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I got these lovely peeps from cjwaldon. They are just shy of 7 weeks. Several roos were obvious by 4 weeks with big red combs and wattles. Im thinking these are all pullets, do you agree? Chick #1 chick # 2

I have a Exec Leghorn hen who lays her egg on the dirt in the run almost every single day. I have seen her do it and it just kind of falls out while she is walking. She also makes a big fuss in the next box every day and sings a loud egg song, although usually she has already laid her egg on...

My favorite gal got sick on monday. Gasping and stretching her neck to breathe. I dewormed and started her on Duramycin abx. I wanted to cober my bases against possible gapeworm or bacterial infection. I couldnt see anything in her mouth or throat. Well she died this morning. I looked...

I know its uncommon but I cant imagine what else it could be. I found my 15 week old pullet gasping and stretching her neck up to breathe, she is making a rattling noise that sounds like its coming from her throat not her lungs. I looked down her throat but cant see anything. I am going to...

After a nasty case of food poisoning my boyfriend just got diagnosed with Campylobacter jejuni. We started drinking raw milk last month, but it is from an excellent local farm with fairly large distribution. The doc said this was likely the source. Couldnt it also be from our chickens? Ive been...

Maybe its too early but this is my first time with polish and I would love to get some opinions on the gender of my 4 week old chicks. here is the first who does seem to have a poofy girly crest??? My other chick I am pretty sure is a boy based on having a smaller...

I'd love some help sexing these two. First up is the 9 week old BLRW. He/She only just last week sprouted these pink wattles. Does the lacing still look like a pullet?

Hatched 12/16. She is 12 weeks. Beautiful Mille fleur coloring. Id love her to go to someone familiar with the breed.

These blue marans are exactly 5 weeks old today. I thought I would be sure of gender because from what I have seen BCM roos are very apparent by 4 weeks. Are blues a little harder to tell? Any input would be greatly appreciated! They are a little messy from their fermented please, so you...

Hatched 12/16. She is 12 weeks. Beautiful Mille fleur coloring. Id love her to go to someone familiar with the breed. Please ignore comments below, they are from an old posting. She is still available as of today 3/9

Ewww, I just found mites on my chicks AND a few of my laying hens. gross! how can I get rid of them quickly? Im already using DE so I obviously need something stronger. Im not opposed to using "medications" I just want to be sure I can use them on both the adults and chicks. Where can I...

I just hatched 2 adorable Crested Cream Legbar cockerals from beautiful blue/green eggs. Im keeping the pullet but cant have roosters in the city so these boys need a new home.. Awesome auto sexing blue egg laying breed! Eggs were from BYC member Chicks4MyFamily My zip is 98103. Local pick...

He/She is exactly 5 weeks today. Comb and wattles started getting red at 4 weeks. I sold all her hatchmates because they all got red wattles at 3 weeks, this was supposed to be my pullet!!!! The legs dont seem too thick, but that comb is awfully red I hatched this chick from what was...

I have 4 chicks that are 19 days old. 2 GLW, 1 BLRW and 1 light susex. I hatched them myself and quickly found out that vent sexing is A LOT harder than they make it look in video. So I decided to pick my fav 4 chicks from the hatch and watch them grow. They all feathered out exactly the...

I've spent hours searching for an answer to this question so I thought I would try posting it here. Based on what I have read, Wyandottes CAN be feather sexed. But Im not sure if they must be bred in a certain way for this trait or if ALL Wyandottes can be feather sexed. Any help greatly...

I've spent hours searching for an answer to this question so I thought I would try posting it here. Based on what I have read, Wyandottes CAN be feather sexed. But Im not sure if they must be bred in a certain way for this trait or if ALL Wyandottes can be feather sexed. Any help greatly...

This is my first time incubating. I set my eggs August 9. Anyone else have a similar set date? I have 43 eggs from 3 different sellers here on BYC and ebay. All were shipped from back east and arrived without any broken eggs. I had a hard time candling to check if the air sacks were...

I had never thought about having chickens but one day I woke up with the idea in my mind. The more research I did, the more I was hooked. A few weeks later I started building my first coop. It took about 2 weekends to finish and get the yard fenced in for the ladies "free range" pleasure...

I am planning my first incubation in a few weeks. From what I have read, I am sold on the dry hatch method but I do have a few questions. The basement where I plan to place the incubator is very humid (75%) so Im thinking I may have to add a bit of rice to keep the humidity between 25-40%...

I have 2 Wyandottes, one gold and one blue laced red. I bought them about a week ago from a local breeder. These are my first two chickens ever The woman assured me these were ladies but their waddles seem awfully red and developed. I would love to get your input!!!