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this picture popped up in my local county news feed and thought it would be interesting to share here. I’ve never seen this before, so I wanted to see if anyone else has. You can see that the inside of the egg is black which looks like mold. Any ideas what this could be?

Well, my father in law helped me put some more wire over the part of the coop that wasn’t covered. Hoping this will do the trick. No more gaps for any critters to get in from the top.

this morning I went outside to check on my chickens and noticed one was dead under the coop. When I pulled it out I noticed that it’s head was missing, but there were no other signs of damage to the chicken. I inspected the coop and there weren’t any holes or anything. The only thing I can think...

I honestly didn't even know that was a thing. I would like to know, but not sure of the time and money to figure it out.

So you're saying I shouldn't have thrown it in the creek? Lol

I just checked my flock of 8 chickens (1 rooster 7 hens) and found one of the hens dead in the coop. I'm surprised since I've been out there twice today and none of them were acting unusual. Any reason why one could just drop dead? One thing to note, I have noticed some loud noises during the...

Wow. Makes perfect sense after reading about red sex links. This bird is fearless. Lol

I'm usually pretty good about doing my research on these matters, but I think I've screwed up royally after noticing what's happened in the last 12 hours after doing some research. I have 6 five week old chicks and two of them ended up being roosters. I wanted layers only, so I looked into...

yes, I realize these pictures are garbage and I will do my best to get some better pics, but my question is more generally based on sexing the chicks based on their feathers. You can see in the pic that there are clearly two chicks that have much more white in their feathers than the other. I...

The coop is 6.5 x 4.5 feet, so more than sufficient for 7 chickens according to what I have been told.

I'm about 80% finished building a coop (link below) for my 7 barred rock pullets that are approximately 3 weeks old. The coop is located on our land that is wide open, so I want to build them a run that is large enough for them to protect them from predators. I was planning on doing a 12' x...

I know this isn't the place for this, but I stumbled upon a bird while mowing my land yesterday that has laid eggs right in the middle of a patch in front of my house. Here she is warning me to back off and she has dive bombed the kids for getting to close. Anyone have experience with these...

So I was checking on my chicks this evening and noticed one of the chicks has a raw exposed butt. I've provided a detailed picture (you're welcome) to help give me an idea of what's going on. Anyone know?

My two cents as a newbie...I would try and find something larger for them. They seem awfully cramped in there. I had an old pallet sitting around that's roughly 2' x 3.5' that my 7 use the full range of.

I would really recommend going over to the mama heating pad thread and checking out the setups. I'm new to this as well and started the exact same way as you with a clear 250W bulb burning down on the chicks. I was quickly convinced that a MHP was the way to go so I went and bought some wire...

My current situation is very similar to what you're encountering. I started with 8 chicks as well and it was a mixed bag of mostly 2-3 day old chicks and a couple 10 day old chicks when I first got them. The smallest chick ended up dying on the third day I had them which was partly due to a...

Ehhhhhh. I hope that doesn't happen. I already had that happen with one of the chicks, but I think it was due to my ignorance with the heat lamp when I first brought them home. Said chick would chirp chirp chirp and boom....dead. Fingers crossed that it's just a needy chick seeking attention.

I agree 100%. I think i'm just paranoid as this is my first batch of chicks. Very hard for me not to hover, but I get it. I need to back off and let them find their way.

At night with the lights out and chicks under MHP, complete silence. It's only during the day and only with MHP provided heat that this one little chick chirps like mad. It only stops when heating pads go off and heat lamp goes on.