Came home to my six week old chick sitting in the corner not moving. She can’t walk and seems to not be able to stand on one leg. Brought her in the house, no visible injury. She’s eating and drinking. She tries to stand and it’s like her one leg slides right out in front of her. Any thoughts...
This is our first year with fainting goats. I’ve been doing a ton of research on signs that my goat will be kidding soon. Posting a picture of the vulva, any seasoned goat farmers out there able to tell me approximately how long until she kids?
I hope I’m putting this under the right thread. Anyways I ordered pure bred eggs from a lady and had a terrible hatch rate (6 out of 24) which was by far my worst ever. The lady shipped me 24 more eggs and I had two Broody hens and a friend had one Broody hen so I split the eggs up. Hatch dat I...
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I’ve had chickens for six years now and im
Interested in possibly breeding chickens. I am wanting to ensure I maintain good genetic lines that are true to the breed. Does anyone have a good resource to use to determine breed standards and what to look for? Thank you for any help anyone...
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I currently have backyard chickens but will be moving to a bigger piece of land. I am wanting a coop for about 20 chickens, and a greenhouse. My question is can/do you combine the two? Or is better to have two different structures? Pros? Cons? Anyone with experience or insight I would...
These two chickens are mixed breeds. One I think is silkie cross and the other is a frizzle cross. I cannot figure out if they are hens or roos. Thoughts?! 13 weeks
I just went out to check my chickens. One is laying on the ground gasping for air. I picked her up and there's liquid coming out of her mouth. What's wrong? What do I do?! She doesn't look like she's going to make it.
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My one silkie chicken is sitting on the roost a lot and is sneezing. What might this be? What should I be looking for. This is my first year with chickens and the weather has been very cold! They are in a coop, deep litter method, heat when it's colder then -15.
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I had a mama hatch an egg on December 26. I have them in a separate area in the coop. My
Other hens can hear them but cant see them. When can I let mom and baby in with the rest of the chickens.
Side note I have a cat who lives in my coop. I'm guessing I'll need to get her out until the...
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I have a chicken who recently went broody. I decided to give her two eggs and see what happened (we don't have roosters so I got them from a friend). It's day 7 and only one appears to be developing. Is it too late to add more eggs? I'm guessing it would be but thought I would check...
My family and I incubated and hatched chicks this year to start our small backyard flock. Today we got our first egg!! I was so excited! My question is when will this chicken lay another? A few days or could it be weeks? She is 17 weeks old! Hoping my others decide to lay soon too!
A friend of mine gave me three silkies. They are 8 weeks old. One has a broken leg. She told me
It's been like that since he was a week old and she just hoped it would heal He seems happy enough but is defiantly smaller then the other two. He eats, drinks and hops around. But he does sit in the...