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Last night I went to shut chickens up and one appeared to have fallen from roost, was laying with her head cocked to the side pressed against the wall. If she wouldn’t have been breathing heavy I would have thought she was dead by the way she was laying. I examined her and tucked her away in a...

I had a broody that hatched 1 egg. Sweetest interaction in the world. Anyway I have kept them in the coop with the flock and they are doing great. The only issue I am having is that the bigs are eating the starter grower and I’m not sure how much of it the baby is actually getting. Suggestions...

Ok I have a rather funny situation. I had 2 broody hens and only 1 chick hatch between the two clutches. Now they are both trying to momma the chick. Should I just let them be or is there a highly likelyhood of negative ramifications?

Ok guys I have a broody hen sitting on 3 fertile eggs. We are about 2 weeks I don’t know exact because I was very sick for a week and my husband isn’t as observant about these things. My best guess is 15 days in maybe . Last time we had 5 fertile eggs but none hatched It’s a different hen this...

I have 27 hens and 1 Roo. He is almost a year old and very friendly with humans. A good portion of my girls have bald backs/heads from him though. He is not mean just really ruff with them. Is there any solution aside from separating him from the flock? I don’t know that it actually would but I...

I have a flock of 27 hens and 1 rooster. They are all old enough to lay but I get on average 9 eggs a day. I know it is winter time and they lay less often in the winter but I keep a light on until about 8pm every night. I am trying to start selling the eggs but production is slow. I found...

this is my first rooster raising from a baby. He is 5 months old and just started being very mean to some of my hens his age. He grabs the feathers on their heads right behind their combs and pulls them around making them scream in pain. Sometimes he won’t let go until I get onto him. Is this...

I have 5 hens a little over a year old and 21 that are from 4-5months old. My 5 hens won’t let the 21 youngsters on the roost at night. They all get on it during the day though. Will this behavior correct itself within the flock as the young ones get older or is there something I should do? Also...

i have 5 hens that I have had over a year now and 23 chicks that are between 6-18 weeks old. The 5 hens won’t let the 23 newbies on the roost at night. Will this change with time? Is there anything I can do? This is my roost...

this little lady was sold to me as a day old chick on April 20th as a Cuckoo Maran along with 2 others. One turned out to be a roo and the other has feathered feet (so does roo) but both have normal necks. I have been watching this girl and the top picture is as far as I have ever seen her...

Has anyone ever heard of a chicken whose feathers grow backward, like if you rub them from head to tail it would ruffle them but if you rub from tail to head it smooths them? Someone told my mother-in-law about one and I can’t find it online.

Has anyone ever heard of a chicken whose feathers grow backward, like if you rub them from head to tail it would ruffle them but if you rub from tail to head it smooths them? Someone told my mother-in-law about one and I can’t find it online.

This is the first time I have hatched eggs in any way. I had a hen go broody about 20 days ago so I marked 5 eggs and let her sit on them. I have candles them 2x (once today) and could see the chicks moving the first time (day 10) but today most were just really solid looking except for the air...

7-8 weeks old Male or female?

What breed is this? About 7-8 weeks old

about 7 week old Cuckoo Maran

what breed is this?

I have 2 chicks that I don’t know the breed of. The first started out black with a large white spot on her head and has feathered legs. The 2nd does not have feathered legs and the breed said summer something, honestly I forgot. They were both hatched on 4/18.

I bought 15 chicks from the feed store today. I believe they are 2 days old. On of my Speckled Sussex chicks won’t really open her eyes, won’t eat, only drinking from syringe and is very weak. I am holding her against my chest with my hand around her for now but I want to do everything I can to...

I rescued this rooster less than a week ago and he was pretty beat up by the other roosters he lived with. He was healing well and fitting in with my 5 hens well then today when my hubby went to close them in for the night he called me out there and the roosters chest is covered in blood because...