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A few days ago, Thursday or Friday, I think (my days run together) I found my hen in the coop laying down with blood on her face. I immediately brought her inside and tired to clean off her head. I fed her the day before and she was fine, but I guess that night she got attacked. At first I...

I, unfortunately, have 5 roosters living together. Four of them have been together since hatching, then the fifth is their father. So the four get along really well, they have their own pecking order and they exist peacefully. I've had to put them together with their dad in a coop and the adult...

I have 5 Jersey Giant Roosters FOR FREE! Come and get them! I could travel to Rock Hill or Charlotte. I have a fully grown 2 year old, white splashed blue. Two 5 month old white splashed blues. One 5 month old black. One 5 month old blue. All the 5 months old are close to full height...

I have 12 eight week old chicks, 5 of them are roosters. They are starting to show some signs of aggression towards each other. Are they just trying to figure out the pecking order or are they just being roosters? They're pecking each other to bleeding sometimes. Right now, they're free ranging...

So my hen has been feeling down for the passed few days. She started out pooping some green poop with white in it. Then that went to regular poop again. Then she started pooping a liquid. Its like a yellowish clearish mucusy slimy poop. That was one day, then the next day that was regular...

My hen hatched out chicks 6 weeks ago, so I was feeding her the chick starter. I read that its easier to have them eat the same food for a while, so the chicks get what they need and they don't eat layer mash. So I gave them chick starter. So 2 weeks ago, the hen laid an egg, right on...

My hen just hatched out 12 chicks 4 weeks ago. Today she laid her first egg since going broody and now she seems totally lethargic and she's just standing there with her eyes closed, sort of squatting. She is almost 2 years old, she's been eating dumore chick starter and then purina chick...

My broody hatched out 12 very healthy chicks 3 weeks ago today. A few days ago I noticed the hen was attacking these two chicks, she grabs them in the neck or back or wing and shakes them and it looks like she's trying to kill them. They're the only two of their color so I don't know if its the...

Someone please take this rooster. He is 2 years old, technically a blue giant but he's mostly white. He weighs about 13-15 lbs, right around 24" tall. Hes very protective over his hen and is proven very fertile. I will say though that he is very aggressive towards ME, but never messes with my...

Okay, I'm having major rooster problems like the title says. My rooster has always been a little aggressive but today it reached an all time high. He full on attacked me while I was walking through my yard, he stuck his spur through my ugg boot! He is a massive bird with 2 1/2 inch spurs. My...

My hen just hatched out 11 chicks. They all seem to be doing really well, all strong and healthy. They're eating and drinking on their own. My questions are, do they need grit? They live outside and the hen is raising them. They're getting medicated chick starter right now, but they'll be...

Can you tell in their behavior when the eggs are about to hatch? My hen seems a little restless in her box right now and I'm not sure if the eggs are about to hatch or what, or if she's cold. She is at day 21 right now, so I expect chicks today or tomorrow. Also, what is the probability of...

I have blue jersey giants and I'm looking to get the lighter blue color variation. I have a blue-splashed white rooster and a black hen, so that should throw me the lighter blue in the chicks. She is brooding the eggs right now. The rooster and hen are not related. As far as I know the rooster...

I just walked out to feed the chickens and I noticed that my rooster has slightly blackened tips on his comb. Its not super dark and doesn't look like its about fall off or anything, but its a little worrisome to me. His comb also looks a little pale, his waddle is a nice red color but his comb...

I am pretty sure my hen is broody. I'll be honest, I'm not great at collecting eggs in the winter and it rained for like 4 days in a row, then sleeted. So i didn't get eggs. Anyway, she's laying on a few i think and I'm not sure what to do because its winter. Should i take the eggs out? Put a...

I'm not sure that this is the right place to put this, but my hen just molted and I think she looks better than she has ever looked. She is a Blue Jersey Giant. I find her to be quite lovely. I know its probably hard to tell from a picture, but could anyone tell me if she is show quality? I'm...

I know there are so many "how to winterize my coop" threads, but I think it pretty much have it handled. . My question is, can I use a rice heater? Its a sack full of rice that you put in the microwave for a few minutes and it stays warm for a while. I was thinking about making 2 of them, and...

Does anyone know a good way to get the green husk off of walnuts? In the most efficient way possible. I have about 500 in my yard that I need to pick up and I would like to husk them. I tried last year but I wound up up with black hands. I set them out on a table in the sun to dry them out a...

I only have 1 hen. Sometimes I think she lays 2 eggs a day. I let them out yesterday to forage, they were out most of the day and into the evening, I shut the door when it got dark. I checked the coop for eggs while they were out. No eggs. I checked her 'other' nest in my flower bed, no eggs...

I'm thinking about getting some Alpacas. Does anyone know where I can find them in SC? I've looked at breeders online, but they're insanely expensive. I would like to get a few alpacas with out spending 40,000 on them. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would be appreciative...