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Thanks!!! And, I hear you on the Ameraucana. The store schedule of chicks listed "arricana" (what ?) and Mt. Healthy's website lists only "Americana". But I pretty much figured it was all just easter egger. No problem. I'm hoping for at least a bluish egg from her and a greenish egg from...

Photos are of two seven week old (approx) chicks from the local feed store (via Mt. Healthy Hatchery). Black one is supposed to be an olive egger. Silver one is supposed to be an easter egger (americana, ameraucana). Both are bigger than the other two speckled sussex chicks I got at the same...

Houlihan sends her love and lots of thanks for her 1st place birthday surprise - she turned 1 year old yesterday. Hooray! She'll be taking her mealworms in private dining quarters for at least a week. Thanks @Little Baby Bean for such a fun contest, and thanks everyone for sharing all your...

OK, got it. Sorry, I was misreading the info copied from Eggcessive. I re-read it and understand now. Thanks. Kiki : Thanks as well. I'm reading up on your links here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/cocci-vs-coccidia.74171/

I have the Corid in their waterer now (it's plastic and brand new). I put out the medicated chick starter as well since I was going to have to throw it out anyways without a receipt to return it. There is always oyster shell available to them. Is this right for treatment for the powder form...

OK. Holy Moly. Gonna go mix the Corid now. This is the time of day I clean the waterers anyway. As it so happens, I have a small bag of chick starter medicated feed. I bought it my mistake when I thought it might be a good way to up protein (until someone suggested tuna fish). I didn't...

All hens were chicks from Meyer Hatchery that were vaccinated. But they can still get it as adults - correct? Can you give me a quick primer on how to dose the Corid? What I have is powder.

I actually have some Corid. I bought it when I first got the chicks to have on hand. I wasn't thinking along those lines though. Dang. Do I treat just her or all of them?

Hi - Help! Yesterday I saw what looked like a tiny pool of watery blood in the run. I didn't know who did it. This morning I found more blood in the coop. One spot seemed to be the same watery blood, the other spot was poop with blood in it. Photos attached. There are poop boards under the...

I'll stay tuned to any electric wire information as well. I might consider adding that to mine. For me, so far anyway, the hardware cloth that we installed as a predator apron around the coop and the run has worked out so far for us. On 5 acres here in north florida we have had raccoons...

I'm so sorry for your loss and your heartbreak. I'm new to chicken keeping myself so I can't say I personally have enough coop design experience to share, but maybe you could describe (or provide photos of) your coop set up for others to help identify weak points to consider. And what type of...

Oh my, "our hand to sit on"?!!

(oops. posted before finishing) ... my only broody so far has been a cream legbar which seems odd based on the reading about them.

So far Houlihan isn't broody. She's a pretty reliable layer. A little messy. She has dropped more than a couple in the run. I'm new to chicken keeping, but the only broody bird I have experience with so far i

She is a love. And in many ways lives up to her name sake. The name really suits her. She came to me in a mixed rare breed assortment from Meyer Hatchery. At first I was a little anxious about the fuzzy feet and her ability to withstand Florida heat due to her size, but she has been a real...