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Thank you for answering, the baby hen passed a few minutes ago :/ hopefully it was just poor stock and not anything our other two could contract

I just dipped the tip into the water. I’ve had chicks many times so this is wicked strange for me! :( i didn’t shove a syringe down their throats just deposited little drops at the end of their beaks. Didn’t force feed this one at all and still having the exact same response. I wondered about...

I had a hen in my first flock (dominicker) whose eye was sorta dislocated and hung down inside her face for a bit. Had no idea what to do and no internet at the time and somehow she bounced back and lived a looong time. Chickens are wildly Hardy- hope she recovers. Head wounds always bleed a LOT

I recieved them on Wednesday, they have chick hydration vitamins in the water, and unmedicated food. They’re vaccinated for mareks and coccidiocis. I have a K&H thermo-brooder set to the lowest setting inside of the small size kiddie pool with food and water. Both had beaks dipped into the water...

You can find a sprayer jug of peppermint oil to repel mice and rats just have to reapply after rain. I use it to go around the outside and inside with great results!

This is my second chick in two days- yesterday our Cochin died, thought it was due to a clogged vent but this one does not have a sticky bum. It was up and going yesterday just fine and today it is laid down under the brooder, peeps some, won’t open her eyes, kinda seems to be gasping? What is...

she just passed :/ our lil Bo Peep, my daughter (7yo) and I named her. I imagine she had a clogged vent when she got here from the stress of traveling. Wish I had seen it right away. Won't make that mistake again. It really never gets easier. It's always just so sad. Now to go break it to the...

they have that teenager full of hormones energy in a big way!

a bielefelder actually came from Germany and is a cross with I think 4 birds, and one is welsummer so they're kind of alike! just got my first 2 female bielefelders! was reading on Murray mcmurray about em today

Oh the best hens I have in all these departments are Welsummers, Bielefelders, and my personal goofy love favorites, Buff Orpingtons. Apparently im drawn to the brown ones lol!

oh and I LOVE the name Apollo- I have an Amerecauna Roo names Zuko!

welcome! I just joined as well, been long time lurker imo those RIR are so crotchety! they're amazing birds but the attitude on ours, named Baby, well- she's a real B! in my experience with roos, handle em a lot, give treats and treat em well and get in their space and they won't attack ya. The...

I have some teenies and with the brooder plate I always start em on the lowest setting. Mama sits just about on top of em and im scared they will get cold! My hubby loves a cold house :( I have one in a similar way right now that im sitting with on a heat pad in my lap and have just fed her some...

1) partridge cochin, about 3 days old, just mailed to us 2) smaller, weaker, would burrow under others but seemed disoriented, bumping into brooder wall, open closing beak, sort of lunging head forward for a sec, keeps eyes closed most of the time (more so today), vent was blocked but I cleaned...

Hello everyone! I am Tuesday, im 35 and ive been keeping chickens for about 12 years. Ive had several different breeds as well as sometimes just hens and other times Hens and Roos. My fav breeds are probably bielefelders, welsummers and Buff Orpingtons but what can I say I just love chickens...