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I have posted about this before, how we are moving to Florida from S. Illinois and I wanted to take my 25 pullets and roo but decided not to due to the state's tough regulations about bringing in poultry. I found 2 good homes for them, and just sent my roo and 5 pullets off to a great home...

Well it looks like we will be rehoming our pullets and roo before our upcoming move from southern Illinois to the Tampa Florida area. I am really sad about it as I have come to love my flock of 25 girls and their guy. I really wanted to take them but after researching what needed to be done...

I just need some information regarding how difficult this testing is to get done--as it appears that to legally transport our flock to Florida where we are moving next month I need to have an NPIP on all my birds. I still haven't made the decision whether to rehome them with a friend or take...

We will be moving before the end of the year to Florida, from the St. Louis area. This includes our 2 greyhounds, several cats, 2 horses and I would like to take my 25 pullets and roo. I have become quite attached to my little flock, have raised them from chicks hatched this spring, and am...

Ok, I hate to say that my rooster attacked me, but he pretty viciously pecked me after I had sat down one of my buff rocks after picking her up. Just came right up and took a shot at me. Not really a big deal but I have a bruise about the size of a dime near my wrist. I understand he is...

I know most chicken owners wouldn't do this but I needed to remove one of my roosters from my flock as he was harassing several of my pullets to the point they were hiding in the corner. They aren't at laying age quite yet, and if I didn't remove their stress I wondered if they ever would. I...

I am new to chickens this year, and have 25 pullets and 2 roos that were all hatched on or about April 5. Most were purchased from McMurray hatchery, with my 2 EE pullets and 2 RIR pullets from the local feed stores. I deliberately ordered a male Araucana for the girls, and my free exotic...

My 27 chickens are 3 months old now, have been in their coop which is a retrofitted horse stall in our barn that we have made predator proof ,for several weeks. My husband spent many hours and lots of $$ making the large run out attached to the stall safe from predators, including netting over...

My 5 week old speckled sussex has had feathers missing and what appears to be scabs on her head for a couple of weeks. She eats and acts well and I don't notice her itching excessively. Anyone familiar with this or have any ideas how to treat? I just moved her and the rest of the flock to...

Ever since yesterday morning I have noticed that my 5 week old black jersey giant pullet has been disoriented, doing the "backward dance", shaking her head--alll the symptoms that have been discussed as Vitamin E deficiency and crazy chick disease. I have been treating her as others who have...

I have 27 chicks--24 from the hatchery vaccinated for coccicidia and mareks, and 4 from the feed store--don't think they were vaccinated. I lost one of the hatchery chicks on day 3, but since then all have been doing well and growing. They are still in the brooder and I just noticed today some...

I have 27 chicks, most of them hatched on the 5th of April, My 2 RIR's are about a week older. I have followed the advice of the "How to Socialize Baby Chickens" to the letter, and I am really disappointed as I am not able to pick any of them up without them flapping and protesting and stirring...

Been reading a lot about healthy snacks and treats on here, and I tried the mashed boiled egg and my 27 babies went wild! I also very finely chopped up some spinach and gave that to them. I did one egg and the spinach yesterday and was wondering if it was OK to give them an egg each day? And...

My little babies will be a week old tomorrow and there was one little girl I was concerned about yesterday. She just seemed lethargic and I didn't see her drinking much. I mixed up some sugar water and was droppering that into her beak a few times yesterday, and in the afternoon she rallied...

Hi, Chicken noob here! Have done lots of online and book research, talked to friends who have chickens, and have taken the plunge! I ordered 23 chicks from McMurray Hatchery and they are on their way. Setting up the brooder, and will have everything ready for the little peeps when they...