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I choses the breed of my new puppy particularly as one from a breed that is known to get along with livestock, as herders. She is just over 9 months old. My pup's mom herds a flock of chickens every night. When I first got the puppy, she loved going into the chicken area and eating chicken...

I wanted to check in to see if my frizzle hen going bald is molting or something else. She is bare around her neck, and a line down her chest and butt are all bare. See pictures. The baldness started last Spring (I thought it was molting or plucking feathers for broody period). It has only...

Cute silkie boy looking for a new home. Just started to crow -- currently wearing a crow collar and spending some time inside to keep him safe from non-understanding neighbors. If it would seal the deal on an excellent home I can include a little white silkie pullet he is bonded with. Both he...

As the title says, I have an over 2 year old hen who, over the last few days developed pendulous crop and diarrhea. Embarrassingly, at first I thought she was getting fat and didn't realize it was a crop issue. She continued to eat and drink through yesterday. Now, I think she is in some...

2 birds available., $20 for both. Gender unknown. 6-7 weeks old. I received eggs from a breeder and hatched them under my broody.

I had a broody bantam chochin, and I don't have a rooster (township ordinance), so I got her 7 fertilized silkie eggs. She was a very good mama and now we have 5 silkie chicks that follow her around. The issue is that the chicks, as silkies, are rather delayed and of course will never fly...

Adorable little guy, a bit over 3 months old.

What would be a good design for 5-6 silkies/frizzles? I already have a huge run that they can share with other chickens, but I need a nice secure place for them to sleep. My silkies seem unable or unwilling to use a ramp -- I am trying to think of a good design that does not require a ramp...

I have a 3.5-month old pullet who, starting yesterday, became sedentary and sleepy, seemed cold even in warm weather, and is breathing at times with her mouth open. No mucous, coughing, sneezing, or watery eyes. I took her inside and gave her a nice nest in our bathroom with a heat pad. I...

As the title says -- Looking to find a new brooder for two males. The easter egger is a beautiful lavender. He will be a big boy, but right now at 3 months he is still being picked on by the hens. The marks on his legs are from the ladies. He is a copper marans x True ameraucana blend...

I have 4 new chicks -- among the last from my beautiful true americauna rooster (my avatar), who had to be rehomed owing to noise complaints. The chicks are a mix between Black Ameraucana x Black french copper marans, so chicks have boofy cheeks, fluffy feet, and a wonderful temperament...

I have 20 eggs in an incubator. Six of them went through the mail, and were pretty roughed up -- 2 eggs broken, and saddle shaped air sacs on the remaining. The other eggs are either my own, or were picked up by car and did not go through the mail. For most of the eggs, this is day 15 of...

Chicks are hatching tomorrow. True black ameraucana x Copper marans: straight run, olive eggs True black ameraucana x (Welbar x legbar): sexable at birth, various shades of green eggs.

I have 3 lovely 2.5 month old chicks who arrived from a hatchery quite ill. I have nursed them back to health, and now are looking to rehome them. They are very cute and are acting like normal chicks at this point. They are living currently in my warm basement, and would need to be acclimated...

Looking for some sage advice here. I recently bought 8 week old old chicks by mail that turned out to be infected with coccidiosis. All of this is explained in other posts. In this post I want to explore what will happen if I manage to get these chicks to recover. So the summary: I now have...

I have four 8-week-old faverolles that I received in very poor shape last week. They are hatchery stock. However, with the help of antibiotics and lots of care, they really seem to be perking up. While they are all supposed to be female, I do want to check on that. All have temporary names...

After a contentious election, the endangered kakapo won as New Zealand's bird of the year. I thought I would learn more about this very interesting flightless bird and did a search. Well, I found this video, and it was one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen. Thought I would...

Hand Me Down Farms, NM -- 0 stars -- stay away I know, they have a terrible name. So what was I thinking purchasing young pullets from them? Well, first, I didn't realize that they were basically a (grow out) hatchery. I thought Sylvia Martin (the proprietor) was a breeder and that she bred...

I am continuing another thread in which I talked about being concerned for my pullets, owing to a projected long shipping time. The backstory is that I was having 7-week old pullets shipped from NM to PA. I had ordered them when they were 4 weeks, and thought I would get them then, before the...

I have some 7-week old chicks currently being shipped from a small hatchery in New Mexico (I am in PA.). I ordered them a month ago, when they were smaller. They were supposedly ready to be shipped then, but various delays occurred (mostly on the seller's end) and they weren't shipped until...