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Photos are of two seven week old (approx) chicks from the local feed store (via Mt. Healthy Hatchery). Black one is supposed to be an olive egger. Silver one is supposed to be an easter egger (americana, ameraucana). Both are bigger than the other two speckled sussex chicks I got at the same...

Hi - Help! Yesterday I saw what looked like a tiny pool of watery blood in the run. I didn't know who did it. This morning I found more blood in the coop. One spot seemed to be the same watery blood, the other spot was poop with blood in it. Photos attached. There are poop boards under the...

Hi - My first flock is 11 months old. They will be one year at the end of October. I have one Welsummer that appears to be molting ... hard! The poor thing looks dreadful. I have two questions: 1. Is a hard molt normal for this age? Most references to an adult molt I have read indicate the...

To get to the point, here's my question, then I'll explain the story: QUESTION: If I put a chicken in broody jail (dog crate) within an open air coop in Florida, do I then move her to the roost in the evening after dark? Or must a hen in broody jail remain in jail without parole for the duration...

I'm over the 🌛 ...Today Eleanor Roosevelt Peckerhead laid the first egg from my first batch of chickens ever. All of them are 18 weeks + 1 day. I know it was Eleanor because I saw her in the nesting box while I was in the run doing a check on things. It was the first time I caught one of them...

Hi Everyone, I have two gold laced wyandottes that are 12 weeks old. These pictures are of them a few days ago. Do I have Laverne & Shirley (as named) on my hands or might one or both of them be a Lenny or Squiggy? I've tried to educate myself on this but I seem to be a chicken anatomy...

Hi Everyone, I have one more chick mystery still remaining from my 8 chick flock that arrived about 5 1/2 weeks ago. Emmylou will be 6 weeks young on Monday. She was one of two "rare mixed" I got from Meyer. The other was a partridge cochin which y'all already helped me with, thank you. As...

Hi - I have an interesting looking one week old mystery chick that came from Meyer Hatchery. It is one of the two "assorted rare" from Meyer Hatchery. Per their website: Possible breeds include: Ancona, Andalusian, Wyandotte, Delaware, Dominique, Jersey Giant, Brahma, Partridge Rock, Light...

Hi, Absolute newbie here. This morning I picked up chicks from Meyer Hatchery from the post office. One died in transit (got squished by the cardboard) and I suspect there was some pecking amongst the others (8 still alive). However, one of the chicks has one whole side matted down. Being so...

Hi, I'm new to chickens (chicks arriving at end of month) and newly hatched on this forum today. Though I've been reading posts for months now (so helpful!) Coop is located in northeast Florida so the climate is mild. Gets colder here in northeast FL than it usually does in central or south...

Hi All! First, let me say a big THANKS to all posters on this forum. I've been reading up here for a good while now and it's with the postings from everyone here (even the ones detailing sad outcomes) that has given me the encouragement/gumption I needed to order my first batch of chicks that...