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The ones with the holes are strong good eggs but I also have two clumsy Jersey giants 😂 and wondered if it was from their toes. Magpies (related to the crow family) are smart Wiley beasts who wait for me to go into the house and then bother the chickens. I’ve never had an egg eater so I wasn’t...

About this time of year I get eggs with holes in them if I doesn’t gather fairly often. Is this because a a clumsy hen? Is this what an egg eater does or is this from another bird, like the magpies that live in the neighborhood? Ignore the other flattened egg... I have a couple of rescues who...

Thanks! That makes me feel a bit better. I’ve wasted most of the day out there checking on her.

Is the Terramycin Eye ointment from a farm store or a pharmacy?

I have. This picture was from last night. She’s spent quite a bit of today with her head tucked under her wing.

Two of my momma hens somehow escaped their broody areas, got together, and went at it yesterday, probably over baby chicks. The one that got it the worst had her comb torn and her face pretty mangled. These injuries she’ll recover from but I’m worried about her eyes. One has been closed all day...

I would be ok with that. I love my barred rocks.

I’ve been looking for pictures that compare cockerels and pullets. Are the white markings more common in cockerels?

All three have slight feathered on their legs and a few white feathers on their wings... the one is the only one that has white markings on its face.

I sent my husband to the farm store to pick up a couple of friends for my lone baby. One of the babies he brought back looks just like the one I have - a black copper Maren pullet. The other one was in the same container but has a white splotched face. Any ideas what it is? And do you think...

Thats what I keep leaning toward with her comb, feet, and chessnut colored head. Guess momma was a buckeye and daddy was just wandering through the wrong pen.

This is Louise (although for a while I was thinking maybe Louis). She's not showing saddle feathers or a larger comb so I'm pretty sure she's a pullet. She was sold as a buckeye but her coloring is all wrong. Is my sweet girl a barnyard mix or just a bad genetic combo?

These two little girls (I hope) were part of a senior prank at school today. I have a broody I can't break so I offered to bring them home. My Jersey Giant took them right in! Anyway... Originally I was thinking buff orp but after looking at pictures and noticing the stripes on one of them, I'm...

Are there areas more prone to blackhead? It's not something I've really heard about out here (northern Utah) but then for the last bunch of years I've mostly just read and researched chickens. That's good to know about the Toms. I'd prefer to have hens for the eggs anyway and my roosters could...

I was thinking about adding turkeys to my chicken flock this year and have a few questions... Can I get just one turkey be or do they need several of their kind in a flock? At what age would I introduce them and let them start hanging out together? For that matter, if one ends up being a Tom...