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Today when i was feeding my flock of 5 I noticed our bantam japanese was having some problems eating the layena pellets. She would try to eat the pellets but about 5 minutes later would violently shake her head and whatever she ate would fly out. Then I noticed she would shake her head and a...

Agreed. last one definitely a Golden Laced Sebright.

Hello, My 5 bird's feeder always seems to be running out of food and we cant find a single egg. A while ago it whould last 2 or more weeks now, under 48 hours! We caught a rat before in a (chicken proof) trap but there seems to be another one. is their any way to more "rat proof" out...

im not positive what they have, but it probably would help to quarantine that one sick bird and to clean the coop really well (just in case its bacterial) and clean your birds (and the duck) and hopefully the signs will go away.

Thanks for all the help.

hi all! so in the process of integrating some new banties some fighting broke out. when this happens should you try and pull the chickens apart of just grit your teeth and wait it out?? Two of the hens really went at it the other day and my sister started freaking out and managed to pull her...

so should i go ahead and quarintine them now even though they have already been exposed?

Hi everyone, so yesterday we got two more chickens. both are plymouth rock bantams and one is frizzled. Today i had the smaller of the two (not frizzled, born in october) on our lawn and as she was walking around i noticed her tail seemed to tilt to the left. Is this just because her feathers...

Hi everyone, so yesterday we got two more chickens. both are plymouth rock bantams and one is frizzled. Today i had the smaller of the two (not frizzled, born in october) on our lawn and as she was walking around i noticed her tail seemed to tilt to the left. Is this just because her feathers...

Hi BYCers, so tomorrow my family and i are heading down to stockton for a poultry show. We will also be getting more chickens so we are looking at some good breeds. While searching the internet I found some pictures of chickens called Frizzles. However, when looking for the breed in a few books...

i think its most likely a rat because there are no mounds or anything on the holes. They are just holes in the surface of the dirt. Also i stuck a stick under a cabinet we have in our run and there was what looked like rat poo under there (Y U C K). Thanks for all the help so far!

Orinda!! wooot wooot!

Hi everyone! so a few weeks ago i posted about mysterious holes in my chicken run. Well today i was out refilling the water and i lifted up the cinderblock i had previously covered the holes with. And surprise!! i saw a little furry backside scurry down a tunnel. So now i at least know its not a...

Hi everyone! so i was just outside checking on the girls when i noticed these really strange holes in the ground. They are not like gopher holes (where they dirt is in a mound on top) its just a hole and it does make a trail. I immediatly though of a rat or a mouse but there isnt a hole on the...

Quote: Well its true there are A LOT of chicken books out there. But one book that we read before getting ANY chickens was Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens. It has everything you need to know about raising chickens! Whenever i have a question about my peeps i can ALLWAYS find an answer in...

Hi everyone, so this morning i went into the coop to find my black silkie just sitting in the nest. she has been doing this for a few days now and is starting to worry me. So i picked he up, found an egg in the nest, and put her down near some scratch i had just put out to see if she would get...

They are about 7-8 weeks old. One Golden laced seabright bantam.The other is a japaneise bantam.

We have been raising two bantum chicks in a 2ftx3ft cardboard box in the garage. They are making such a mess with their food and water that we have to change the papers every other day to keep things from growing in it. How do you deal with chicks this size? Should we make a separate screened...

Our family joined the 4h club about a year ago and (as you can see from the username) we LOVE it! There was minimal fee which changes depending on the club/county you join. We belong to our chicken group and meet once a month to discuss diseases, body parts, care, grooming, showing and anything...

Hi today i realized that some peanuts i bought a while ago have gone stale and i don't like to eat them anymore. The container is still pretty much full and i would hate to just throw all of them away. I was wondering if i could feed them to my chickens. They are "roasted and salted" and are...