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I have a batch of 6 EE chicks (five weeks old) and one has a droopy tail. I don’t mean it’s down because the chick doesn’t feel good or anything. The chick eats, drinks and engages in normal chick activity with normal energy level. I mean the chick has a bizarre tail. Like it’s not a normal...

My bantam Cochin is laying strange eggs. She is just over 1 year old. Her eggs have been normal until recent weeks. Now she lays a large (for her) egg with blood on it and a weird seam-like crack towards the pointy end. I can feel the crack when I run my fingernail across it. The shell is not...

While on Facebook, I tried to post a link to tell a person new to chickens about my favorite and most knowledgeable site and I got told I couldn’t post it with the link! :confused: Has anyone else had this happen?

I got her from a friend who didn’t feel she fit in with the other two chicks she had as she was older than them. My friend got the chicks from a feed store. She didn’t really pay attention to the breed label on the bin and as we all know they’re not exactly accurate. The chick is about 6...

My two broody moms have been raising their 4 chicks together for 11 days. They incubated in the same nest the whole time together. Suddenly today the bigger white bird (Bootsie) has started attacking the smaller bantam Japanese, Itsy. Should I separate each Momma with 2 chicks each? I do...

Today we let the two broodys out for the first time with their 4 one week old babies. One broody is a Japanese bantam and the other is half D’Uccle/half LF. They did very well outside for several hours. It was very nice weather. They had spent the chicks first week in a tiny coop (no run)...

I have two broodys on the same nest. There are 4 eggs. The eggs are not theirs. The eggs are due to hatch Monday. One broody is a Japanese bantam. The other is half D’ Uccle/half LF. Neither one has ever brooded a clutch before or raised chicks before. They’re both just under a year old...

I bought this chick at TSC on Saturday along with 6 others. All the others are fine; eating, drinking, pooping, exploring. This one became listless this morning and I noticed soft stool stuck to her bum. I cleaned her but had to go to work. When I got home she was extremely lethargic and...

I purchased 5 assorted bantam chicks at TSC today. One is clearly a porcelain D’Uccle. The other four (2 buff & 2 red) are (I assumed) Cochins. However, while taking care of some pasty butt on some of them, I noticed one of the red chicks has 5 toes! ALL four of these chicks have feathered...

I have a situation I need advice on. Currently I have 2 cockerels: Angus- a 10 month old Naked Neck Oliver- a 6 month old Black Australorp Oliver was supposed to be a pullet. He’s completely non-aggressive so I decided to keep him. Both males are in the same coop with 13 girls. 1 hen is...

My friend had 15 Muscovies and now she has 9. They keep standing in their water tub and getting wet and then they freeze and die in the overnight temps! I’m not sure if it’s the cold and wet or if it’s the ducks piling on each other and suffocating the ones at the bottom. She uses a black...

Hey guys. I have a 6 day old NN chick being raised by a broody bantam in my garage. There’s only one chick. They’re in a rabbit hutch with pine shavings for bedding and chick starter and water. Occasionally I’ve noticed the baby will start frantically chirping and jumping around while...

My 8 1/2 month old Silkie cockerel died today. I witnessed it and can only conclude it was Sudden Death Syndrome or something similar. All my birds were foraging quietly in the backyard. I was talking to DH in the side yard separated from the back by 4’ chain link fence. I heard a sharp...

My 5.5 month old pullet Agatha has a significant injury that is now healing well. The wound is on her side between the keel and right leg. She’s a Naked Neck so she has mostly bare skin in this area. The injury is about 2-3 inches in diameter. It’s scabbing up pretty well. I spray it with...

Agatha is a 5 month old Naked Neck/Turken pullet. She just laid her first egg yesterday. She has been staying on the roost in the morning for the last two days. She was fluffed up but would still move around with the flock once she came down; eating and drinking normally. This morning I...

I have LF adults and teenagers as well as 12 chicks at 3-4 weeks old. I have a product called Garden & Poultry Dust with 0.25% permethrin. Is this going to be safe and effective for all? Would a spray be better?

Do younger birds learn bullying behavior from older birds that do that? I have 27 chickens. I have 2 coops. 4 LF hens (1 year) 2 LF cockerels (4.5 months) 2 LF pullets (4.5 months) 6 bantam pullets (3 months?) 1 bantam Silkie cockerel (4.5 months) 12: 2-3 week old LF chicks (all sexed...

Someone told me it’s a cockerel. He/she is named Silkie. Silkie is partridge, 4 months old and these photos are from a couple of days ago. Silkie has always been outgoing and confident. My only chicken that will stand still and let me pick it up without moving away. Let me know if more...

Hello! I keep getting a pop up on my iPhone 8. I use Google to get to BYC. It started a couple of days ago. Very annoying! :he The most recent one was today at about 9:21pm MDT. I took a screenshot. I know it says amazon but I assure you it always happens when I’m on BYC. I hope you guys can...

I have 4 different clematis plants on my property. It’s interesting to me that only one is blooming right now and it’s the only one I tossed the chicken poo and bedding near for months now. The other three are budding but no blooms yet. Leaves are also smaller.