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I have a 9 month old Cochin hen that has had dirty vent feathers for the last 2 months or so. It started when we had a cold snap in our area, so I thought originally it was due to stress, but the issue didn’t resolve once the weather warmed up and has been continuous since. I had the chance to...

I unfortunately had to cull one of my one week old chicks this morning. She was unable to stand, was trying to peep but no sound was coming out, and she started having liquid white poop this morning. I gave her nutri drench and kept her hydrated with a dropper yesterday but she seemed much worse...

Ugh my chickens got into some kinetic play sand, probably about 1/3 cup total. It was dumped accidentally from a children’s toy into their free range area. I caught them eating it fairly quickly, but not sure how much they each ate. It looked like most of it was left by the time they were...

Hello all! I have 8 Chickens, some Easter egger and some olive egger. I got them straight run at one day old, and they are now about 13 weeks old. I think 5 of the 8 turned out to be roosters. I have a friend that is willing to take them for eating, but I wanted to post some photos here and make...

Hello all! Second post on BYC! Think I know the answer to this but feeling a bit apprehensive about moving my chicks outside… My chicks will be 6 weeks old this Saturday, and my plan was to move them into the coop that day. I have 8 chicks, mix of olive and Easter egger. To my untrained eye...

Hello all, new to chickens here! I have 8 chicks, almost two weeks old. Mix of Easter and olive egger. Everyone seems to be doing well so far! My current setup is a ecoglow 1200 heat plate in a 100 gallon stock tank, set up in an unused room in my basement. The room is kept at 70 degrees at all...