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It's been another month and I cant believe how much my bronze breasted turkey has grown! They are 3 months old now (I know still probably way too early to officially tell) but any hints on the gender? No gobbles and no strutting.

Hi everyone, about 7 days ago my hen was showing signs of being egg bound and I did a warm bath and checked her vent (didn't notice anything). I also started her on some amoxy-tyl for any infection she might have. She didn't get worse but she also didn't really improve all that much. She would...

I know it's probably too early to tell but I'm leaning towards hen? I read online that males usually go compleatly bald while females have a line of feathers going down their necks. This turkey is 8 wks old.

Found my 1.5yo Seabright chicken laying out in the middle of the run this morning not really moving and I noticed one of her eyes was swollen and goopy with both gooey mucus and liquid. She was absolutly fine last night. I brought her inside and set up and dark cozy place for her to keep warm...

For my chickens I have an enclosed part of my run and a open part of my run. I keep their food in the enclosed area but of course there is a access door for the chickens to go between the two areas. I covered the opening with a curtain with flaps that the chickens can pass through but the...

First and foremost, a moment of remembrance of all the people who died that day and those who died later from the 9/11 attacks. I hope the future brings peaceful times that senseless murdering of innocent people for differences in race, religion, or creed, will never have to happen. There...

Thought I would just share a photo of the craft I did today for my chicken coop. I wanted to have a list of my chickens names and make a sign for it, everyone has sweet little old lady names. I dedicated my chicken coop/run to my grandma who passed away earlier this year. She loved to hear about...

Hopefully this isn't a stupid question but, why is it important to have at least four square feet per chicken in the coop. My chickens only use their coop for laying eggs and sleeping otherwise they're outside in their run. My coop is definitely on the small side but everyone fits and seems...

Hi everyone, So I purchased a prefab coop and have modified it over the past year but I feel like I might want to expand it for my girls. I currently have 7 Bantams and they all seem to do fine but I'm thinking they could perhaps have more roosting space. There is the typical jossle at bedtime...

So for the last year I've been using a 5 gallon bucket feeder for my chickens and noticed in the last couple months that a few mice have shown up in the run, especially at night to hop into the access holes on the bucket and eat the chicken food. I know they are not good for the chickens to have...

Im not sure if you can tell from the photo but can anyone tell me what gender the two middle chickens are in the center are? The very light one and the black one with fluff on the head.

So my rooster fred has been generally a good boy and usually behaves until I mess with his ladies a bit too much. I've been working on making him even more friendly towards me by picking him up in the early evening and carrying him around for about 5 to 10 minutes making sure to give him a tasty...

Hi everyone, so I have a neighbor who doesnt seem to take very good care of their chickens. They have been in their pen for about a year and I have never seen it actually raked out and cleaned. They live in 2-3 inches of poo and mud. Everything is just covered. The run, the inside of their...

Ok I'm super proud I made this and got this to work. It might not be super pretty but it works! Based it off this post from a long time ago: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-diy-automatic-chicken-pop-door-opener-closer.717940/ It's an auto pop door opener using two pumps to transfer...

Hi everyone, my chicken Emma has been on and off acting a bit funny this week. She is a ~1 year old Golden Comet. All my chickens were recently moved to a new run and I'm sure they've been eating a good amount of grass. The weather has also been all over the pace with warm days then cool days. I...

I seem to have the most terrible luck with my backyard chickens and getting Roos when they are supposed to be hens. . . . So Im going to post some pictures of the other two younger ones I have just to make sure they are what they are. 1. Pretty confidant this light brown one is a female 2. I...

I've posted photos of this chicken before and people agreed it was a hen but now that it's a little older I'm questioning it. Been on a long crazy ride trying to get only hens and a one Roo flock over the past several months! This chicken is a barred rock mix of all kinds of things. They have...

Probably a million posts like this but I was cleaning out the coop today and found eggs! With xmas and everything I hadn't bothered looking in my nesting boxes plus my chickens haven't laid eggs yet to begin with! Found 5 mostly frozen but beautiful blue/green eggs! Im just going to scramble...

My newer young chickens and older chickens are getting along fabulously now after a few weeks. I just love my Roo Fred who takes such good care of his girls. Crossing my fingers that something weird doesn't happen and any little ones somehow end up roos x_x

Hi everyone, hope you all are doing well. Now that we're going into winter thought I would have you guys look at my coop and see if there's anything I could improve or suggest. I have 7 Bantam mixes and they are all pretty small and they can fit all comfortably on one roost bar (for now at...