hello! i have a coop of 18 (now 17) pullets/cockerels. i went outside to find one of my pullets dead this morning. they had food and water when my grandfather put them away last night, but this morning all of their dishes were completely empty. all the other chickens in the coop seem fine...
I'm thinking of getting turkeys for showing in 4-H next year (August 2026). if I want them to sell at the livestock auction for meat, when should I get them as poults and what is some stuff I need to know on how to raise them?
and what are good meat breeds?
hello !! today my first chick hatched out of my incubator!!
does he/she look healthy?? and is there any tips I should know for after they hatch??
Also how long should they stay in here??
hi !! so im currently incubating 12 eggs (i just started today) and im a bit concerned with the humidity . so earlier, i did a bit of research and found out that the humidity is supposed to be 50-55%. i thought i was going to avoid the problem of it going over that , because earlier the...
what breed is this pullet? im pretty sure she lays colored eggs
and then I have a cockeral but I thought it was a pullet and I don't know what breed it is
Hi! So I have this frizzled silked hen and she went into a molt last winter and her feathers haven't grown back yet. Is there something wrong or anything I could do?
Hello! So I'm considering getting some chicks to show at the county fair for next year. I would be purchasing them in March. I'm also planning on showing some of my pullets (who will be full grown by the fair). But my question is, is there any bantam breeds that you would suggest to raise for...
So I have some old laying hens and I just moved my 8 month old pullets in their coop not long ago. All the old ones are hunched up and the younger ones all are normal + energetic. Does anyone know what the issue may be with the older ones?
I got 5 maran chicks from TSC but only 3 survived, and two of them have white/gray legs and one has yellow legs. I'm wondering if that's a normal thing or something else.
Maran #1
Maran #2
Maran #3
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So my five year old hen is doing this stance, and my grandparents won't let me treat her for leg mites. My grandma thinks she's just old and is gonna die, but I am determined to help her, as she is my favorite hen. Her comb is purple and...
Y'all I have too many eggs! My hens produced this many in the time frame of 2 weeks.
We've also gave away like 3 dozen eggs too
(I only have like 30 hens)
so I have this rooster that I got from a swap meet last year and the lady selling him and his companion hen said he has a frizzle, which he is obviously not. I did some research and I believe he is a sizzle. my grandmother wants me to show him at the county fair next year. he is a nice rooster...
Hello! I've had chickens my whole life and I am looking into showing chickens for 4-H! I have about 30 laying hens, 22 pullets, and 35 bantams! I have gold laced wyandotte pullets, araucana pullets, dominique pullets, rhode island red pullets and already laying hens, mille fleur d'uccle hens and...