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Hey all, I am a high school student from Wisconsin, and I will be spending the summer out in Utah with my grandparents. I have a job and just wanted a change and to travel. I have always been interested in riding horses and working at a ranch, however never got to do either much. I was...

Hey all, I have seven hens, three large fowl and four bantams. They all get along for the most part, the three large fowl I got together as chicks and they are silver laced wyandottes. They are about a year and a half old. However, two of the three have bare bottoms. One has almost all...

Our 1 year old silkie hen has an egg stuck coming out. There is a thin membrane covering the egg. We have her in some warm water in the sink. What should we do??

Hey all, My bantam calico Cochin is sick I believe. The top of her head is almost bare and she is losing feathers, if you try and like brush her with your hand feathers just come out. From what I observed she hasn’t acted any differently. Ideas? Should I separate her, the other birds...

Hey all, I have (for sure) two chick 'fighting' in the brooder right now where they raise up and bump each other with their chests and kick. They are one and a half weeks old. Is this a sign of cockerels, and do I need to do something about it? It seems pretty harmless right now. Thanks!

Hey all, I have never tried feather sexing before and I apologize for the bad quality photos but I was thinking it might be worth a try. The chicks are two days old.

Hey all, We recently bought a new bird and she apparently has an egg eating problem. It has spread to one or two of my other hens to the point where they just lay it and turn around and eat it. I go out to the coop multiple times a day to try and collect. We have two wooden eggs out...

Hey all, I'm picking up three more silver laced wyandotte chicks tomorrow. They come from very good stock. I know there is really no such thing as a show quality chick, but are there any tips to try and pick the ones that might turn out closer to show quality? I don't think there are...

Hey all, I recently added three new birds to my flock, and one of the eggs today had a hole in it. Is this egg eating or did someone step on it? I’ve also had another egg in there in the nesting box to show them where to lay and that one hasn’t been broken. Thoughts?

Hey all, I’ve been thinking over pigeons a lot, and was thinking about fencing off part of my chicken run and putting pigeons in there. Questions: The roof and everything will be fenced in. How big of a loft will I need if they have a lot of that space? Attached is a photo of pigeon nest...

Hey all, Currently I have three bantams. I will be heading down soon to get some more bantams and large fowl. Should I separate them? The reason I would is because right now, one of my bantams can fly over my run. So I could a) fence in the top of the run, it is 8 feet tall, we do not...

Hey all, Just wanted to show off my new ameracauna bantam hen. Bringing her to the Portage Wisconsin Show, any other Wisconsinites going?

Hey all, Wondering if you could show non apa accepted colors in shows, specifically the Wisconsin International in Portage. They just have a form where you write the breed and color in, and it doesn’t say if you can or not. Anyone know?

I may have a pullet with CRD, I got her from a reputable breeder who is an APA master exhibitor. However, she does have a nasty cough. No nasal discharge or swelling. I messaged him about it, he said that he has noticed that in his line of Brahmas, and that they run with all of his other birds...

Hey all, I have two Orpington pullets that are eight months old and not laying yet. Reasons?

We just introduced a new pullet, but as soon as she was in there and we were watching she started junky coughing, like a smoker. She hadn’t been doing this when we picked her up (we watched her for a while), or in the car. Is she sick, or could it be a reaction to the bedding?

Hey all, I want to divide my coop in two for LF and bantams, I know some people keep them together but we haven’t had the best luck with that. However, I don’t know how I want to do that, so asking all of you super smart diy people! My coop is 6x8, with one entrance to the run on one...

Hey all, I read on here that some people keep their rabbits with chickens. Does this work well? Would it be better to just fence off a section of the coop for the rabbits? Our coop is about 6x8 with a 8x16 run, and we only have a few bantams in it.

Hey all, Looking into turning a coop into a loft, and I have a few questions. What is a settling box used for? Is it open to the loft all the time? Isn’t there like bars or something to stop them from coming out?

Help!!! One of my silkies died at the fair, we chalked it up to heat and stress, but another one of my birds have died and she wasn’t at the fair!!! I had a chick have cocci a few weeks ago, is this what my flock has??? Help!