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Update 12/5: Stats as of this morning *First Death 2 weeks ago, most in the last week. *12 birds I've identified as ill or deceased (More ill yesterday but I didn't do a count.) *8 deaths *2 better *2 still ill *4 died with no symptoms or only lethargy *Symptoms include rales, lethargy, and...

Does this sound like heart failure? An accident occurred last night and one of my free ranging roosters got in the main pen where BJ is the cock. They must have fought. I removed the instigator and inspected BJ and found no injuries, not even on the comb...but he wouldn't stand up. I removed him...

I think my rooster is dying. 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) He's a White Ameraucana rooster, approximately 14 months old. He was almost 6 pounds but seems barely 4 pounds now. 2) What is the behavior, exactly...

It's 12 weeks. Is it a cockerel or pullet? It had a red comb early on but since then is looking more girly to me.

This one has had me confused since the beginning. I thought it was a he at hatch but then he looks a lot like a pullet too. I'm unfamiliar with how RIRs and Wellies mature, so I thought I would ask here. It's about 7 weeks in this picture.

So I know you are supposed to run the incubator before putting in the eggs, but are you supposed to let it cool or can you put them in a warm incubator? I know heating them too quickly can cause early death. I have two incubators full of mostly dead eggs, one that had a wafer failure and a HUGE...

I am hoping that those of you who have set eggs in these incubators can give me a little insight. I spent a lot of time calibrating the thermometers and the wafer things that control temp. I used a red dye thermometer and compared the temps of a couple of digital thermometers I'm using and the...

I'm picking up dozens of eggs this weekend and I've got my incubators on so I can determine if I'm getting the right temperature, etc. I have an old hovabator that needs a fan installed and a borrowed Reptipro 5000. I have two analog hygrometers, one analog "incubation thermometer", two digital...

We got three beautiful year old Welsummer hens from a friend who didn't want them any more. When we moved them, they were laying 3 to 5 eggs a week. Since they've been here, however, they laid two and stopped and we've had them for about six weeks. They are the only ones in a huge run but no...

It looks like I have a couple of problems. I have 9 hens; five 11 months old red stars and three seven month old marans and a dominique. The marans and the dominique have taken to pulling the feathers out of the backsides of each other and one of the red stars, especially just above the tail...

Hi, We are brand new to this chicken thing and I'm not sure what to expect, so bear with me. We got 5 9 month Red Stars 2.5 weeks ago. They laid beautiful largish eggs from the first day and have been quite prolific. A couple of days ago we added 6 month marans (3) and a dominique. One of the...

I always thought the coop was whatever was enclosed by chicken wire. But in looking around here, the "coop" would be the building and the "run" would be any outside enclosure?

Hey everyone, We are brand-new to chicken keeping here in the desert. Me, my husband and 5 kids recently moved onto property which, in my opinion, is my little bit of paradise. The house came with a chicken coop and two weeks ago we got our first hens, 5 red stars raised by a girl in 4H. We...