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Not really sure on how to sex silkies. BIBBITT (closer) and BOPPITY (further) are 15 weeks

I have a chick hatched approx April 12th, she is a black Sex link. I don't believe she is being plucked or picked on, she's with a few other chicks in a heated 10x10 shed with 24/7 food and water. One side is maturing fine and her other side isn't feathering in right.

Hello, I have never owned any bantam breeds but this little lady was given to me. I'm curious her breed, to me she looks like a mini nh red?

This is Mo my Polish x. She(i think) hatched out May 18th. We got a couple new chickens and while establishing a pecking order Mo got injured. Someone ripped all her neck feathers off, they came off in one ball. I caught a chicken running around with it. It bled lightly and has stopped but I am...

Hey Guys! I had a buff orpington hen go broody and had 8 chicks hatch in my incubator so I stuck them under her last night in hopes she would take them. She did, however she has gone broody in a laying box that is high up and there is no way the chicks and safetly get up and down. I put a milk...

Hey guys, I have 10 eggs due to hatch Saturday in my incubator with an egg turner. I usually move them to my empty incubator for lock down a few days ahead of time. Well I came home today and had a chick hatched, everything appears fine but wondering if you guys think I should lock down the...

Hello I bought mixed eggs that were pure barnevelder roo over pure americauna, cream legbars, swedish flower, barred frizzle, brabanter and sl polish hens. I am just curious if you think this chick may mature with the barnevelder color pattern? Either way I love it!

Picked up a new roo who's supposed to be a buff Orpington, he has black tail feathers though, can this happen? Either way I love him!

Hello! I got this roo for free and was told he was a Copper Maran... however just saw an ad on craigslist for a Jersey Giant and he looks a lot like that so now im second guessing. He has no copper but I always just chalked it up to him being over melanized. What do you think? Either way he is a...

Hello everyone. I am frustrated, I went from nearly 9 eggs a day to ZERO for about the past month. I have 1 year and a half old Rhode Island Red hen who is molting so I don't expect eggs from her and I have about 9 Golden Comets who are roughly 22months (i was told when i bought them they were...

Dads a silver laced Wyandotte moms could have been SLW, Nh reds, buff orps or Plymouth rocks. I'm guessing Roos, what do you think?

Mom was a Rhode Island Red and dad a mutt, curious what you guys think of the chick And dad (excuse the naked neck he was picked on his previous home

One of my quails has a hunched back, possible growth. Anyone seen this before?

I purchased this pair as runners but someone mentioned they thought they were instead Aconas

Hello everyone. I bought a breeders stock off her, 31 adult breeding coturnix, about 80 eggs and a few dozen chicks. The adults layed at my house for 2 days then we had a hawk rip into the pen and about 10 adults escaped/were grabbed. Since then I have not had a single egg layed and its been...

Hello everyone, I have 10 4ish week old buff orpington chicks. there are 2 that have slightly larger and redder combs. is this an indicator they may possibly be roosters? the smaller lighter combed the larger redder combs

Hello, How long past their due date do you keep eggs in the incubator?

I got this guy for free, he's huge! The lady said he was a barnyard mutt and had been born on her farm. Any idea to his breed(s)?

Hello! This is my first time raising chicks, we picked up 11 1-2week old buff Orpington chicks, 8 1-2day old coturnix quail chicks and 1 day old runner duckling. Everyone is doing well so far, the runner duckling has a curled under foot though, I read a thread about a little foot splint we will...

Hello, I have never raised ducks before but had a free runner thrown in with some quail chicks we picked up tonight. It appears to have a deformed leg. Could this fix itself? Anything I can do to help? Does this lessen his survival chance? Thank you in advance !