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This is the 2nd pullet in a year that has thickening leg bones. It is not the skin as in scaly leg the bones are growing thick and the pullet is small and seems to be stunted. She can get around but the legs seem weak on top of growing very thick. I cannot find anything that matches her...

Just bought 8 pullet chicks from the feed store they said they are brown Leghorns and they will lay brown eggs. I cannot find anything online about any Leghorns that lay brown eggs? Maybe the lady at the feed store doesn't know what she is talking about?Does anyone know of brown Leghorns laying...

Original post 8 month old hen suddenly struggling to breathe she does not show any other symptoms such as sneezing or coughing and I do not see any discharge. I had a rooster die a few months ago with what I believed was wet pox and a pullet died about the same time as the rooster that started...

8 month old hen suddenly struggling to breathe she does not show any other symptoms such as sneezing or coughing and I do not see any discharge. I had a rooster die a few months ago with what I believed was wet pox and a pullet died about the same time as the rooster that started like this hen...

Does anyone in Northern CA know of a mill a person can buy feed from directly? I am in the Sacramento area. I found Hunt & Behrens feed mill in Petaluma their feed prices are a little lower than retail stores like TSC or the local feed stores but I am going through so much feed (375lbs plus per...

Can anyone share with me their experience with fowl pox ? I had bantam wild rooster that was attacked by another rooster and was nearly blind so I put him in with my chickens turns out he had wet pox. I tried to feed him with a syringe because he was basically blind but he didn't make it. Now 2...

Has anyone else found a source of greens/produce to feed their flock from the fruit stand or market? I cannot afford to buy lettuce and greens for the large amount of chickens I have I just found out my market gives away their greens/trimmings they discard for free!! I am so thrilled.I got my...

I bought 6 straight run "Rainbow Mix" chicks form TSC and of course they did not know what breeds are in the rainbow mix. I always end up buying too many chicks from this store because they take such terrible care of them and I want to take them all home! I now have two young roosters from this...

I had an egg hatch and have a single chick until the other two eggs hatch next week. I have only had a group of chicks from the feed store or through the mail. I am really worried about this little chick it does fine when I am there and keep my hand in the pen with it but it just stays under the...

So I bought a small incubator and ordered some jersey giant eggs through the mail. Day one I stuck one of my Easter eggs in with the mail order eggs. After 5 days no sign of life in the jersey's the Easter egg developing normally.Had a hen setting on an assortment of different eggs when some of...

I misunderstood the instructions on sprouting grains and I now have a large bucket of oat,barley and wheat that I have been soaking for 3 days. I just realized I was supposed to rinse and drain daily not rinse and cover with water. Do you think this soggy grain will harm the hens or should I...