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We found one of our one-year old chickens dead this morning in the coop. She had not been acting sick in any way. Seriously. Not. One. Clue. She is a black australorp and the largest and sweetest of our four chickens. I'm just beside myself. I feel like I failed her in some way but I literally...

My buff Orpington hen (age 27 weeks) has something wrong with her earlobe. I noticed it yesterday for the first time and stupid me I've been calling it a waddle...but I digress. . It's her earlobe. I have been assuming injury and I cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide and applied polybactirin...

I posted last week about my australorp Mrs Toadflax, that seems to be spending time in the nesting box and not laying eggs. (I posted under egg binding title). Best I can infer, she laid an egg two weeks ago Sunday (I believe her first) and since then I've noticed her at least five times...

My 23 week old black australorp laid her first egg Sunday (at least I believe it was her first--someone laid an egg Saturday but our chicken sitter found it). Since then, I've noticed her go into the nesting box and spend time there (once today and once yesterday) and not lay an egg. The...

I've searched and couldn't locate an answer so I apologize if this is a repeat of another post. When transitioning from starter to grower (both in crumble form) can I just start with the grower when I'm ready, or do I need to mix them half/half to aid in their transition? It's from same...

We moved out chicks outside last Tuesday (they are almost 9 weeks). It's been a week now and they still don't put themselves to bed at night. Around dusk or really even 30 minutes or more before dusk, they act like busy bodies. Panicky, clucky, seeming to be looking around for what to do...

I apologize I am new to this, am home with a toddler and haven't had time to research chick behavior. But one of my four chicks is acting very strange. While the others are running around being chicken-y, she is standing still a lot. She seems puffed up and like she is pulling her head...

We've been furiously working to finish our coop and it's finally ready (except the digging predator apron around the run portion---working on that). We've had the chicks out there the last two days during the day and they seem happy as clams. I brought them in last night because we had a...

Hi. I have four, four-week old chicks and my son's preK (4-5 yr olds) are having farm week. His school is literally 4 blocks from home and there is a brief time at the end of the day I was considering taking the chicks to show the class. They would be out of their brooder (and in a travel...

Hi. This is my first forum post and my first time raising chicks. We have two buff orp and two black australorp chicks that will be three weeks old tomorrow. I came out this morning and Susan, the largest and friendliest chick, had died. I m so upset! We purchased them at one week old from a...