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I recently got an order from Sandhill Preservation. In my order I received Shamos, Kriekenkops (Twentse Hoens), Black Leghorns, White Leghorns, Black Orps, Golden Campines, Silver-Penciled Hamburgs, Welsummers, and Muffed OEGs. This guy doesn't fit ANY of those categories!!! Unless it's some...

I usually like to get my stock from breeders, but broke down and ordered a few chicks from Meyers. This one is "supposed" to be a Marans (from Meyer's Marans Collection), but I can't find a picture of one that looks like her. Any help is welcome! She's 13 weeks by the way. Notice the white feet.

I let my girls out to free range when I am home. We have a small, fenced-in yard without much open space, except in the very back where there is maybe a 40' x 40' open space. We live in a pretty urban part of town, but you know how south Georgia is, lots of trees and underbrush. I have 8 (now...

Check out what my black cochin left me in the nest box today. It looks like a paint roller went around the middle...

I have a flock of 12 hens, all about a year old, never wormed. My black cochin became lethargic two days ago, and is not interested in eating or drinking. I have her isolated. I found round worms in her poo today. My plan is to give them all Wazine now, then wait a few weeks and give them...

Sunday I was sitting with my girls having a quiet moment, and I noticed my SLW acting strange, like she wanted to lay but didn't know where. I watched her jump onto the top of the outside of the nest box, then onto the window-mounted A/C unit on the shed about 10 ft away. From there, she jumped...

This little beauty is Beardie. Sorry the pics aren't better, I chased him/ her around for an hour and this is the best I could do. He/she is 13 wks. Don't know why they rotated either, sorry! Oh and ignore the orp, I know that's a girl!

I had the funniest thing happen today, I just had to share. Egg production has been WAY down the last couple of weeks. I figured that it was due to shortening days, molting, a scare by a dog, etc., etc. I was resigned to 1-2 eggs a day from my 8 hens. So today I was cleaning out the coop, and...

So I have read on here about the tiny little "poot eggs" people get (aka Fart eggs, but I don't let my kids say "fart", ha ha). I got my first one yesterday! I cracked it open and was so excited to see a tiny yolk. Amazing! I love chickens. You never know what you are gonna see next...

This is Elvis, to be re-named Elvira is she's a girl (which I think she is). A friend of mine gave me a few fertilized eggs to give my broody, and here's one of the chicks at 7 wks. We have no idea what her lineage is, but I just had to show her off because I think she is hilarious!

I have THREE Lavender Orpington chicks that are 7 weeks old. Thanks for your help! Chick 1: I am 90% sure this is a cockerel: Chick 2: I am 90% sure this is a pullet: Chick 3: I have no idea. There are two pics of the same chick below: (Chick 3 again, different angle).

I have two adorable 7 week old blue ameraucanas (not EEs). Can anyone take a stab at the sex of each? Chick 1: Chick 1: Chick 2: Chick 2: Thanks in advance!!! Edit to add that chick #2 is much smaller in size, and is lighter in color. Chick #1 has suddenly developed a much darker...

The heat index in S. Georgia is going to be over 110 degrees today. I have the mama and babies in a run with plenty of shade and sand to bathe in, and water of course. I'm just worried it's too hot for them. Should I bring them in for the day? I have NO IDEA what to do with them if I did...

My broody has been sitting in one of my nest boxes in the general coop, but I want to move her to her own setup with her own coop/run before the biddies hatch. I know I should have done it earlier, but i just got her coop completed. They are due in the next few days. Any advice on how/when to...

I have a broody setting on several eggs. After she hatches them, I am going to move the mama and babies to a small coop/run by themselves. I will obviously feed starter mash to the chicks, but can the Mama eat it too? Should I try to separate her a few times a day so she can eat layer feed? I...

So I have a broody setting on 6 eggs, due 8/1 or 8/2. I was thinking of giving her some chicks that a friend I met on BYC is hatching out of an incubator on 7/29 and 7/30. I want to keep any chicks that hatch under the broody, just add a few more. Do ya'll think it would be a problem to slip...

So I live in South Georgia where it is VERY humid (we're talking 90-100% humid most days), and I can't seem to keep feed from going rancid or growing maggots. I have tried plastic storage bins with snap-on lids, as well as a metal "trash can" looking thing with a locking lid that I got at TSC...

I rescued this poor thing from the WORST conditions you can imagine. Long story. The woman told me she was a pullet, and was 12 weeks at the time. If that was true, she should now be about 23 weeks, but I am doubting the sex and the age. Any ideas?

I bought 2 hens (BLRWs) on May 1st, so over 2 months ago. I bought them from a nearby reputable hatchery. I was told they were 18 months old. They both laid a single egg their first day with me, and haven't laid since. They have a great life, nice coop, nice run, free ranging all day, getting...

So I went out tonight to close the pop door on the coop, and heard an animal jump off the outside of the nest box and scamper into the trees. My dog took after it, and there was a terrible clatter. I ran inside and got my DH, and told him that there was a "terrifying predator" trying to eat our...