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I've read a lot of similar threads, but am feeling overwhelmed. I recently started work at a poultry farm and after about a week, I found out that the chickens needed to be treated because they had a respiratory issue. OK, fine. About a week or so later, my rooster started acting...

I have a Silkie hen who's been broody for just over a week or so. I haven't let her sit on any eggs (there are other hens laying and she'll just go and sit on them until I take them away daily), but now am thinking about giving her some to hatch out (or try). Has she been broody for too long...

Would a cross between a Crested Cream Legbar hen and a Silkie roo result in Easter Eggers?

I posted this on the Silkie Sexing thread, but I think it got lost. These 2 hatched out at the end of July and I'm still struggling to sex them. No crowing or eggs yet! Help! The top 2 pics are for 1 and the bottom 2 are for the other.

I have a LG Still air incubator that I've used for a few hatches (with mixed results). I was recently given an Incuview and its running now with its first batch. I was thinking of running two bators, one for incubating and one for hatching. Any tips? I think I had bacteria issues with the LG on...

A chick hatched last night. She zipped, then seemed to get stuck, and couldn't get the shell off. After more than an hour, I used tweezers to help her. The membrane was completely dry where she had zipped and her feathers had dried to it in some places and I had to help her get it off. So far...

I'm thinking about getting some call ducks this Spring (I think chickens were my gateway drug!). Can I run my idea for a set-up by you... My chickens forage/free-range in a fenced in back yard (about 1/4 of a acre is fenced in, I'm guessing). We have one of those decorative pools (about 3 feet...

I had a little Silkie die today (post in emergency forum). She was super cute and pretty and had a very interesting coloring (Birchen, but very silvery). I wasn't especially attached to her as I just got her a few weeks ago (and am now worried she had something contagious - never again buying...

I acquired a few new Silkies a couple of weeks ago (wrote on another thread about not being entirely happy with them). I noticed yesterday that one of them kept pecking for food, but missing it. I took her in and we trimmed her eye feathers thinking she just couldn't see well. I returned her...

Ok, I know this is discussed constantly here, and I thought I had it down, but a Tractor Store employee has confused me (and maybe he was just plain wrong!)... I have a flock of chickens...recently laying chickens, soon-to-be-laying chickens, will-lay-in -the-Spring chickens, and young...

Our weather is getting wetter and colder. My large chickens are mostly free-ranged (in a very large fenced-in backyard), so mucky feet is not such a problem. But my Silkies are kept in a smaller cooped in area (for their protection). At there any tips for keeping it as dry as possible? Adding...

I added a few more silkies to my flock a few weeks ago, including a rooster (well, 2, but only one is a problem). He's larger than the other ones (inc the other rooster) and solidly built. Today I caught him grabbing and pulling around my younger silkie (hatched out end of July) trying to get...

I noticed today that one of my Silkies had a bit of feather stuck in her eye (we had bad weather for a few days and I think she may have gotten wet and when her head feathers were weighed down, it didn't dry right). We cleaned the area and brushed back the feathers with a cotton pad, but the...

Hi...few questions here! I was looking to add some new silkies to my small silkie flock. A couple people recommended someone (who lives at a distance) and she sent me photos of ones she had for sale. We arranged to meet halfway. When we met (with her husband) he had a problem with the box they...

I visited a local petting farm today and they had turkeys. I've been thinking of getting turkeys and the farmer said he would sell me hatching eggs next spring, if I wanted. The tom is a bourbon, but he couldn't remember the breed (and she might be a mix) of the older hen (who lays a lot of...

To keep a long story short, due to chicken math, I need another coop. I was planning on building one, but due to toddlers, my time is limited and two coops have presented themselves to me today.... 1. A wooden 'bear proof' (the description goes) chicken coop that measures 3x6 and is 4.5'' to...

I have a still air Little Giant. My last hatch I ran it at 102 degrees and had a good hatch. I decided to install a computer fan this time around to improve the hatch rate, but now I'm not sure what temperature I should be running it at??! Still 102 or should I decrease it? Sitting here with...

I received a package of shipped eggs today and had a question (or 2). I read through the info about incubating shipped eggs. If you have some egg cells that look good and some that have 'wandered' a bit, is it better to put them all in and turn the automatic turner on or leave it for 3 days...

Ok, I'm a newbie chicken owner, so the sex might be really obvious to others, but I'd appreciate some help (if it's not too early to tell). These chickens hatched about May 25/26, so are not quite 8 weeks old yet. Mabel, LF Cochin Pearl, Olive Egger (below, on the right)...

So, after reading some good thins about fermented chicken feed, I decided to jump in and try it. My chicken are going on 7 weeks old and still on chick crumble. So last night, as per instructions in the article I was referencing, I put some in a glass jar, covered it with watered, stirred...