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Americana maybe?

I lost a 4 week old baby on Sunday and then another last night. They were both fine during the day and died over night. I have third lethargic chick today. The other 7 seem ok. I see no signs of cocci other than the lethargy and sudden deaths. Could it still be cocci? I went ahead and medicated...

I got my TSC chicks on March 29th. I thought they were 1 week old at the time but I have roosters crowing and attempting to mound and hens that are randomly bawking. I guess I thought those things happened closer to 15 weeks, but my calculations put mine only around 11 weeks. Maybe they were...

I had a little fun explaining chicken math on my blog :) http://moldingmindshomeschool.blogspot.com/2013/06/chicken-math-for-beginners.html

I purchased some straight run chicks from TSC and ended up with 4 roosters. I have 20 girls so I know I either have to purchase 20 more (hehe very tempting) or get rid of two of my roos. What age am I looking at needing to do this?

Do you find your boys are more willing to venture out than the girls? My three 8 week old roos will go way out into the pasture while the girls stay very close to the barn. Also, I have one male who is apparently a loner. He never stays with the group. It kind of seems anti-chicken LOL. I don't...

I heard the commotion and got outside fast enough to keep her from being killed, but one of my older hens got bitten by a fox. The first bite is on her leg and looks nasty but survivable. The second bit is near her vent and while it isn't bleeding heavily she has a pretty decent 1/2 chunk that...

I have been browsing for a few weeks now and figured it was finally time to bite it and join! I am fairly new to chickens having just gotten my first about 4 weeks ago. I have never loved an animal so much as these chickens! As of today I have 10 white leghorns, 5 Rhode Island Red, 10 that I am...