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I recently got 20 pullets to raise and sell, they have good space and a clean cage. 2 of my smallest pullets are 5 weeks old and experiencing bald spots and dry, dandruffy skin. Is this mites or a nutritient deficiency? I’ve raise chickens since forever and I’ve never come across this problem.

I have a trio of hens I was introducing to my flock this week they are all about 6 months old and fully grown, an austrolorp hen from the need trio just got picked on and now she has about a penny sized hole on the top of her head behind her comb, I’m not sure if it will heal over with...

I agree about the smell but due to rat and predator problems I have found the concrete helps keep my birds safer in the long run. The foxes and raccoon used to just dig holes into my coop to steal my birds.

No, sometimes but that’s not the factor that determines their egg color.

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Americanas can lay blue, green, or brownish tan eggs, it usually just depends on the bird. Most of them lay the blue and green though.

Depends where you live, you definitely want a concrete hard floor with a slight inch or two lift on the bottom so you can hose it out from time to time. If you live in a hotter climate I recommend LOTS of ventilation, if you want to get fancy a mister is a good idea. An outdoor run with dirt is...

From the pictures I am thinking your dark brown is a girl and your red one is a male.

The tufts are not always the way to identify the males or females I find that foot size and the largeness or darkness of the comb is the best way to tell. Also try figuring out the color pattern of each Easter egger and find the male and female versions of that color pattern. They look like...

Well it depends, broody hens can be very picky and I have had some brutal encounters with one broody killing another’s chicks. I would suggest waiting till night and very sneakily putting the lives chicks under the one hen. The hens could become unbroody if they are moved from a nest. So try to...

I don’t know much about guinea fowl, you may have to wait until they have feathered out. Try some YouTube videos those usually work.

It could be just a bird overhead or something silly, if they were attacked by something that failed to get them that could be it too...most of the time it happens when the flock is new to being attacked by a certain type of predator. It could be nothing or maybe something. I suggest keeping them...

The males will typically have darker red combs. The dark brown one looks like a girl to me, could you give more pictures with their sizes and the difference with the two of them?

It depends on the severity of the limp it could just be a scratch on the foot or something more serious. Try looking first for any swelling or scratches to determine more of the source of injury.

Since I’m not feeling it myself I would say that if the hens look and act normal it is probably just a difference in if they have laid an egg or how much they have been pooping it doesn’t sound like a problem yet..