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Please forgive me, but I have to say it... I need help with a bruised cock. Ha, sorry again. Our dog Sissy is a wonderful loving girl, but she loves to lick. I've always said she's the viscous licking dog. Well our little roo is bruised up and missing some feathers on his back and neck. I...

I've been on a chicken coop mission.I live south west of Miami,FL so it's hot, humid, and we have sideways rain, tropical storms, and hurricanes. I've been doing a lot of research to find a way to keep the flock cool and dry while having the ability to close it up for a storm. (This is really...

Hi everyone. I'm new to chickening and building our first coop. It will be 8'x 5' with a roof sloping from 7' up front to 6 at the rear. I'm trying to figure out how to keep it well ventilated,but not drafty. I'm also trying to contend with keeping this well ventilated coop dry inside. We plan...

I'm pretty new to BYC, and new to chickening. I had wanted chickens for fresh eggs since my late teens when I first had one. 15 years later we finally found a house we could rent out in an agricultural area. I grew up in Miami, and as a naturalist this is heaven. I got the chicks the second week...

This is our white leghorn "green mallard" Mal for short, named by my 3 y/o daughter. I know leghorns all have combs and waddles, but she seems to stand tall like our cockrel, and is the only one that challenges him. So what do ya think? Pullet or cockrel?

We purchased 6 chicks about that many weeks ago. I knew six was pushing it, but didn't have any way of knowing they would end up 14. The short version is a hen adopted us with her brood right after we got our flock. She hatched 10 chicks! We adopted one of the chicks that she rejected, making...

Identifying the Surprise Flock-pt 1 We had a broody hen adopt us with her chicks. Since the chicks have been orphaned. We think mamma died trying to get her chick back from a predator, either the pack of racoons got her or the guard dogs on the farm nextdoor did. They are around 6 weeks old...

We have 2 small flocks, although only planned on one. We bought 6, 5 pullets and a roo. A hen had taken up residence on the other side of the fence in the neighbiring avocado grove before we moved in, and hatched 10 chicks the day we brought ours home. She rejected one that we rook in, and we...

Hello Everyone, I'm new to the chickening thing, and new to BYC. A long time ago a friends father used to send me home with fresh eggs every time I went over. Ever since then I have wanted chickens, and we're talking 15 years. We finally had the space for chickens, so I impulsively went and...

We recently moved into a house in an agricultural area, and was thrilled that we would be able to get chickens. Workers at the avacodo grove on the othe side of the fence found a hen on a nest right on the other side of the fence. I thought she just got there since we hadn't seen her, and the...