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Warning, long rant. A neighbor down the road lets her dogs run free. She has a pack of 4 that roam all day. We have two young Pyrenees that usually manage to convince them to stay to the other side of the road, but they still come running by on a daily basis. We managed to save one hen before...

What the heck can take a 13 lb rooster in the middle of the day, not leave a trace, and not make a sound??? I'm flummoxed! And peeved, as he was our best. We found two of his tail feathers about 7 feet away from the fence, nothing else. Nothing in the woods, nothing in the field, nothing. This...

What should we do about this? One of girls just finished sitting 21 days as of yesterday. Sure enough, 3 out of 5 eggs hatched. This morning we went in to check on her and she had kicked all three out of the nest and was sitting on the remaining two eggs. (Which are duds) ((The one chick...

Not quite sure if this is the right place for this, but I'm looking for a breeder of SQ or BQ Barred Rocks. I would prefer to purchase chicks. Must be NPIP certified, would prefer if they were on the east coast, or that they ship if in the west/central US. Thanks guys!

Right now the neighbors dog is tied up on the porch. Normally we don't bother keeping the strays around, but this is the third dog of hers that has visited today. They have no fencing and are free to wander, most of the time they keep home. This morning there were two large dogs at the fence...

First hatch with shipped eggs, 4 out of 8 were viable, all of those eggs hatched, but 1 died shortly after hatching. I know there's 101 things that can go wrong, but I'm just wondering if there's something I can do if this happens again/ to prevent it. It was the last to hatch, yolk fully...

Shrink wrapped is the term right? I'm new to this... One egg pipped early, sometime last night. I didn't have the humidity up- it was only at about 47% when I woke up. Was 50% when I went to sleep though. There's only an triangular shaped indent, it doesn't look like the membranes been broken...

Sorry, a bit long. I received 25 assorted chicks on Friday. As seems to be my luck, there was one little one who seemed just a bit slower then the others. I figured I'd keep and eye on it and let things be. By the afternoon it was trying to nap with his head all funny, and made 'gaping' motions...

Seems like my group of chicks got chilled:( Everyone sounds like a paper bag when you listen to their breathing. Duramyacin is what you use for respiratory stuff, right? Also, if my math is correct () it's 2 tsp/ gal, right? One little guy is worse off, is there anything else that can be done?

Please excuse the terrible MS Paint job. The top egg is what my shipped eggs looked like at 6 days along. I have one of my own eggs in the bator as a control, and at day 6 the air cell looked like the bottom egg. How worried should I be about hatching problems? Also, do my aircells seem...

She just passed. I'm leaving this up because I'd love to head ideas on what the heck it was that killed her. It's been one heck of a day, instead of trying to be coherent I just filled out the thingy: 1) What type of bird , age and weight Royal Palm hen, 3 months old, was at average weight at...

Need help figuring out exactly how one of our guineas died and what to do to protect the rest of them and the chickens. Scenario: Today was the first time we've had no one on the farm in months. We let the Cornish roos out to range as well as our 7 turkeys. Kept the layers in. Left around 12...

Firstly: Eggs are here!!! But I have a dilemma. I only have room for seven eggs in my little mini incubators auto-turner. I ordered six, and the lovely breeder packed 8, and none of them are so obviously broken a beginner like me feels safe saying, "Not that one!" So unless someone can show me...

My poor broody hen rotted all her eggs, but still won't break her brood. She officially weighs less then half of what she did when she started. In a last ditch effort to get her to stop setting I figured- why not get her some chicks? But the only thing in the area are fluffy feather footed...

It's my first time incubating eggs. I know naught. It's day 18 and I have 7 eggs in the incubator. 2 green, 4 black, 1 white. I only have a crappy dim flashlight to try and candle with (dropped the good one) so I don't know what I'm supposed to see/if I could see anything at all. Egg 1 is...

Today was the first test as to whether or not the young girls and boys had accepted the big coop as home. Having been cooped up for three weeks they were more than happy to get out. After a nice quiet day of free ranging, 12 out of 16 were hanging out by the big coop at dusk. I dutifully grab my...

(Final update) For those who may fnd this thread with the same problem: Good news! With time and a well bedded straw (and some physical therapy) the hen eventually got better. We now suspect some sort of anyrism or other brain issue. She still walks a bit funny and can't fly properly, but...

One of our production red hens is broody. She's about 6 1/2 months old, been laying for a month and a bit. She started sitting in the nestboxes last week, but always was off during the day. Three days ago I got her some fertile eggs to sit on. She's been doing pretty well, but only for about 75%...

Newbie to the South too. My family kinda jumped headfirst into this whole 'farm' thing. In all of four months we've accumulated almost 40 chickens, 9 turkeys, some goats, some horses horses and a small flock of guineas. I have a bit of 'hands on' experience and a bit more book/magazine...