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Our Easter eggers and Polish hen are about 10 weeks older than the RSL. We have2 roos and 2 pullets. The roos have decided as of about two weeks ago to mount our laying hens but thankfully not their sisters! I figured they would've been laying by now

I don't get it. My red sex links are 25 weeks old and still no eggs from them! They don't investigate the nesting boxes they don't squat, nothing! Are they just bums? I have two Easter assets and polish that have been laying for about a month, so it's not like they don't know what the nesting...

Duke passed last Friday. Turns out his gizzard had a blockage. Nothing we could've done other than culled him a month ago so he didn't have to suffer. The gizzard was swollen and hard, but the tissue on the outside was more like cartilage than soft tissue. Relieved it want contagious, but...

My Roo, Duke had been not quite himself for a while. Stopped crowing, became lame, but a couple of times. His tail feathers dropped and his comb flipped over with black or purple spots that would disappear then come back. I had a thread up on here about it, tried antibiotics, electrolytes, we...

Duke was our very first chicken :-( all others we've quarantined for a month. And are building a second coop for our younger chicks. That are still in a brooder. In the future I agree I won't just bring home a chicken because someone offered it to me, no matter how sweet it is. We do try to take...

I don't think anyone other than duke would enjoy my singing, but if I can get a video of it I will. He's not quite himself right now, but once he's better I'll try

I'll have to pick up a copy, it sounds like a great book. I spent about an hour and a half out there this am. Swept up the coop and layed down more bedding. He has diahrea, but it's not green or yellow, nothing floating in it. Just clear or light brown. I checked them all for mites and...

He does have patches that are starting to turn yellow between his beak and ears. He also decided not to roost when he went to bed, he's just laying in the corner of the coop

If he does have tuberculosis can it be transmitted to humans? I have a 2yo daughter, so now I'm extra worried. Just googled the other two and I think I can rule those out

Thank you, my husband says we have the prettiest flock in town!

Hey everyone. I have a full grown Roo "Duke" he's a black Jersey giant. We got him in April from a friend who was moving and he is at least 2yo, but we don't know exactly. About a month and a half ago he stopped crowing. He used to crow like clock work 3x a day. Also he is lethargic and his comb...

Jjmcmurray is a husband and wife team. We're McMurray's, but no relation to the Murray McMurray hatchery (that we know of). We are chicken virgins, just got our first flock in April and quickly fell in love. We spend as much time as possible with our fine feathered friends, and they seem to...