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I have 4 young hens, one is about 10-11 months old, the other three are 8-9 months old, hybrid White Rock/Rhode Island Red (these 3 were bought as started pullets). All started laying last fall, the oldest one had started laying before I got the others. Every day I go out and find 3 large eggs...

About a week ago I noticed that one of my pullets, about 10 weeks old, seemed more lethargic than the rest. Her eyes were often closed, and it appeared if she were sleeping most of the time. She was still eating and drinking though and able to get up on the roost. The last couple of days she...

I have raised chickens for years, but know nothing about ducks. My sister started raising ducks last year after her egg supplier decided to get rid of her ducks. My sister took some of those ducks, then bought more ducks and was given a 2 more, so now she has somewhere around 10 ducks...

In the past any roosters I've kept have had small compact combs, but now I have 3 roosters with large combs. This morning I went out and this is what I saw: How bad is it?, Will all of that comb fall off, or will it heal? Is there anything I should do to treat it, or should I just let it run...

The past week or so, I started letting my 2 month-old chickens out in the late afternoon. I'd keep an eye on them periodically, and then lock them back up at dusk. All of my predator problems have happened at around 5 a.m, with a less secure coop.... so while I was a little worried, I really...

Last week I happened to find a wooden playhouse on ebay. I bid on it and won. It is made of wooden Dutch-lap siding attached to 2X4's. It was constructed in panels so it can be easily disassembled and moved. The floor is made of 2X6 pressure treated lumber. It is about 54 inches wide...

These past few months are the first in 11 years that I have had trouble with preditors. I have never had a really secure set-up in most of these years, but never had a problem before. (I have an old movable coop, called a Hen Haven from a now defunct company. The pen section collapsed a few...

I have a 5 to 6 week old ameraucauna, who managed to get out of her pen today when I wasn't home. The skin from the back of her head, all the way to the base of her neck is gone. (Maybe 1 inch X 2 inches) It's hard to tell the size depending on how she oholds her neck. I did clean it out and...

I purchase a few day-old chicks to be raised by my 2 broody hens about 2 weeks ago. The chick in question is a Buckeye breed, aprox 2 weeks old, Yesterday I noticed that when she was walking around she had her neck/head twisted/turned to the side, as if she was looking up with one eye and down...

Hi! Back about 10 years ago, my daughter wanted to hatch eggs for a science project. So the next winter, (2nd grade) we built an incubator out of an insulated shipping box, an old thermostat my dad had in his basement, a heating pad, and a light socket/light. We had to do an experiment, so we...