Can anyone tell the breed of this chick? The brown one. I got it from Murray McMurray hatchery as a mystery chick. Also is it too young to tell the gender?
I’m going to get some chicks and Muscovy ducklings and I’m not sure on what to feed them. Should I feed them both chick starter and then switch over to all flock feed?
I’m getting a coop built. It’s 10x10 and I don’t know what I should do to give them enough ventilation. Im going to be putting 1 or 2 windows on it also. Should I put wood around the top and then right under the roof put hardware cloth?
I have a a 10x10 coop and I was thinking about giving them a large run. But since it would be so large I wasn’t sure about how to cover it. I was thinking about making a fence around the coop and to use welded wire. And also putting a hot wire around the bottom. The predators we have around here...
I just got a new coop and also got a 10x10 dog kennel so I've been putting it together and I need ideas for a roof for the kennel and also any ideas for the coop would be great. I also need to know if I should put the roosts inside the coop in front of the nesting boxes or in the lower part in...
I got 2 barred rock chickens in May 1 of them died to a raccoon. So last Saturday I just picked up two 4 month old Buff Orpingtons and she's been pecking them and they just run away from her. I've been keeping them in a cage in the coop for three days. I let them out to eat grass and bugs and...
I just got two chickens and I need help identifying the breed and genders. I think they're barred rocks and I think one is a rooster and one is a hen but I'm not sure.
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One of my baby chick is keeping it's eye closed and it's swollen. She also stays away from everyone else now. It happened yesterday because the day before that she was fine. What's wrong with her and what can I do to fix it?
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I just got 8 chicks on a chick day last Saturday and there's one that looks sick. His poop was runny this morning but now there are a little thicker bits in it and he stays away from the others and just sleeps standing up with his head down. Is he sick and is there anything I can do?