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I have a batch of chicks that I am trying to introduce slowly to my 2 big girls. They spend the day in a pen inside the run. The first day I put them out there one of my big girls really threw a fit. I thought she was just mad about the chicks but she kept it up even after I put them back inside...

Darn Chicken Math! Five years ago when I decided to get chickens I was warned. I was told to build my coop bigger than I thought I needed, that I WILL get more chickens! I blew it off, I was in the middle of the city for goodness sakes, we have rules here! I never thought I'd have more than...

I have a little Polish chick who is now 3 weeks old. It has this crazy feather on it's wing that is growing in backwards. It looks sorta like a chicken cowlick. Is this something I should be concerned about? If so what should I do? Here are some pics to give you a better idea of the situation...

Hi all, I have a little chick that I got from a hatchery (Ideal) that is supposed to be a pullet. However, her feathers are almost all coming in black! Plus she is feathering in much slower than her hatchmate and she struts it like a roo! I snapped this pic this morning and I can hear the old...

I have this chick who is now 10 days old. It is acting polar opposite of what I expect from everything I have read about these birds. Here's a picture from today- This little one is from Ideal and is a pullet- I think. It's behavior is beginning to make me wonder. Along with another faverolle...

We have a new batch of chicks. They are a motley crue consisting of salmon favorelles, sultans, mottled houdans and partridge silkies. My 8 year old picked out all except the favorelles. She liked all their "hair do's" they will have when grown. She is a firm believer in pet toys so when we went...

Okay, so I just had an episode where one of my two remaining hens (once a party of 5) was battling flystrike. Thankfully, she has come through fine, but during this trying period I began to ponder just how lonely a single hen would be and decided that after being chickless for 5 whole years it...

Four days ago I noticed one of my cochin hens was not trying to go up into the coop at sunset like usual. That morning she had looked fine. I checked her over and after lifting her tail feathers I found her backside caked with poop and maggots. I immediately washed her in a tub of warm water...