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Hellllo! many little fluffy butts have tapeworm. I can’t get anything at the local store and my vet is saying she can’t get Zimerictin but can get valbazen But that it’s very expensive. Any recommendations?? Thanks!!

I’m pretty sure I may know the answer but I want to see if I’m missing anything. my birds free range and I haven’t been getting a lot of eggs. Maybe 1 a day and I have 5 hens currently laying. So I locked them up to see if they’re just being sneaky. Still only 2 eggs... They’re all on chick...

The last two nights I’ve had an egg that’s broken under the roost. The coops been a bit crazy with mamas raising babies and nest boxes busy but there’s always one open but it’s weird it’s like actually laying on the roost. Ideas? Thanks!

Hello! First year letting my ladies just go broody. I’ve had one mum hatch 1 lol. We lost one egg I kid you not and the other was a loss. now I have a mum hatching 9. 3 have hatched. But she’s not separated yet. I only have 3 boxes and 2 are occupied by mums. I’ve had to remove eggs from the...

They’re not chirping loud but they sleep very close. Are they too cold?

Hello so I have some 5-6 day old chicks. This morning we found a dead chick 😭 it was totally normal looking. Clear vent not a small chick. It did have a shaving in its beak but not like far down? Not sure. Anyways I’ve been really watching them today to make sure the rest seem well and this...

Ok. So today is day 23. All hatched chicks are in brooder and remaining eggs in the incubator. How do I know when to call it quits? I candled quickly to see and all eggs have air pockets but not seeing any sort of movement or hearing anything. It’s hot and stinky in there lol. I’d like to clean...

Can you sex day olds? Thanks!!

Help?! Is this chicks yolk not absorbed?! can I do anything?!

First time Hatcher. I have 2 proper little pips (just the first crack) and I have one chick that actually popped out and then died. It’s slimy and bubbly looking and hasn’t moved in over 10 hours. Do I leave it in there or remove???? it’s so so hard to get a good photo of it!! I’m like 95%...

Ok. First timer. I didn’t have sponges so I used washcloths at the bottom of a little giant incubator. I lifted the viewing plastic to just sniff in case of rotten eggs. It doesn’t smell rotten but it does smell sort of mildewy. Should I put all my eggs on a towel for a minute take out towels...

I know the answer I’m probably going to get but I want opinions. I had 4 Icelandic chickens. 3 hens and a roo and I bought a trio of 3 more and the only way she’d sell is to sell with a rooster. Well I’ve taken a liking to this new rooster and I don’t want to cull or sell. Can I keep all...

Hi all. I brought home 3 new birds to my existing flock of 4 and the new ones were in a pen with the old flock separated so they can look but not touch. Well we had one slow intro day when we had some fighting and so I put the new ones away again and all 3 have hid under the coop. They are so...

helloooo!! After a two year break from chickens due to finally moving to some acreage we have 9 gawky birds in our basement growing quick. We have a beautiful backyard of hills, rocks, forest, open grass and a ton of decay piles. My dream is to have the chickens roam free but I am scared of...

This hens eggs have been blotchy and veiny for a while but this is new! They're so big and round! I'm worried it's going to crack coming out!!! Advice? They're on layer feed and get oyster shells.

It's pretty cold right now. -11 Celsius. And for the last week or so (that I've noticed) one of my hens won't go up on the roost. She stays on the floor. I have to go out and put her up every night. And I have no clue if she stays up. She has poop on her wings and I'm not sure what to do or why...

I went out to see why I couldn't find a bird and she was inside laying down wyes closed. I picked her up and her legs and wings were floppy. She opened her eyes. She had a greenish/yellow ooze on her bottom. Her vent actually looks good. Pink and moist. Smelt a bit vinegary. Her breast bone was...

I have a 2 week old barred rock that I noticed limping yesterday. She won't use her left leg and uses her wing as a crutch to get to food. I've felt her legs to see if it's a slipped tendon but it's hard to tell. It almost feels like there's no tendon there at all but I really can't tell. But...

Anyone know what this is? She's 2 weeks old and since her feathers came in it's been weird like this.

Can I take away food and have them scratch to get all this waste?? There's sooo much in the litter!