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Just for context, last night my significant others father died at 88 years, and she needed 6 roosters for feeding people. Someone volunteered to kill them for me, but I figured it was my responsibility. Someone showed me how they did it by twisting the neck. I am really wondering if the...

I'm just wondering to any byc members that have raised chickens, after many years have gone by and maybe you keep a smaller flock, do you remember your chickens years later? What do you remeber about them after years have passed?

I was cracking eggs to cook in the oven and this one was being sat on a little too long. However i did cook the liquid. I could see the heart pulsing in the sun.

For the past three days I have been feeding and giving medicine to a stray chicken. Here she is yesterday after feeding her. It takes a bit if effort for me to find her every day and I was wondering if she had a chance? She has some wet pox in a really bad place inside her head. She has...

I have a really sweet female that has had two broods with a male, but the male i sold and got a new one to replace it. After I sold her mate, she never wants to leave the nest anymore. For neaely three months she spends all her time in a nest and only leaves for about 10 minutes each day. I...

Found a hen laying around the broody boxes area somewhat lifeless, unable to move. She has always been a special needs hen, but has grown up and is still very sweet. I think she has layed eggs before, but she is less than one year. Couple questions please! 1. How far in do you stick a finger...

Meet my flock. They sleep spread out between two open air coops, and around my house both outside and inside, so maybe missed a few small ones. We are all happy to be alive today, but life has many challenges for them and so far they have survived in our tough conditions. I love their...

Should i cut off his comb? It will be the first time i had to do it. But i hate seeing him have such a problem. Assuming it would be cut by an experienced person and hygienically, is that the only option?

He is my oldest rooster and is maybe 3 years old. He eats and sleeps the same place as the rest of the healthy flock members. None of my other chickens have leg problems like this. Anyone have a guess what is happening? He is walking strangely like limping, but still manages to get around. It...

Please help! My blind chicken is one year old, and possibly due to molting season, he is suffering for the first time i have seen. I know he is not sick or diseased, it is 100% diet related. The last month, his poop has been solid green. His comb is black in the morning, but changes to red...

Does anyone eat the comb? I usually just discard the entire head, am i missing something? I found a recipe for braised combs and i think it looks worth a try. Also feet is something i also just discard, do they taste good with the right recipes?

My chicken is about 6 months old. He was sick for a few months with gurgled, raspy breathing. A lot of my flock also had the same symptoms, sneezing, raspy breathing at night, mucous. Some had MG and coryza, but I do not think he got it. However this one had no mucous and no mg/coryza...

This is a stray that joined my flock recently. I am trying to figure out what he has definitively, since others in my flock also have had this in the past. The others that have had it before have no more symptoms, so it is possibly viral and dormant. I would guess it may be coryza, but there...

Thank you in advance, I am a bit emotional for this hen because she has been my first hen. This post contains two different injuries, but I hope to answer a few questions, that's why its grouped together. About 7 days ago, I discovered a very deep dog bite injury when I noticed dried blood...

Do i post this in the duck or chicken forum? Any chance the eggs will hatch into baby duckens?

With the momma

She had a private spot inside the house for this round of babies. I did not interfere with what happens during the hatch, as it is not her first brood. I just give her space to do what she does naturally, and clean up the ants after it's done. Only after the babies start to move around and...

My dog has eight puppies, and I have already found adoptive families for them. The puppies are two weeks old, just opened their eyes, and still feeding from their mom. I was wondering when will it be reasonable to start giving them to their adoptive homes, once they start on regular food? I do...

I am getting totally overwhelmed every day. I have too many chickens and animals that I have to care for and has become an all day chore. When I do get to leave the house to buy them food and medicine, I can only be gone half a day, because I have to give water to the ones that can't care for...