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My Buff Orphington rooster who I needed to find a home for and haven't, is tearing the feathers off the backs of my hens. I have just trimmed his nails but it's not going to help unless I get them down to just buds which I can't because of the bleeding. I was thinking attaching epoxy balls to...

He came a year ago with 6 chicks, two were roosters. They were supposed to be pullets. I just gave his brother way today and need a home for him. He is medium build, beautiful red comb and gentile. (the one in the back of the photo) He comes for food but other than that does his own thing. His...

Great guys, friendly but I have too many males and they are just tearing up the females. Healthy, and happy. I hate to bring them to a butcher but I have a bunch of ladies that are getting too old for this and they are just beating them up. Call 607-293-8047 Thanks!

She doesn't have mites, it must be worms. Any suggestions for wormers and where do you get them? While I'm on the subject of sick chickens, I have a Silver Sebrite who seems to always have some sort of cough. Any ideas what that is? It doesn't seem to affect him much and this has been going on...

My one year old RIR hen is sick. She has lost weight, has diarreah, her comb is a purplish red and she is very weak. I have not been able to see her eat but usually has layer crumbles and cracked corn. Up untill a week ago, they were all running free but since the two 9 month old puppies came...

We think it was a fox. I forgot to lock the chicken coop up, fell asleep in the recliner chair, woke to chickens cackling. So other than get a few dogs (in the process I hope) any suggestions on automatic door closers, sesnory lights and music on automatic timers? Any other suggestions would be...

Just lost my 9 year old hound dog Reba, she had abcesses on her kidneys and we didn't allow her to wake up after exploratory surgery last Sunday. She was a good girl, we found her 8 years ago running down the middle of the road in a snowstorm. We advertised and advertised but no one claimed her...

Anyone know how to candle eggs? sort of remember that you have to wrap the whole egg in something then shine a flashligh through it. I have a guinea sitting on 30+ eggs for about two weeks now. would like to cull them down to about 6.

I have a small cochin mom with 13 chicks. I have had the heat lamp on them since I got them, half are three weeks old and some are four. The chicks were supposed to be split up between two hens but one wasn't interesed. I don't think all of the chicks fit under her at the same time, should I...

I have a banty mother hen with 13 babies (all pullets I bought at the store, it should have been 2 hens raising them but one was nasty and pecked the babies so I threw her out) They are 2 and 3 weeks old and mostly sleep under her but with so many I don't think there is enough room under her...

I went to an auction ( I know, bad move) and bought this little black "hen", a bunch of RIR and Buff Orphingtons and also couldn't resist these three little chicks for 50 cents each. When I got home (upstate NY in October) I realised it was too chilly out to keep the chicks outside unless they...

(1) I have two sister hens who sat on eggs for 19 days (wooded ones) and I pulled them out yesterday evening and stuck new pullet chicks under them. The sat on them all night and today one seems determined to peck at them constantly. I have 13 chicks and the little bantam hens are small, I'm...

I just picked up some babies yesterday and some have poop on their butts today. Is this anything I should be concerned about? The ones that have poop seem fine although I do have one that seems a bit listless without poop on his butt. They are outisde upstate NY under my two silkie hens.

I just got chicks yesterday and a few of them have poop on their rear ends. They seem healthy, is all well?

Is there anyway to sex an adult guinea hen except the bob whilte call? I have a cream colored guinea that I raised from just a bitty baby and have no idea if he is a he or she. I have two others who are females but he doesn't seem to sominate them. He sleeps in the hen house and they roost in...

Hi all, Having a blast reading all the comments, from new members and chicken people alike. This is really a fun site. I just recently got chickens again after a long absence and it is nice to know there is a place I can go when I need refresher courses or the newest and latest chicken...

I need help in finding a solution with two of my four roosters. Two are fighting and I think one will kill the other if they are kept together. They were both a bloody mess the other day, I seperated them for a few days then put them back together overnight but they were right back at it when...

I need help in finding a solution with two of my four roosters. Two are fighting and I think one will kill the other if they are kept together. They were both a bloody mess the other day, I seperated them for a few days then put them back together overnight but they were right back at it when...