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:hit In about 2 hours i will be helping a friend with a large hen flock infested with lice, mites, overgrown hen spurs, bumblefoot, and overall animal neglect.  As this was short notice i do not have most material access!! I am a teen not a pro!! although ive researched and owned chickens...

Im a small backyard flock owner of 7 happy birds of various breeds. I am still a student, and im known for being a chicken lady. I get a call from another student whos mom recently got more chickens from one of their friends to add to their flock... which they added to their flock WITHOUT...

One of my quail chicks closes its eyes everytime its in the light. Even if its lost or near its friends. It opens when in slight shade or darkness. Does this mean anything?

Curious to what color this striped one will be as an adult? And with the darker duck looking ones be tuxedo or other?

Quail egg was dropped from about 2 inch off ground and has two cracks that havent penatrated the membrane to my knowledge. I dont have any elmers glue. The eggs are already on their 16th day. What should i do?

My eggs were on their 11-12th day in the incubator and the rest were completely black already. Did i kill off a live embryo? I can post a picture of the embryo that fell out of the egg when i broke it open.

I posted another thread a week ago on what looked like a yolkless egg in the run. Back then i wasnt sure it was my favorite hen Ginger. I bought cacium citrate with d3 pills and have been giving them to her daily. I checked on her tonight and right below her roost was another egg. I know its...

My BO hen ginger (1 1/2yrs) hasnt molted this winter like her sisters. She has odd black dots under her chin that concern me as well. I give them black sunflower seeds for extra protein and feed them crushed oyster grit for calcium. She doesnt like her chin being touched. What should i do?  I...

My favorite hen Ginger is refusing to drink. She has plenty of appetite but refused to drink when i checked on the chickens this afternoon. I also found what looks to be a goopy egg shell that came out with some feces. I am not sure if its Ginger but worried if this is an egg and wondering what...

I have a 10 x 11 run that is half-roofed. The rest is chicken wire. I live in WA and we tend to have lots of days with wind and rain. In winter it is usually never single F digits// Last year I had artifical heat in the coop with wood shavings and on some of the cold days I attached cardboard...

New to chicken keeping. Is this beak normal? Looks almost like mild crossbeak. If that's the case, is there anything I can do? She is new to the flock so I do not know how long she has had it. She is eating and drinking fine.

So recently I came across a craigslist add for a 1 1/2 month old hen mislabeled as a cornish cross at TS (like that's new lol). My plan is to take her in as her sisters have all been taken and the persons flock is not accepting her. (She is the small one in the middle) My flock is currently...

So my ladies Goose (black&white) & Valdora (dark blue) were bought from a local feed store from the random white egg layers bin about 4 months ago as day old chicks. I'd really like to know what breeds they are! Goose: Goose looks almost like a Exchequer Leghorn or a Mottled Ancona but I'm...

My chickens have been in their new coop for about three weeks now, and it has gotten as low as the 30's already!! :th They refuse to leave their little coop to go out into then run and eat/drink/forage! They only come out when I'm in the run and when I leave they go right back to the coop...

I am a high school student who just moved and my dad agreed to let me get chickens (I am very passionate about it and have researched for almost 3 years) and just 3 months ago I got my first 11 chicks. They are as of now still in the brooder in the garage. We live in washington. My dads...

When ordering chicks, do I have to personally go and make sure the post office will call me when they get the chicks or can I just wait and they'll call me anyway?

Just ordered my chicks for August!! I've waited 3 years for these breeds!! Lol I've only ever had a few buckeyes so this is very exciting for me! I'm getting the following breeds from Meyer Hatchery: 1 Green Queen 1 Speckled Sussex 2 Buff Orpingtons 2 Buff Silkie 1 BBS Silkie 1 Black Silkie 1...

Which do you think would be the friendliest with a flock of very docile chickens?

I have investigated both breeds (Golden Cuckoo Maran & Silver Gray Dorking) for a while but they both seem like a great choice for my homestead (flock-friendly, predator savvy, and docile). Which breed should I pick? Has anyone had one of these breeds before?