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I recently let my broody buff Orpington hatch a clutch of eggs, and while she did a pretty good job of making sure all the eggs were hers, clearly she mixed in one of our barred rock hen’s eggs. I had two roosters in my flock: a big Rhode Island Red, and my little bantam White Crested Black...

I am posting here because I’m having a bit of a mental breakdown and feel like I need to talk to other chicken people right now. Ive had my flock for a year and a half, and recently let my broody buff orpington hatch a clutch (we have a rooster). A week ago today, we had 7 live hatchlings, and...

This is my bantam Polish rooster, Poo. He is 16 weeks old. I noticed he was a little sluggish yesterday but blamed the heat. This morning he wouldn’t come out of his coop to join his 11 siblings. Didnt crow. Didn’t come when I brought breakfast, finally came out and just wants to lay still in...

Hi! First time chicken keeper here, making many mistakes. I have a mixed flock of 12 (of which 3 turned out to be roos). They’re all between 13-16 weeks. When I first got them, they all fit nicely into the coop (not a “stand up” coop). However, now that they’re getting bigger, I bought a second...

New chicken mom. I was sure my little frizzle/silky (sizzle?) was going to die two nights ago, but gave electrolytes and this morning she’s much more active and eating but still not as active as the others. I am trying to get her to continue to improve, did a full cleaning and sanitizing of...

Hi! New to BYC and want to introduce my babies. We moved to the remote Nevada desert after spending our lives on the east coast (Florida, Connecticut and Pennsylvania). A friend of ours gave us a home-hatched chick a month ago, and we decided he (she?) needed company. So we got 4 more from TSC 2...