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My goose started looking sick yesterday morning. She is off balance and if she is bumped or tries to stretch her wings she falls down. She is eating and drinking but nothing is coming out the other end like she isn't processing her food. She still has a full crop from yesterday. She is talking...

Two months ago two teenagers brought us a chicken that had been attacked by a dog and her right side torn up and we didnt think she would live but we offered to take her and see. We have chickens so we figured we would just let her stay in the yard. I put some antibacterial stuff on her wound...

Hi, I'm looking for a breeder of Black Langshans, is there anyone on byc that is or knows a good breeder? Preferably chicks, in the US, breeder or show quality. Thanks!

Okay so we have been losing a bird about every other night, we left the dogs out one night, and we set a trap. This morning I wake up and when I say Good Morning she said Not Really. Turns out we had a raid last night. I will say right now that our chicken coop is fort knox, I think I found...

We had 4 geese a mating pair and their two children... We lost one of the mating pair, the female, and the male died a while later. Now we had the two sisters and the youngest was taken by a coyote a couple days ago, the older sister, Nola is depressed and in the depths of despair and I know...

Im looking to breed and possibly show silkies and have some questions on them and their coop and run. Im looking to get 1 or 2 different colored roosters who will need seperate pens and about 2 hens per roo to breed. My questions are, How big of a run do I need for 1 rooster and 2 hens? How...

This is Velma, a very small little one and I thought she was a brahma then a cochin but I honestly have absolutley no idea.... lol. can someone tell me what, I think she, is? She is about 3 months old. This is her next to a black cochin roo. Gives you an idea how small she is next to a cool...

I want to get a show quality silkie and start caring,breeding, and showing them. I am a chicken owner ( I have alot of chickens and have had chickens for about 3 years now) so I can take care of them, but since they are bred for showing and are a bit smaller and more delicate then typical...

We have had our younger chickens dying daily, they go from acting normal to just standing there not doing anything all puffed up and hunched over to death! We have had about 3-4 two month olds die so far, we currently have two in the hutch away from others but they just keep dropping like flies...

We had a silkie chick hatch last night and since it came out it has not stopped peeping since, we are going insane, our heads hurt, and we want to sleep. We cant put him outside with the others yet. But he just wont stop peeping very high pitched, we have tried getting him a buddy, giving him a...

I have a black silkie rooster and a white silkie hen, I got a silver fluffed chick from them. Is this normal? Will it keep its dove grey? I also have a blue silkie hen but Im 99% sure that the egg was not hers. But really my main questions is, as listed above, Will it keep its dove grey...

My mom and I just heard the first peep coming out of the incubator!!!!!!! So excited!!!! We are on day 2 of lockdown!!!!! I want to see baby chickens!

What breed is this? He/she is about 4-5 weeks old.

Hello I was wondering about chicken languages, I have learned several chicken "words" but I was wondering how a mother hen would say "come here" or " hide" or anything like that.... If you have any idea how to say them in chicken language please post! I have a young hen that I love and she likes...

Well I got two new chicks today and one of them I got cause he's crippled with two fused toes! What do I do? He has trouble keeping balance but can get to food and water.

My silkie hen had two or three eggs and started setting, she set for about 19 days right before the eggs were going to hatch and then she stopped and got up and didnt go back to them. She has laid eggs since but would only sit on them for a few days and stop. Lately she has gone and set on no...

We have gotten about 10 eggs out of 13 chickens in 2 months. Most of which were from my silkie hen. They keep getting out of the yard and laying the woods. We have tried everything! Suggestions?