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Hello everyone! I have 6, 12 week old chicks that I'm pretty sure are all hens, which is great, but I'm pretty new at this so I thought I'd ask on here to make sure. 4 are Barred Rocks, and the other two are unknown. I was told the little light colored one was a Buttercup, but she does not look...

I recently got a mixed group of chicks that are about 6 weeks old now. One of these chicks was supposed to be an Americauna that layed the blue eggs (unsexed), but I believe he picked me the wrong chick. This one I believe is a Cochin. It has feathers coming down it's legs, and it's feathers are...

I have 5, just over a month old chicks, and one of them has had a runny eye. I've been keeping it clean, and putting an opthalmic antibiotic ointment on it, but now the chick is having trouble breathing. I'm thinking it's some kind of respiratory illness, but I'm new to the chicken world, and...

I recently adopted a new hen (about a year old), who, although she was happy being free range on a huge farm, she was somewhat neglected when it came to her health. I am presently treating her for lice with diotomaceous earth (seemed to work immediately!), but she also has terrible leg mites...

I was recently given a hen and her chicks. I noticed my chicks scratching a lot so I checked the mother hen and sure enough, she's riddled with lice. I'm assuming the chicks are too, but they're not as visually noticable. Mama and chicks have been separated since they were 3-4 days old when I...

I was given three baby chicks (Bantams)hoping at least 2 of them would be hens so that I could get eggs from them. Turns out they're all roosters, and now I'm quite attached. They get along great now, but I want to introduce a hen I was just given, and eventually, when they're bigger, 6 chicks I...

I was just given a hen with 6 two day old chicks. She is very protective (of course), and keeps herself and her chicks away from me at all times. I really want these chicks to be handleable, and used to me and especially my dogs, but they are already scared of me and the dogs because of mama's...