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I bought a few chicks from a local farmer. He said these were Golden Wyandottes. But now 3 months later they don't look like it to me. I am just not sure what they are. They don't resemble the silver lace hen I have. I think these are hens, but not even sure of that. They were purchased as a...

I am rehoming some roosters. I am not sure about a couple of my babies. Could use some input, please. Maybe a guess to the breed. Not sure the person I got them from was very knowledgeable. Told me one was a marans but found out it wasn't accurate. No problem just wondering.

Next week in Missouri the weather will be in the triple digits with who knows how high the humidity will be. I have a dozen 6 to 8 week chicks that really need to be outside but I am really concerned about this crazy weather. Right now they're in my garage that I can keep a bit cooler with fans...

The breed is cuckoo marans. I am thinking it is a roo, but not sure at all.

I did something really stupid. I did not inspect a rooster and hen before accepting them. I was feeling so bad about losing some hens to a dog that I let good sense escape me. Well, the poor dears have mites and scaley mites so bad I am not even sure the roo can recover as there is a large...

I have a small flock of 5 ladies. They are about 6 months old. Today my barred rock was clucking so loudly I ran out to see if a hawk was in the area. Everything was fine. Then when I was cleaning the coop she came running up to the pen again clucking loudly. I quickly finished thinking that she...

So, I read about how using sand in the run really helps in drying it out after heavy rains. I live in Missouri and we can get some pretty heavy rains with wind so it can be wet and stay damp because of the high humidity here. Also there were benefits like easy poo clean up and it being easy on...

So I have just been wandering through some posts here and looking at some you tube videos and came across some people with surprise roosters. So I was taking a little closer look at my 'girls' and became paranoid that my Samantha may actually be Samuel. I got them from a hatchery that had an...

I adopted 5 chicks of different breeds. When I went in to get them the man asked what breed I wanted. I wanted a kaleidoscope flock so I told him any different ones and silly me didn't get him to specify what they were . All of them are fairly friendly and sweet except Esmeralda .She is feisty...

I would love some suggestions on handling chicks. My chicks flap and fuss till I set them down .I know that there maybe somes I will need to handle them to care for them. Any suggestions?

I have 5 assorted chicks that are 5 weeks old .I just noticed a very small bug in the brooder. They have not been exposed to any other animals since I got them from the hatchery .Could this be just a bug or could it be possible that it is a mite? I don't see any on the chicks but being a first...

I am 63 years and embarking on a new adventure of raising chickens. I adopted my 5 chicks about 2 weeks ago and immediately had questions I didn't see answered in the books I had been reading. In a panic I started googling which led me to backyard chickens .What a wonderful informative friendly...

I have 5 chicks of assorted breeds. One is sitting in the pine shavings and moves kinda to her side kicking out the shavings from beneath her .It almost looks like she's burrowing. I picked her up to see if there was any obvious problems and she did not jump up to get away. Just concerned she...

My week old chicks have been occaionally poohing a brown gooey type poo .I am VERY new to the chicken world .One place said that every once in a while it was normal for chicks tp poo a brownish type poo but I would like to know if this is true as you can read a lot of different stuff on the net...