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Nine months ago I ordered 4 chicks from MPC, with Mareks vaccines. 3 of the 4 matured nicely and are the picture of health and laying, The 4th (Sofie) has always been a bit timid and for that reason I have paid special attention to her and took to hand feeding her since she's always seem to...

Earlier this evening my DH left the shed door open and my dachshund got in and chewed through the bottom corner of their cardboard brooder box and killed 3 out of 4 of my five week old chicks. Thankfully one was able to fly to safety. I had moved the chicks to the cardboard box as they had...

I just got my order of new baby chicks. They all arrived healthy and seemingly happy. Only one ( a Delaware) keeps biting the feet of the others. Practically drags the other poor chick off balance. No signs of blood ( she pecked me - it doesn't hurt) but I'm worried of a leg , or hip, injury...

I have a barred rock pullet that has been laying for a month or so. Nice little pinkinsh-brown eggs, nice shape, smooth and with a good strong shell. Pretty eggs in my opinion. But a few days ago I noticed a few tiny white spots that when I washed the egg looked a different color brown, but...

Yesterday there was a great article on the Wall Street Journal online about a new trend sweeping the US,,,,Backyard Chickens!!! Check it out at http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424053111904292504576479960464282684-lMyQjAxMTAxMDAwMzEwNDMyWj.html BYC.com is even mentioned. It just...

I 've seen my young hens getting dust baths by scratching a hollow area and sitting in it and kinda "scootching" around in it, but today one of them lay out sideways and then almost on her back and kicked dirt up and onto herself like she was trying to bury herself! She rolled her head down into...

I have three chickens, 2 almost 7 months old ( a barred rock and an olive egger) and one I bet is at least a year. The older one is a re-homned hen that I was told "just started to lay" but I got one small egg almost 2 weeks ago and nothing since. They have free run of a large penned in area...

I have two pullets almost 6 months old, so anticipating them starting to lay soon I placed a plastic egg in the nest box they seemed to really like, thinking it would give them an idea.Well now they won't go into the nest box. I've removed the egg, but they still seem suspicious. I guess if...

I"m new to this chicken thing and have two pullets and want to add two or three more. I'm not in this to breed or for meat, just for home grown eggs and something else to love. They will be more or less pets. Anyway, I was looking to add a few more and came across one online I like the look of...

Another chicken "newbie". Just got 2 two pullets to start, a Barred Rock and a French Black Copper Marans/Americana mix. Have been told I need to keep only few chickens, as we are in a subdivision and don't want to overdo it, but how can I limit myself to a "few"... There are so many wonderful...