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I have two "accidental" roosters in my flock. One is a white plymouth rock, from a hatchery. The second is a "barnyard mix" ~ sold to me as a dark brahma from Urban Chicken store in Raleigh. I cannot keep them, as i want my neighbors to continue to like me... I know if I rehome them, I have...

I'm thinking by "her" comb and wattles that "she" is a "he"?!? Also, "she" chases the other girls around, head down and neck feathers flared up and out. I've also seen her pecking at the others and chest bumping. Hatch date 4/17, so "she's" about 8 weeks old. Came with a "pullet guarantee"...

I have an 18 month old RIR who has previously been a fantastic layer. Large hard shelled brown eggs, some double yolks. Last August, she had bumblefoot, and I did "home surgery". 2 months later, it came back and we did home surgery again. It appears to have cleared up ( surgery was awful...

I have a very sick RIR/Partridge Rock cross pullet. She's about 16-20 weeks old and not laying yet. About 10 days ago, she started wheezing/sneezing and shaking her head a lot. Otherwise normal eating, drinking, foraging... I thought it was respiratory so I isolated her and treated her for 5...

I had 3 hens, 2 Speckled Sussex and 1 Colombian Wyandotte (SS & CW). They are 2 1/2 years old. SS1 went broody earlier this summer. Instead of breaking her broodiness this time, I tried an "experiment" I read about here on BYC (y'all are great you know?!?) about "grafting" chicks. I added 3...

After months of waiting patiently... the babies I brought home last March are all four laying! The Columbian Wyandotte Sisters, Betsey and Mabel rewarded me in early August with their first eggs. I thought the Speckled Sussex Sisters, Stella and Emmadine, would follow suit soon. I watched...

so i have 2 columbian wyandottes and 2 speckled sussex, all about 18 weeks old. they are all very sweet girls. last week this strange behavior started. every time i open the door to go in their run they come greet me - usually because i have treats. Betsey, one of the wyandottes, immediately...

ok, so the girls have been getting overripe tomatoes and strawberries from the garden this summer and they love them. today while scraping their poop board, i noticed a pinkish color in their poop - not blood - but an all-over pinkish tinge. is this possibly from all the tomatoes and...

I like the look of natural branches for some roosts in my run. I found some nice hardwood branches while foraging in the woods behind my house. They are about 3" diameter and long so I can cut to size. My question is this - some of them have moss and lichens on them. Would these be safe for...