected, and the spots on the brown's comb seem to have randomly appeared, though I don't know when. I'm not extremely worried about the brown chicken as she has...

A friend of mine has 4 ducklings and 1 poult (the only ones that hatched) in a brooder together as the turkey panics when taken away from the ducklings. Are there any health concerns my friend should be aware of?

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I happen to love debating so I'm starting this thread for people to vouch for their favorite species/breed!

has anyone bought chicks from MyPetChicken before? they're the only hatchery I found that has all the breeds I'm looking for, here's a list; dominique, ancona, speckeled sussex, golden laced wyandotte, silver spangled hamburg. (all hens)

http://changechickenordinance.weebly.com

Can anyone else in poughkeepsie, NY please contact the zoning board to ask them to allow chickens in the area closer than 100ft from proprety lines, I sent a letter asking for the same setbacks as a house, 30ft from front and back, 20ft from sides IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA PLEASE CONTACT THEM.