chicken advice

Hey I wasn’t sure where to put this little question so I’m sorry if it’s not in the right place. But I was wondering how soon your quail lay after your chickens start (if you have both) My chickens just started laying here and there. Some are some are not but I just wanted to know what that...

Heyo hope everyone’s doing well. Just curious as to why my 3 pullets and also other pullets from the flock haven’t been laying at all but they’ve already reached 6-7 months old? Understandably my older hens have taken a break especially due to cold weather lately and just overall egg productive...

hello! we are new to raising chickens. We have had much trouble trying to get eggs because we are confusing the genders of our chickens; whether we bought them from non-truthful people or hatched them ourselves - still no luck. These two (black and black/white) we hatched ourselves, thought they...

I might be able to expand to an extra 1/4 acre lot and I'm curious how many poultry I can fit without them becoming crowded and territorial. I kind of have an idea of what kinds of bird I want to have; chickens, muscovies, geese, possibly turkeys. I was thinking 8 pilgrim geese, 8 large breed...

So my husband and I have decided to get some jersey giants. Mostly for the purpose of chicken tv. We intend to free range them on our three acre property. I live in the high desert in California. And I wanted to know your personal opinions and suggestions raising these guys to give them the best...

Hi All! Got a question ... I have 5 girls- various breeds all under 1 year. 2 are laying 3 didn’t make it to start before the weather turned colder etc. Everyone seems happy and healthy- No one “molted” in the fall. However, today, I noticed this on both of my laying girls. It’s in the same...

Hi everyone! I just received my 4 welsh harlequin ducklings yesterday from Metzer Farms...but to my surprise, they included a baby chick as well. 1) Can I keep the chick with the ducklings in the brooder? 2) I've read that I'm supposed to supplement the ducklings with niacin, will this hurt...

Hello all I have taken on a disabled chicken. Long story short, she has an internal growth, golf ball size. Not an egg bound egg, not a tumour. It occurred 2 years ago (March), went away and came back (again in March) and has gone down, but not gone away. 2 Vets have no idea. Antibiotics did...

I have 2 chickens. They are almost three months old. I may get another chicken from the same family, same age. They have not seen each other for about 3 weeks. Will they remember each other or will the pecking/attacking, etc still happen? I think three is a nice size but should I ask for a pair...

Need help! My chickens will not exit or go back in their coop on their own. Today instead of actually picking up the chickens and placing the chicks outside, we opened the door and kept checking on them to see if they would come out on their own. Around lunch time they still hadn’t come out so...

Does anyone know what breed this is? It was suppose to be either a Cornish Cross or a Red Ranger, but it does not look like any of the other birds...

I am doing research, gathering information and planning for when I get some chickens. I would like to find a step by step guide on what to do in this journey of backyard chickens.

How long would it take for a turkey to imprint onto a chicken? I have had my chicks for about two weeks (other then three relatively new ones) and I wanted to know if they are in danger of their brother, who is a male turkey chick which I have not separated them at all except a few times every...

Got my first set of chicks 2weeks ago and I love them so much!! I've got 15 little angels I have 3 black sex links, 3 production red, 1 ameraucana, 1 silkie, 2 polish, and 4 other bantams.

A guy brought three chickens, but one died and I’ll post about the other one later. But I’m unsure of its breed or gender, but I think it’s a hen.

We recently got 8 new chicks from coastal, and I got one the same breed as my beloved chicken, who has sadly died from a dog attack. I got three of that breed, and I want to name one after my hen, but I can’t tell the difference yet, so is there any way to tell the gender when chicks haven’t...

I've been feeding my hens cheese sticks broken up into little chunks... they go absolutely crazy over it. They all compete for the chunks... and if they see me come outside they run/fly to me as fast as they can just to see if I have any. I'm assuming they like the protein and calcium... just...

Hi! I’ve successfully kept my flock alive for 2 weeks, they’ve been ranging outside a few times a week and they love it! i have so many questions about sanitation, coop design, what exactly to feed, how to tell if they’re sick, how clean is “clean” when people say “keep coop clean”... also how...