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Hi everyone! I'm in 4-h and FFA, and I was showing a chicken at a fair and there was chicks were there on display only. At the end of the fair the kids could take them home. No one wanted them except one lady but she only wanted 10, and then another lady who only wanted 4. So I decided to take...

Hi everyone!I have a hen that has feathers missing on her stomach. Where the feathers are missing she has like a rash type of thing going on. None of the other 5 hens she is in a pen with have this. She isn't in with a rooster. She is very healthy otherwise. No mites or lice or anything. Shes...

Hi everyone I was wondering if any of you knowledgeable people on BYC could help me figure out whats wrong with my 5 week old broiler chick? Please? Ok so her symptoms are that she is shaking all over. There doesnt seem to be anything wrong with her feathers. She can walk but when she does its...

Hi everyone! I just want this thread to be a place where people can show what they did for Easter this year! Pics and stories are welcome. Post away! Happy Easter!

Hi everyone!!!! sorry about he misspell in the title lol This does pertain to gardening and chickens lol ok so I was wondering how I could raise duck weed for my chickens? And I was thinking of putting it in a big black tub that I have and putting a couple of koi in there with them and maybe...

Hi everyone!My chickens don't have infectious Bursal disease but I was just wondering for in the future what symptoms does Infectious Bursal Disease cause? Any feedback would be helpful. Thanks!

I am looking for a very large rooster or cockerel in the Tri-cities, Spokane, Moses Lake Washington, Couer d lane Idaho, or The Dalles Oregon area. I am looking for a large rooster because my daughter needs a large Male chicken for her 4h project this year. He doesn't need to be pure breed, or...

Using a greenhouse this year anyone? I have a greenhouse and am planning to start seeds in it and I was thinking " Hey! I should start a thread for people to post how they start seeds in their greenhouses!" So this will be a thread to post your pics and share your plans about what you are doing...

Hi everyone! As you all know the growing season is approaching once again and Im beginning to plan my garden. I like to grow things for my consumption but I also like to grow things for my chickens as well. I grow many things for them but Im always looking for more ideas on what to grow to make...

Hi everyone! Im not sure if this goes here but I didnt know where else to put it. I havent read this book but I have heard that its good. I was thinking about buying it and before I did I wanted to get some opinions on this book from the peeps on BYC. So please let me know what you thought of...

I was just wondering if probiotics and or other vitamin supplements that you can buy affect the eggs they lay in any negative way? I sell my eggs so I want to make sure they are healthy and safe for people to eat.

My bantam splash cochin seems to be constipated I think. I saw her standing on the ground and it looked like she was trying to go to the bathroom but couldn't. She is walking around like shes alright and she drinking I think but I put some mixed grains on the ground for her to eat but she only...

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right forum but I live in a farming community in WA State and here we have a pet rescue. Three years ago the pet rescue facility in town burned down and since then the animals have been living in foster homes and in kennels by a cement building a ways out...

I know that this is a chicken cite and I love it because I have an egg laying business and I have raised and shown chickens all my life but I have noticed that over the years lots of ppl that have chickens have rabbits as well. So today I was out doin my chores for the night and it was startin...

Hi everyone!I'm new to geese and I was just wondering if you geese scholars could help me figure out what is the best housing for medium to large geese? Please respond! Thanks!

Hi everyone! We were thinking about getting a guard dog, but we thought about it some more and we decided that that wasn't such a good idea because we have chickens and we don't want to get a dog that turns out to be a chicken killer! So we started thinking about maybe getting a donkey, and I...

I am always hearing people talk about their Olive Eggers, and I was just wondering what they are. My guess is that they are a mix between an americana and a dark egg laying breed? Am I right?

Hi everyone! I am looking for an extremely broody hen. I would like it to be a Cochin or Silkie, but sometimes there are some hens that are just born good mothers so the breed doesn't really matter as long as you can prove that she is very broody. The hen does not have to be pure breed.I would...

Hi everyone!This isn't an emergency or anything, but I was just wondering if you guys could help me with a problem that I have been having with my bantam frizzle cochin hen. You see her problem is that she has a bunch of feathers missing on her stomach, and on her neck and head. She is not in...

I'm in Washington by small town Othello. Who else is in Washington?