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Can't figure out what's wrong with mine. Recieved 108 on Monday. I'm already down to 98. Symptoms: Lethagic won't eat won't drink flop around with neck bent funky, upwards onto top of back push themselves around if irritated peep loudly last 2 that have died have had purple toenails and tips...

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Can you sex a chick based on it's wings? I hear different things from different sources. BTW, they are RIR, and I HEARD that you can't with them...Any thoughts? Suggestions? I know we'll probably have a bunch of roos, and I want to know ahead of time. Thanks.

That I came home with 23 cute day old RIR! I walked in for big chicken food, and heard this peeping...so I followed the sound and immediatly saw all these cute little babies!!!! I called DH to rub it in that I was seeing chicks (because we just ordered from MMH and they won't be here for quiet a...

OK, he had been abused and pecked on by the big chickens. He had an injury that was full of pus. Cleaned it out and rinsed with bedadine. Dried out and looks good. There's a bump by the injury spot but doesn't seem to bother him when I touch it. He is now makng all these werid noises and kinda...

Ok, since we have 75 chicks coming, I need to get something for a brooder. DH said to find some old baby play yards. Won't there be trouble keeping the heat inside it ? I suppose I could put fabric around the sides to help hold it in. Any other ideas other than this? I'm not having ANY luck...

I thought we had something stickied somewhere so I could refer to it, but couldn't find anything! I'm looking into checking out the regulations for my area on selling meat from birds. Anyone have any useful links that I can search by area? I'm in South Carolina. Thanks! PS-I tried google and...

We just ordered 75 chicks! YEY! But we won't get them until April 21st it said. Is there any possiblity that they will come BEFORE that date? Anyone have any luck? I guess it would only depend on it others cancel their orders ofthe same kind and I move up in line right? Thoughts? That's...

Is there anything at home that I can use to clean my eggs. They get poopy and I want to be able to sell them...but don't want to sell stained eggs! Anyone? Vinegar? Some kinda special sponge? Right now I just use a dry sponge

Can someone share some pictures of what males and females look like. I heard something about their little crests or afro-poofs, what I call them, are differently shaped. Thanks! I thought I had a roo, but maybe not.

what happens if this isn't removed? Do you get really sick? Does it ruin the meat. We haven't done this, just curious.

I'm wanting to know how many chickens I am allowed to keep on my property. I hear a lot of chit chat about "Oh I can have 2 pigs, 1 cow, 12 chickens etc." but I want to know what *I* can have. I'm in South Carolina. Anyone around here know anything about it? Any websites I can check out? I did...

I'm so not sure what to do here. I have 2 silkies. They were in with the big chickens they are about 20 weeks old now. I think...? I found one in the afternoon about a week ago and it had a bunch of feathers on it's back of it's neck all ruffled and looked funny. So I looked under the feathers...

They are split open and the inner membrane is still intact...They are slightly cracked. I was watching one of my hens from inside the house one day and she was squatting on a perch in the coop. I think they are laying them from the perches! Although I would think if they did, they'd...

OK, so my hens are starting to lay. But they drop the eggs and run off...They don't stay on them, like I pictured they would. Will they ever sit on them? I have 9 EE's 1 Partridge Wyandotte, and 1 Minorca Also, I have been getting blue and greenish eggs (from the EEs) I have been getting...

I WANNA HATCH MY FIRST EGGS!!! Any advice on doing one or two somehow? Thanks! PS-I think this might get me in trouble! LOL

I am looking for Storey's Guide to raising chickens and any books about rare or not so normal looking chickens (frizzle, silkie, polish,etc...) and maybe something about what you can garden and plant in your yard that your chicken's won't destroy! Thanks! SPAM ME! (book only of course!)

DH and I are going on and on about this. We were talking scientific stuff about eggs the other day and he told me to get online and find a study based on the theroy. I said, well I'll just ask at BYC, he said, well ask someone with a PHD or a dress and knows what they are talking about...

Do my silkies (18 wkers) need a heat lamp in their pen outside. I only put them out there during the day and bring them in during the night. I live in SC and the ground never freezes here. It's been in the 50's here latly. Any suggestions? They were cold today, Shivering...

Well, my silkies are too big for the brooder that I have them in. Time to kick 'em out! DH says to just stick them in with the other chickens. (30 weeks or so) He says they won't kill them, but might peck at them. I have seen them peck them before. The roo objects (vocally) to them when they...