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My four year old Speckled Sussex has been acting weird recently. (For a few months apparently, I've only noticed it in the past month) She will make weird noises randomly (especially the one they make when they see a predator), like when we go near her, or she'll make broody noises (even though...

So recently we hatched out two chicks from eggs a friend gave us. After figuring that his father was probably a Silkie, and his mother a Leghorn (he came from a big white egg), now I'm wondering who he will take after in size. As you can see he has a Silkie crest and comb, as well as having 5...

Last Monday, one of our Cuckoo Marans died. The coop seemed rather quieter (even though she was always picked on and the lowest because she brooded once). Now yesterday, the top hen in the pecking order died. The coop is reeeally quiet. She grew up with 3 other Speckled Sussex and all four of...

Does it upset everyone? Does the second one automatically take her place, or...?

Our hen that was the first in the pecking order died this morning...my mom was talking about how they'll have to sort out the pecking order now....doesn't the 2nd hen in the pecking order usually take over?

Alice, our Cuckoo Maran died this morning. Yesterday she had something wrong with her crop, it was blocked up. It hasn't emptied that morning, so we had her up in the house all day. We gave her coconut oil and nux vomica, hoping to get something moving. We decided that if she wasn't better in...

So I was down in the coop a little while ago and my favorite hen was up in the nesting box, and she appeared to be pecking at something. I went and looked, expecting to find a broken egg. Instead, I found this weird meaty looking skin thing?? I have no clue what it is. I don't know who laid it...

I've been looking everywhere for Light Sussex day old chicks, and can't find any. Does anyone have any, or know of anyone that does? Light Sussex, also any kind of sussex, BLRW, and Black Coppers Marans, too. But my priority is Light sussex. Price is negotiable! Thanks in advance!

So we have a cochin that went broody recently. She went broody in the middle of July, too, but it was too hot. Then she went broody again. So we got her eggs-8 of them. She's been really faithful, for having sat on a fake one for a few weeks until we got her eggs to sit on for another 21 days...

I've been wondering lately how long a chicken's memory is. I know that they don't seem to remember a member of the flock if the hen is gone for about a week or so. But I have a 2 year old SS hen, Nellie, who i've had ever since she was a chick, and since she was about 5 weeks old I would hold...

We are having an issue with butt picking in our coop. We have 4 hens (2 years) who are at the top of the pecking order, then 9 pullets who will be 1 year old in April. One of the pullets, a black australorp, 5th in the pecking order, recently started this horrible habit of butt picking. I've...

We hatched these guys out in December, and now they are 6 weeks old. They were labeled Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, but their neighbor was labeling the eggs and we hatched out a Cochin instead of a Silver Penciled Rock. Now we're wondering if these two got messed up, also. Do they look like Blue...

Our eggs arrived yesterday in the mail, since our pullet went broody, and even though we live in cold Wisconsin, we're going to let her have a shot at hatching eggs. We ordered 12 and were sent 13, but she can only sit on 8 eggs, so we're hatching 5 in the house. In a box. With a 150 watt red...

Our Cuckoo Maran, Alice, is broody, so today we got our fertile eggs in the mail because we're going to have her hatch them. We got a dozen, plus an extra egg was sent. I was wondering how many eggs she would be able to sit on- she's a Meyer Hatchery chicken, and i've heard people say they are...

So our Cuckoo Maran, Alice, went broody last Friday. She's been sitting on eggs all week, and just perching when there aren't any, waiting for someone to lay. Since we don't have a rooster, the eggs she sits on aren't fertilized, we want to get some fertilized eggs for her to hatch out. We...

What is the difference between male golden sex links and female golden sex link chicks?

I've 'tucked' one of my hens every night since she was about 5 weeks old, holding her on my lap for a while every night, and I haven't been here for the past 2 days, and now i'm going to be gone again the next 2. Will she be upset with me? I know chickens can hold grudges...

I have pink eye, and I know it's contagious, so I was wondering if it can be given to chickens? Or is it something they can't get? I was wondering because I usually go to the coop and hold them and stuff everyday, but i've been avoiding them because i'm not sure if they can get it or not...

We're getting new chicks from Meyer Hatchery to add to our flock. Our 4 hens that we have were not vaccinated for Marek's, should we get the new ones vaccinated?

Does anyone here have a chicken that jumps on your lap? My SS, Nellie jumps on my lap to sleep. =]