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Hey guys! So our friend ordered a few ducklings for his ornamental pond and the box arrives containing two CHICKS! He contacted us to see if we'd take them and we said yes. He was thinking that the small hatchery he ordered from threw them in as a "bonus" - insane and irresponsible!- I asked...

Hi everyone! Heads up--- Completely impractical chicken keeper here ;) It has been ages since I have been on BYC. I practically lived here when I first started keeping hens. So, I have a situation with my favorite girl. Her name is Gerti, and she has a beak deformity. She is a little over...

Hello everyone, It has been so long since I have visited this forum. I thought it might be helpful to get some second opinions on a very sick hen that I have been treating. You guys might have a suggestion that I have not thought of. This is going to be a long post, but I thought it best to...

Harry is a five and a half month old Easter Egger Rooster. He is vaccinated for Marek's disease and is a good man to the ladies in his flock. We had ordered sexed chicks and Harry was one of those "oops" situations. When we discovered that we had a rooster on our hands, we thought we'd give him...

Hey Guys! I have a situation that has me totally perplexed. I posted this in the raising baby chicks forum first because I didnt think it counted as an emergency, but got no responses...so I'm going to try here. I'm going to give as much information as possible in case something rings a bell...

Has anyone had a chick that was less than a week old and not on the ground yet get Cocci? Is that even possible? Agnes is 6 days old and has a history of pasting up, has been cleaned up twice daily, was eating and drinking just fine until today. She's acting puffy, lethargic, breathing very...

Hey Guys! I didn't want to post this on the emergencies thread because I'm not sure that it is one, but I'm pretty worried and would love some troubleshooting help from folks who have raised lots of babies. This is my second batch of chicks, and I'm pretty well read on chicken care and health...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had experience with countryside naturals feed. It is an organic feed made in VA. No soy, non-GMO. It also has a vitamin/mineral/probiotics mix in it. The food is minimally processed, mainly whole grains, bits of corn, split peas, etc...I use the 17% layer...

Hey All, A little back up information: I think my flock of 6 are carriers of some form of CRD. Within their first week of life when I got them from Meyer's I had sneezing. Since then, any time the weather changes I get sneezing, sometimes a little chest rattling, on one occasion one of my...

Part of our five year plan is to get a versatile family milk cow. Since we only have 11 acres, we were thinking one of the "mini" breeds of cattle. At first I thought that I wanted a Mini Jersey, because milk quality is my first priority in breeds. They are just SO expensive, and SO hard to...

So I have 5 hens. They are 6 months old. Last week, I noticed that Weezah, one of my Salmon Faverolles, was spending more time than usual in the nest box. She is at the bottom of the pecking order, so i thought maybe she was starting to hide in there. She was still coming out to eat, drink and...

Emma is a 6 month old welsummer. She has been laying an egg a day since her first egg , on August 15th. She was the last of my five hens to start laying, by several weeks. All of her eggs have been normal until today. Tuesday and Wednesday she didn't lay an egg, then on Thursday, she did...

Hi everyone! I have 5 pullets, they are all about 19 weeks old. On Wednesday one of my salmon faverolles (Bernice) started making quite the racket and going in and out of the nest boxes complaining. I figured she was about to start laying. 2 hours later, I went out....She had calmed down and I...

Hi everyone, I know there are a lot of mixed opinions on this topic, but I have decided that I will worm my flock annually. We have a huge wild bird population, and from what I've read, by the time worms become an obvious issue, the birds system is already overloaded. So anyway, the. Choice...

Hey guys! I was wondering if it is common for pullets to get Moody before they start laying? My 5 girls are 22-23 weeks old, and have all been really sweet and friendly since they were chicks. In the past two weeks, 2 of them have gotten REALLY loud! They are making the noise they used to make...

Hey guys! I was wondering if it is common for pullets to get Moody before they start laying? My 5 girls are 22-23 weeks old, and have all been really sweet and friendly since they were chicks. In the past two weeks, 2 of them have gotten REALLY loud! They are making the noise they used to make...

Anybody heard of this stuff? Has anyone used it? It's supposed to be a probiotic, electrolyte, and vitamin supplement. I'm thinking about ordering some for my girls, but wanted to get a second opinion. The thing that makes me wonder is it says that it is for "high production flocks" . My...

Are chickens very sensitive to water quality? We just had a new well dug before I got my chicks. My water has not been tested yet....should I be giving them filtered water instead of straight well water? Just curious... What do you guys do for their drinking water? Thanks! Andrea

Hi Guys, I posted this under emergencies, but have gotten only 1 response, so i thought i would give it a try under raising chicks....since some of you may have more specific dosage information for the little ones. I know this issue comes around the forum on a fairly regular basis....so i...

Hi Guys, I know this issue comes around the forum on a fairly regular basis....so i apologize for bringing it up yet again, but i need some specific reccomendations for possible respiratory infection treatment, for *7 week old chicks* My girls are 7 weeks old, and i have 5 in total. 2 Salmon...