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We free ranged our birds, and lost one here and there over the last year, but felt that was acceptable. However this spring, a family of at least five hawks moved in and we lost five birds in two weeks! We penned in our girls hoping the hawks would eventually move on so we can free...

HELP!! I think Henrietta has suddenly turned into a Henry. So Henrietta feathered in slower than her sister, Frannie, but both chickens have looked exactly the same for months. Here is one of Henrietta a month ago - no comb, same degree of face redness as the other chickens: But...

Just picked up my girls from the post office - great job on the shipping by Meyer Hatchery. I think I have identified them all. Please correct me if you think I've got something mixed up! All should be pullets. Box full of perky, chirping babies! #1 - Barnevelder Chick #2 Barred...

My hens are around four months old and have been free ranging in our yard during the day time. I noticed that several of them have been hosting some hitchhikers - little deer ticks - right around their eye sockets. They don't seem to be bothered by them. I picked up a few of the girls and...

So my dog killed one of my chickens. I caught her with it and it died a few minutes later from crushing injury - no open wounds on him. Hopefully I responded properly with the shock collar training that followed - it was hard to not be excessive but I tried to keep calm and I think she...

You can just barely see the edge of black on her comb. Three of my four red pullets have some black at the edge of their comb, which showed up within the last week. It rained for about a week, and frosted overnight once or twice. The chickens are all acting normally. I was initially freaking...

Someone facebooked me this link, and I thought I'd share http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/how-to-make-calcium-using-egg-shells

Hi guys, I noticed today that one of my two month old buff orps has a swollen ear! I almost missed it because she wasn't acting weird or anything. No breathing problems, no evidence of mites. I guess it is possible she was pecked, although I don't see any injury or scabs. Doesn't look...

Hi guys :) So I added three new birds to my flock five days ago. They were in a side by side pen for a week before that. All are about the same age - seven weeks now. The existing flock (of eight) has been less than accommodating. They do some protecting of the food and water, and...

Hi guys! I have three new chicks that I got Friday and are in quarantine. One of them, a 5+ week old salmon faverolle roo, seems to lie down more than the others. When I first got them I gave them baths, and he lied down in the bowl of water like he enjoyed it. He lies down sometimes in...

Hi guys :) My chicks are about 6 weeks old, and are outside in the coop. A breeder told me about her worming schedule, and I don't see any evidence of disease or parasites in my flock, but I want to know what medicines work best and on what kind of schedule as preventatives. Also, are my...

Hi everyone! I have 8 five and a half week old babies, and just got 3 chicks that are about the same age and size. I was able to visit the home of the babies and see the chicks and the parents and the conditions. The woman I bought them from was very helpful to me as a first time chicken...

I hope this is the right place for this topic! I just got a pair of salmon faverolles - pullet and roo. There were two pullets to choose from, a very light colored one, and this darker one with the blueish coloring at the base of the feathers. I am partial to the blue coloring, so I...

Ok, trying this again with my buff orps (I am so impatient!!) - Roos or pullets? Fran/Frank 3 weeks: 5 weeks: (the small horizontal red mark below his nostril is a scrape, but underneath that is a red wattle!) Seven weeks: And here is Henrietta/Henry 3 weeks: 5 weeks: Seven Weeks...

Hi guys I just got some DE and had spread a probably too thick layer on a tub of sand, to make a dust bath for my chicks. They are almost five weeks old and out in the coop. Before I could mix it in, one of my buff orps ran up and gobbled a mouthful, and must have inhaled some. She...

HI guys We just took the plunge and moved our five and six week feathered children outside today (they are growing up!! So proud!!). They spent all day out in their run with food and water (and lots of happy foraging). We plan to let them out at first light and bring them fresh supplies...

Tried this last week, and the kids are bigger now - maybe someone has a better guess at this point? The one on the left is Henry/Henrietta and the one on the right is Fran/Frankie: Combs look more red in photo than in reality - I wonder if it was the flash: Any guesses are...

Here's one of my guys enjoying a snack: Took them a few minutes to figure out it was food, but once they did, they were obsessed! Anyone else have pics like this? I'd love to see them!

One of our chicks seems to have symptoms like human allergies. He/she, "Grendel," was a little smaller to begin with, and would sneeze off and on. No nasal discharge, no lethargy, normal poops, eats and drinks normally and doesn't get picked on by the other chicks. She is growing and getting...

Wondering what everyone's opinions on this are - We have chicks right now - eight of them - that will be nearly 5 months old in August. We want to double the size of our flock. I was thinking of ordering another batch of eight from a hatchery, and to get the breeds I want, the earliest I...