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Hi there!! We have 18 fertilized eggs in our incubator— with a little over 2 days left on the countdown clock and we had a baby hatch in the wee hours of the morning! I know we leave it alone and don’t open the incubator during this precious time while the others hatch. I plan on vaccinating-...

My 2.5 year old Rhode Island Red got in the way of a little goat stampede on Friday. appeared to be injured - limping on right leg, not wanting to put weight down, etc... ⁣ ⁣ After observing for a little bit, and because she’s favorite girl and he won’t leave her alone, I brought her inside...

Have now had three separate occasions where I have found two eggs in the sandbox under the roost. One normal egg and one flat egg— basically tissue paper thin egg. I have to believe its one (or two) of my 2 year old hens because of the location and color. Our new chicks aren’t quite to lay age...

We introduced 11 chicks into our flock this year. We did everything by the book. Our established flock of five girls adjusted well with one exception. Marta is on the low end of the pole nd she seems to go after the babies (now 13weeka old) the worst. HOWEVER we have recently noticed that Maria...

We have 5 chickens who are 2 years old- we recently introduced 11 new chicks- well they are 11 & 10 weeks now... we did it by the book- moved them out into the run/coop for a couple of weeks but in a pen inside the run so they can see each other, etc... but they have been integrated now - no pen...

Hi! I have a flock of 16. Five are two years old and the rest are 11weeks old; process of integrating. I noticed today that one of my RIR 2yr olds has lost her chest/underbelly feathers. No sign of lice, mites, etc... and no one else is showing feather loss. She’s behaving normally. Coop...

We added 11 chicks to our flock this year they are now 9 weeks and 7 weeks old— we thought we purchased sexed hens but I’m 99.9% positive we have three Roos - thoughts? 1- Olive Egger - 9 weeks 2- Ayman Cemani - 7 weeks 2- Ayman Cemani - 7 weeks

I went out to the coop this morning to let the pullets into the run with the big girls and noticed our Olive Egger, Rey, was not running with the others three pullets- in fact she was laying down, head buried into wing. She roused a little when I persisted but is keeping one eye closed (white...

We purchased three Bantams from our local general store — they are almost all identical- only difference is slight color difference on head. What type of Bantam are they?

We have 11 babies in the brooders — varying ages. The oldest four are a little over 6weeks, 2 Olive Eggers, and 2 Noir Marans. The next three are 6weeks, Bantams, and the remaining four are almost 4weeks and are Ayman Cemani. We bought them all from our local General Store which where we have...

One of my Easter Eggers is loosing feathers, especially around neck, and looks like a hot mess. Her comb is lost its red... We've been having a cold snap here in GA (in the 20s at night) but they are copped and we are running a heta lamp to boost the temp in the coop. She's eating and behaving...

Two of our six girls have recently started sleeping in the nest boxes which means they are pooping in them. We have a small coop where the sleep. Purchased at TSC where there are three nesting boxes along the back. My husband built their roost inside because what came with it were two tiny wood...

Hi there! We have 6 hennys - as of last week all six are now laying. We are brand new to chickens... Got our girls this past March. I've noticed that when they first start laying every once in a while there is some poop on the egg. Is that normal? They are all very healthy and I'm probably...

We recently were given a little bunny. She is growing fast... I would like to keep her inside as a house bunny, but know that being confined to a box all day is not good for her nor fair, but putting her in a Hutch outside seems equally not fair. If I can litter box train her she can live...

Hi there! We have six hennys. We are first time chicken keepers and our girls are just now hitting laying age. Saturday we had an egg (did the happy dance)and then Sunday we had another egg. I think only one of my RIRs is laying... But no eggs since Sunday (is that weird?) Today my husband came...

New to chickens, this spring. My girls are 15 weeks this week. 2 RIR, 2 EE, 2 SLW -- funniest, sweetest, silliest, weirdos around! Love them. For the past few weeks it has seemed that almost every day they were learning new sounds, exhibiting new behaviors -- the teenage years are real! :)...

I've posted my maybe henny out a couple of times... At 6weeks, 8weeks, 10weeks, and now here she/he is at 12 weeks. I'm still totally baffled. Any guesses? Henny or Roo?

We have six pullets 9wks old. 2 Wyandotte, 2 Rhode Island Reds, and 2 Easter Eggers. All of the girls make normal chicken sounds, little clucks, some fussy sounds, and still little chirps But one of my Easter Eggers makes some of the prettiest sounds... Almost singsong if that makes sense...

We purchased the above "starter" coop this year and have six girls living in it happily.. We plan to build a walk in coop for next spring before adding more chickens. This coop sits inside our very secure chicken run we build (12x20). My question is what do y'all with similar coops do on the...

My girls (6 total) moved into their new digs last week. . They have a coop where they sleep at night and all day long have a 20'x12' enclosed run... One day they will be allowed to free-range a little every day with supervision, but not yet. Which brings me to the run maintenance. There...