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My younger chicks just got put in with my older laying hens a few weeks ago. I just realized that the grower feed that i switched everyone to; so the non laying chicks won't get too much calcium from the layer feed, is medicated. Are the eggs from my laying hens safe to eat or not. Kinda...

Does anyone know where to buy the mercies vaccine? And if you can get it in small quantities? Like for 10 chicks vs. 1000? Thanks Katie

Hello, I am wanting to get some chickens who lay blue eggs. I'm finding it hard to find places that sell ameraucana's not the easter eggers. Any ideas? And do actual ameraucana's lay blue eggs or any variation of blue and green? I found a some what local farm that says they have ameraucana's...

I think my hen tried to lay her first egg. This morning when i let them out of their coop i noticed her backend was really wet. When i got home today i looked closer and she had a rubbery substance stuck to her feathers and her vent was protruding and red. I cleaned her up and pushed it back in...

A couple of my chickens have started laying already and they have been on the medicated developer feed. I just switched them to a layer feed but i'm wondering when it will be safe to eat the eggs? How long does it take for the medicated feed to not be in their system anymore. I tried searching...

I have been looking through post about roosting bars. I'm trying to figure out if they like larger vs. smaller in diameter. Do they like something they can stand on or curl their feet around? Thanks

I just got 3 EE chicks that are 2 weeks old. I got them yesterday late afternoon. When they were getting them out of their bin at the feed store they were very flighty and hard to catch. When we got home they seemed really stressed and scared. They kinda just laid in a heap. I checked on them...

I am new to having chickens. I just got 11 of them and i think a couple may be roosters. I am interested in possibly having the alleged roosters neutered (or whatever it's called). Has anyone had this done? How safe is it? How painful is it to the bird? And is there any painkillers you can give...