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I have two 7 1/2 week Polish. A golden laced and a Buff. They are both supposed to be Pullets. The buff has me wondering.

I want a new puppy. I have 6 chickens that mostly stay in their coop/run area but sometimes are let out into the yard. I was looking at Pyredoodles then Goldendoodles. I finally found some Pyredoodle puppies that were more reasonably priced than the Goldendoodles but the owner said that any...

I got 3 hens a year ago for Christmas. I was told they were 6-8 month old production hens but one (the one in question) looks more like a Rhode Island Red. Her name is Marcia. (The other two are Jan and Cindy). Well Marcia started laying in February and laid 33 eggs in 5 1/2 weeks (only...

I have 6 hens. Three are about 18 months old and two are layers. (One laid for 6 weeks then stopped in the spring). Three are 7 months old and two of these are layers. For the past week or so I have noticed one of the older hens, a layer, has been roosting on another bar by herself. She’s...

She has been making this sound for a week. I noticed a week ago when we arrived home from getting her fowlpox vaccination. Maybe she was making it before and I hadn’t noticed. She is a 15 week Black Australorp. (I don’t think it’s from the vaccination. That’s just when I noticed it). Edit...

When I got her I was told there was a 90% chance she was a full Ameraucana and if not, she is an Easter Egger (so she was sold as EE). Well she has brown coming in with the blue so she is an Easter Egger. Can anyone tell what else she was bred from? Is it possible to know? In the first...

She is supposed to be a girl. The thing that stumps me is the back tail feathers. I’ve attached pictures. Top pic is wing. Bottom two pics are tail feathers.

Last night I put both sets of chickens (3 9 week pullets with 3 grown laying hens) in the run and closed the doors. It’s their first time being together with no escape. I felt I was cruel to do this but I also read it has to happen. No one was set out to kill the little ones, I don’t think...

I will be going on a trip in 4 weeks, when my chicks are 11 1/2 weeks old - 2 days from 12 weeks. I have been hoping to integrate before I go so that my chicken babysitter can easily take care of them all and I don’t have to make special arrangements and worry about while I’m gone (I have 3...

I have an 8 week Black Australorp pullet. I’m new to chicks and it just occurred to me to ask this question. She has a cream color at the end of some of her back feathers and I wonder if this is normal. I assumed it was when I got her but I don’t know that much about her bread. Thanks for...

I have 3 chicks 3 1/2 weeks old. They are in a bin inside with a brooder, food and water etc. I had them out this morning and they all seem fine. We noticed this in the bin this morning after they had been out and put back. I have read about cecal poop and hope it is normal but I don’t know...

I have 3 1/2 week chicks. One was called Ameraucana/EE. I asked what it meant and this the explanation, which I appreciate (below). My question is: will I eventually be able to tell if she is full Ameraucana? Can I tell now, or is there a certain age where someone can tell? Also, what is this...

Hi all. I have read a good bit from this group just from googling. I decided to join and hopefully get help with some decisions (what chickens I should get!) I got 3 chickens and a coop for my Christmas present this past December. We didn’t know anything about any of it. We got the three...