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So I was jarred out of sleep about 30 mins ago (3:50am). Even before my dogs were which is rare (coonhound and German shepherd). My birds and barn cats are securely locked up and the sound was coming from about 3 houses away, close to the power line. It was loud so I am guessing there was a...

I posted this to the chickens vet corner group on Facebook but have failed to get insight in what could be a timely fashion (14h). At the end I have updated with her condition this morning. Flystrike ANY help appreciated. I have been having the worst luck with my birds lately. This hen was in...

I have a friend that recently bought some younger d’uccle chickens off of me. Cockerel (h: may 16,2022) Hens (h: Aug 2, 2021) Pullets (h: July 4, 2022) sired by a rooster from the same breeder as the cockerel and the moms were the two hens she took ETA - she got them from me on sept 4...

Some of these chicks came from my own pens (link to thread with parents) but there are some mystery chicks in here from a friend. She has no idea if purebred or mix. Most chicks are black with fibro (100% mine for sure) But here are some with color. My eggs parents are any combo of fibro...

So I have two roosters, a lemon blue (Isabel) fibro Hedemora and a Svarthona. I can tell (for the most part) which chick is from which Daddy because the Hedemora throws feathered legs. But the hens are a little different. What colors should I be looking for as they age? (they are all dark puff...

I separated gloria (1 year old welsh harlequin) two days ago because she wasn’t moving around much and I had another separated due to bumblefoot. She has been prefers to stand in one spot (usually the pool) I thought she was egg bound maybe and if she hadn’t shown improvement by today I was...

I just brought home two Muscovy hens and they are currently in quarantine away from my birds. The lady that I got them from has her flock free ranging full time so these girls were pretty dirty when I picked them up and thought nothing of it. Once I got them home I noticed that the dirtier...

So I switched over to hemp a while ago and I am loving it but the new pens I built have a lot of waste from the chicks pushing the bedding through the HC. I had been using pine flakes but it takes FOREVER for the bedding to breakdown in compost. I still have piles from a year ago that look...

I bought some eggs on eBay from high valley hatchery… they’re in the incubator so I’m still going to hatch them. The breeder says they’re a breed from gold feather but the website is down. They look to be a beardless Ayam Cemani x. The eggs are blue/green. Just looking for peoples experience...

I feel like cost is going to be something important for a lot of us but I’m curious. Post why it’s important, the brand you feed, etc. I’ve seen a lot of breeders emphasizing what they feed in order to sell their birds/hatching eggs so I’m curious what everyone thinks is actually important.

I have a cockerel that was purchased from a breeder with others that, on parts of his body, it seems like his feathers just stopped coming in. There are shafts in some of the bald spots (just shafts for weeks) and some you can see shafts under the skin. Can I do anything to help him? I have...

So my setup is a little complicated, still under construction. I have a large shed that I’ve made into a “poultry barn” with multiple pens. My free range/layer flock will have a large area with roosts. But I want to keep the chickens off of the tops of the other grow out pens without having to...

I got this piece with one of my prefab coops but after doing a coop reno I want more of these to attach ramps to the pop doors. I just don’t know what to search for.

I know the original owner so I can find out but curious what y’all think In the mean time. I love these threads. It’s hard to see because I treated her for scaly leg mites but she has featherd feat. More like a Brahma amount, less than cochin. And she’s big.

Just wanted to double check the dosage for waterfowl and if it’s safe for waterfowl… I have both ducks and geese. I suspect worms due to weather humidity and dropped weight but everyone is otherwise healthy. It will be my first time doing it.

I just got given a new hen by a friend and she has scaly leg mites. It’s a pretty minor/early case. I slathered coconut oil on her legs for the night and I’m going to pick up some ivermectin from tsc tomorrow. She was given to my friend from another friend of ours and I trust that he has...

I am working on a breed project and I am considering adding Russian Orloffs in but I want to breed out the beards. All chickens in the project are beardless except one hen. Im going to buy some hatching eggs either way but if I end up with a hen I was thinking of adding her in the pen if its not...

I’d only like about six. For a breeding project. Located in Georgia.

I bought a bantam Cochin a couple months ago as a broody hen (like when I picked her up she was broody). Brought her home, put her in the quarantine coop in my carport and gave her some eggs. She was a superstar. She was skinny (she had been broody for a month and the owner decided to sell her...

I recently have started breeding d’uccles and I have a few colors to start with. I’m wondering about what color options I can get with the following birds. 1 silver Mille fleur rooster 1 silver Mille fleur hen 2 Mille fleur hens 1 blue silver Mille fleur pullet (4mo) Blue silver Mille fleur...