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So Recently my neighbors got a couple cats, one is looks like a young adult and one is a medium sized kitten. They both look like house cats (really soft and docile) but my neighbors keep them outside. Today I noticed the kitten for the first time, so I naturally picked it up and played with it...

I have three 5 week old chicks that I inherited from my sister's friend and am probably going to end up adding them to my 6 hen flock. The problem is, I need to feed them but i'm not sure I want to buy separate feed just for the three of them. I've heard layer feed is bad for them because of the...

So we ended up with three chicks from one of my sister's friends, but she has no idea what breed or sex they are. They are apparently about 5 weeks old and I'm hoping the brown one is an easter egger. The only thing she told us about them was the age and that at least one of the eggs was blue...

Hey guys, I have one leghorn hen who I found sitting in the corner of the coop three days ago. I thought she was laying, but when I went to pick her up she started hopping away on one leg. I Isolated her by putting her in an enclosed shower and gave her food and water. After two days her leg...

I have one chicken that refuses to lay in the nest boxes. All of the other chickens lay in the boxes but this one lays on the ground under the boxes every day. This pretty much obsoletes the outside access of the nest boxes since I have to go inside to get that one egg every day. I don't have...

This may sound weird to some people but I have an unusual problem. I have 11 hens, and they produce on average 9 eggs a day. My plan was/is to sell the eggs to help pay for feed.... the problem is I can't find enough customers and my mother doesn't wan't random people coming to our house. As a...

I have a question about winter proofing my coop. I have a good bit a ventilation in the coop (a large triangular opening at the top and small rectangular ones on the long sides of the coop at the top). I was wondering if they still need ventilation in the winter and if so how much. I just...

I have 12 hens (3 white leghorns 3 cuckoo marans, 3 EE, and 2 SLW. I had been getting 5-8 eggs a day and was pretty sure 9 were laying. Now I am only getting 2 a day. EVERY DAY. Not one, not three, but two. Its always a white and a blue. I haven't had a brown egg in 2 weeks even though...

Well, its mysterious to me at least. I have a female Pygmy Goat and I noticed a bunch of little lice looking things in her fur. I looked at lice, fleas, and louse on google images and they don't look like these things. Any idea what they are? IF so what are my options?

So recently my parents announced that we are getting goats. I was skeptical then, and I still am for these reasons. For one, they didn't even really think about it. From what they have told us, they talked to some friends who had them, saw some pictures, and decided to get them. This is a...

I was wondering if whether the tail feathers on 2-3 week old chicks could indicate whether it is a roo or pullet (if they are pointing up or down) Anyone have any experience with this?

I have three easter eggers and I was wonder if there are traits that they could have that would make them more likely to lay blue/green eggs rather than brown. (due to being closer to Ameraucanas) Anyone have any ideas?

I just got 15 chicks from meyer hatchery and when I opened the box i noticed one chick was in the corner and it looked dead. I noticed it was still breathing so I quickly picked it up. It breathes and has a heartbeat, but it is completely limp and only moves its head a tiny tiny bit every once...

I am going to be building a coop and run soon and I am looking for a good fencing material for it. I know not to use chickenwire, but I can't find anything cheap enough to use... what did you guys use for your fencing material and how much did it cost?

So I just moved back to my old house where I used to keep chickens. (There wasn't enough room for chickens at my previous house) and I am planning on building a new coop and getting 15 chickens. I have looked at different online hatcheries and Ideal seems the best option. Right now, I am...

I was wondering what color egg an amerucana (I know thats not how its spelled but you get the point) and an olive egger's offspring would lay? would it be a mixture of blue and olive or would it just go back to being white or brown, or would it be either blue or olive?

I was wondering if some of you "seasoned pros" could help me out with ideas for my coop that I will be building. I have had chickens before but I had to give them away because my family moved to Florida but now we are moving back and I am planning on using my old... small chicken coop for...

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This is my "goodbye" all you fellow BYCers.... My family is moving to florida where my yard will be too small to have chickens so I had to part with my two precious girls. I had been through a lot with them, since they are the only 2 surviving out of the six I bought at TSC. They were like...

I live near Columbia SC and I was wondering if anyone that lives close wanted to split an order of day old chicks from either Welp hatchery or Murray Mcmurray hatchery. We would split the cost and you would only have to pay for the chicks you are getting. This isn't a for sure thing, im just...