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Hey all! I have chicks (and a couple ducklings) that have hatched in my incubator. It's getting quite crowded now, but there are still some yet to hatch. Can I remove some chicks and empty shells? Or is it best to wait it out?

I just noticed one of my ducklings pinfeathers are bloody. Best method of treatment?

I've tried Google and the search filter and I'm just not finding what I'm looking for. We just moved early April, and are currently poultry free. In the past I had a pretty large flock with chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks. Our new place does not have a coop, but it's the first project I'm doing...

I posted this in emergencies with no response. I recently got a goose to go with our ganders. She seems happy and healthy. The other day I noticed she has a lump on her belly, a few inches from her vent. Anyone ever heard of setting like this? Could it be a hernia? Any idea if it will impact her...

Hope it's ok I'm posting about a goose! We finally got a goose for our gander almost two weeks ago. The other day I noticed more pink on her belly than seemed normal. Upon closer inspection she has a large lump there. She is about a year old and completely healthy otherwise. Any ideas what it...

Ok, last spring I got an assortment that included 10 chickens, 2 turkeys, 2 ducks, and 2 geese. I've been able to sex all of them, except the geese! We have a white chinese and a brown chinese. Physically they look similar, same knob size, neck length, etc. Personality wise there are slight...

Hey all, I noticed one of our roosters limping badly this morning. No thing wrong with his feet, and he just tip toes on one foot. What is everyone's suggestions?

Hey everyone! I hope someone can help me out here. I have an almost 3 year old leghorn who has some type of an issue. Sometime last week I noticed her hunched and ruffled outside by the door to her coop. It was a super cold blustery day, and there were one or two other chickens with her so I...

We had an incident yesterday that left 6 young chicks dead, and two young turkeys wounded. One of the two turkeys was hurt quite badly by his lower back, tail feather area. I applied blu kote liberally, and they made it through the night alright and seemed ok this morning. With the injuries...

Got a delivery of chicks this morning and everyone had been doing great but when I went to check one was laid out oddly. It wants to keep its eyes shut, and flops over when it tries to walk. It kind of leans to one side sitting down and seems fairly weak. I think it was fine earlier, made sure...

Ok, so I have a lovely little flock of chickens. 8 hens, 1 rooster. They are about a year and 2 months old. A few months ago I noticed a few of our hens had some bare backs, and one had feathers missing on her head. I asked about it on a different forum, and was advised it was due to a...

I had a flock of 10 chickens, 9 hens and one rooster. My parents have been taking care of my chickens (as we recently relocated). My dad is a farmer and knows quite a bit about animals, so for the most part they are in safe hands. The other day he went down to feed and water them and a...

We're getting ready to move, and are taking our chickens with us. They are about 20 weeks old and we just started getting our first eggs (YAY!). Anyway, we've been using a tractor but would love to give them a stationary coop and let them just free range wherever they want to go. We're going...

We've been using a hoop house for our 10 chickens and it has worked out very nicely. However, we are getting ready to move and had been thinking about redoing their coop so they have more shelter for the coming winter. (Oh, cooler weather seems so, so, far away!) I found these pictures online...

I got my very first flock of chickens back in March. I never expected to be moving just a few months later. We are moving to our new home August 1st, and would like to move our chickens as well. What is the best way to transport chickens?! We have 10 all together, I wasn't sure if anyone had...

Back in March we got our first ever chickens. 4 straight run barred rocks, and 6 assorted egg layers. So far we have identified all chickens as barred rocks, red sex links, australorps, and pretty sure a leghorn. But then this is this chicken who I just can't identify! What do you think?

Way back in March I got my first ever chickens. We got 4 straight run barred rocks, and 6 assorted egg layers. We have no idea what was in the assorted egg layer bunch at the time, but now that they are nearly 18 weeks I'm pretty positive we have a leghorn, red sex links, and barred rocks, and...

I have a lovely flock of chickens, 9 pullets, 1 cockerel, should be 18 weeks by the 4th of July. I saw a posting on craigslist where someone was giving away two chickens, unsure if they are pullets or cockerels, as the landlord was causing issues. I offered to take them and will hopefully get...

Our chicks are going to be 12 weeks this coming Wednesday. We recently had to move so my mom and dad are taking care of our chickens. I told them exactly what type of feed to buy, starter/grower, but when they went to the store they only had layer. They ate that for a few days until I saw...

I've never raised meat birds, so sorry if this is a completely newbie question! I was considering raising roosters for meat birds, instead of raising broilers, but I have a few questions. If raising roosters for meat birds, at what age (on average) would they be ready for processing? What...