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Curious if anyone has any experience with this. My roo has some sort of bacterial infection in his ear. About a week ago I noticed that his ear looked swollen. He had NOT been acting strange or scratching at it or showing ANY signs of irritation whatsoever, and it was only that I 'hang out'...

Thought I'd see how common this might be??? I just got a couple black copper marans pullets from a reputable breeder here (and I've purchased some quality birds from her in the past). One of them just laid me an egg today...a little pullet egg. But it's nearly white. Lighter than any of my...

Several weeks ago I posted some pix of newly hatched chicks that were x-breeds. I posted because I thought it might be useful to someone else to see what would come of these particular crosses. Here are some updated pictures of what I have ended up with, and a 'refresher' of where they...

I'm learning by experience which breeds I do and don't want these days, and partly it's based on how mean the hens are to each other. Am I silly to be frustrated when a hen at the top of the pecking order won't let up? I culled a hen a couple weeks or so ago because she was so bad I ended up...

I've got a very sick hen, and I'm sure it's CRD. She was my first hen and is young, so I'd like to save her. Her symptoms 'blew up' when the dominant hen started tormenting her over a couple days. I culled the wicked hen, but the stress really has taken a toll on my sweet hen. Anyway, I live...

I don't spend a lot of time on BYC so if this has been covered, forgive me for the repeat. But I've realized how much inbreeding there really must be when it comes to 'small chicken operations' - or backyard chicken breeding. So that, if you go to someone who has maybe 2 or 3 hens and a...

I have a hen who hatched out 4 chicks last weekend, and they are in an 8 x 10 enclosure that is within the fenced yard. So they are separated from the main flock, but everyone can interact through the fence. Mom is a great mom with these chicks. I have a second broody who is a game hen that I...

Before I decided to hatch out some cross chicks I was looking around to see if anyone had any pictures posted on the web of either adults or chicks, and there really wasn't for the crosses I was wanting to hatch out. Well, I put some eggs under a broody and they hatched out this weekend. It's...

I took in these 3 hens today; the owner had to move and pretty much abandoned them. I have no idea what breed or mix they might be but they are rather flighty, aren't real big and they lay medium size white eggs. Can anyone help me out with their breed ID? I'd sure appreciate it. They are...

Last summer I got 2 Welsummer girls - so sweet! One of them started laying at about a month ago. She laid a large egg for her first one and there was a little blood on it, but she did great! My second one, Lucy, waited until she was 11 months and 2 days old to lay her first - 3 days ago...

Hi All. Wondering if anyone else has any experience with this and/or knows what this is about: Last summer I bought a couple Welsummer pullets that were hatched in early April. They are the calmest, sweetest little girls! Well, one of them fell asleep in my arms right away when I picked her...

I have a pair of Welsummer pullets - love them! They are right at about 9 months old and neither has begun to lay; tho both have pretty red combs now. They are really beautiful girls, very gentle, calm and happy birds. I feed layer pellets and also give them kitten food (40% protein) for...

I'm wondering how weird this is...I've not been 'with chickens' long enough to have seen everything. I have 3 SLWs. My eldest hen, who is about 18 months old or so, had been laying about 4-5 eggs/week until about 6 weeks or so ago. (My other 2 pullets had been laying before I got them but...

I just got this very young roo yesterday, with 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets (to go with the one I already had). It's hard to see from the photo (sorry, it's cloudy and dark here today) but he's a lt. gray and the tips of his feathers are laced with a darker gray lace...like with the...

I am having some serious problems with some seriously wonderful roosters! The hens strip them of feathers! First was my Serama roo. He was with one hen and she started literally pulling him off his feet plucking out his feathers. So he lives away from all women these days (except me). The...

I want to thank those of you who offered suggestions for me when my roo got attacked by the hawk. He was pretty sick for a couple days (I'm assuming from the beginnings of infection from puncture wounds) - was off feed; couldn't eat, couldn't crow, and had liquid poop, but I got some...

Hi, I'm new to this forum, and I hate to start out by asking for help, but I do need it! I have a little Serama roo that is a little over a year old. He lives in my house in a great coup I built, but during these summer months I've been letting him outside to hang out with my 2 Wellsummer...