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Sorry, I'm asking a question that's been asked a million times. I feel that I'd be too lucky to get 3/3 pullets in my hatch. Both have defined chipmunk stripes but the darker chick has a tiny yellow dot on its head and the lighter chick doesn't have much "eyeliner" or a super defined V on the...

I have these pop up puppy pens and love using them for raising chicks. However, there's still a ton of dust all over my guest room after a few weeks. I was thinking of sewing cotton fabric over the mesh panels to cut down on the dust all over the room. Does anyone see any issues in doing this?

My hen keeps twisting her neck around so that her head is upside down. At first I thought maybe wry neck so I have been treating with vitamins and keeping her separate for over a week with no improvement. She doesn't stay like this all the time. She can stand and hold her head normally. Eats and...

Looking for pigeons $5-$10 per bird for dog training fly aways and can't find them anywhere. Anyone have any leads?

I have a hen that has always seemed to be more Sneezy than the others but every time I listen to her lungs she never sounds congested or shows any signs of congestion by her nostrils. Today I noticed she's sneezing more than usual. I had 2 chickens die this past week from what appears to be...

I have 5 porcelain orpingtons and I love them! I found another thread where people said you could feather sex orpingtons even though I thought that was only true of hybrids? Just for fun want to see if we can sex mine? Then I'll know for sure in a few weeks when the combs come in if we were correct!

I have a hovabator genesis and love it; have great hatch rates. I decided to borrow someone's inccuview incubator for lockdown/hatching this time so I could have better visibility and live stream my hatch. Hatch day is today and 6/15 eggs hatched yesterday afternoon through early this morning. I...

My friend is incubating at school next month. We would both like to take home a couple lavender females and donate the rest to a local farm. Looking for large fowl but open to breeds and would prefer (but not necessary) sex links. If you ship (or are in North Jersey) hatching eggs for breeds...

This fall I ordered for the first time from a hatchery (Meyers) and want to do so again in the spring. I ordered a standard Cochin on a whim and now I need more gentle giants who wear pants LOL. I've narrowed it down to Murray McMurray and Ideal and here are my pro's/cons: I'm interested in LF...

I finally let my broody hen have baby chicks they are a week old and it will get down to the teens this week. do I need to bring them into the garage? they have a cozy Coop heater in the brooder area of the coop and also a water heater.

I ordered chicks through the mail for the first time because I've been dying for some salmon faverolles and don't want to wait until spring. The hatchery had 3 left so I ordered all 3 and of course one SF came dead and another SF came with the leg issue. Just my luck... anyways, I'm not sure if...

I have a hen going on 3 years old. She consistently goes broody about 3x a season and I'm just curious, will she always continue to go broody or will that lesson as her egg production drops off? She is a Basque hen. I am letting her sit on eggs for the first time . She did adopt 5 week old...

My rooster sounds like he has a respiratory infection. I keep Tylan 50 on hand just in case but my supply is running low so I looked online to buy more and it looks like no one has it available. I can't find 200 either. Is there a problem going on with the manufacturer? Does anyone recommend a...

Hi everyone, I wanted to create a new thread so I could hopefully get more views and therefore input. I have a rooster 2 years old and last Friday (9 days ago) I noticed he has a swollen crusty spot on his butt about the size of a lemon. It includes his vent and the area above it under his tail...

Does anyone know what this is on my poor rooster's butt? And how to treat it? I put vetricyn and triple antibiotic cream on it. I think I had the same thing on a pullet last year and she died

Does anyone else have these from this year? I have just one hatched in mid March and is yet to start laying. Her comb and wattles have been red for months so I thought she would be my first layer from this group but she is my last! Even my rooster shows no interest in her. She has no crest so...

Today is day 21 but 12/15 chicks hatched yesterday and last night. One that was pipped this morning just hatched. I have 2 eggs left that haven't hatched. When candling one pipped internally and one has not. I saw no movement and heard no sounds from either. I'll leave them in the incubator for...

Chicken math got the best of me and I need to reduce my chick stock! I am selling these 4 chicks that I picked up at TSC. They are all easter egger pullets about 2 weeks old. Looking to sell at 4 for $10. Located in Long Valley, NJ. They just started getting in their shoulder feathers.

Me and my coworkers are doing a baby pool for our pregnant friend. So I figured why limit it to just human babies?? Lol now we also have a "baby" pool going for my chicks due on 3/16. The suspense will kill them on gender as they'll have to wait almost 2 months to find out

Has anyone "created" extra space in their run by making it multi level (other than a roost)? I am helping my neighbor plan her new coop using an existing shed but there's not a ton of space for the run so I'm trying to think of ways to get creative.