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Hello my family has a small mixed flock of 6 bantam hens all around a year old. Two hens began missing lower back feathers a few months ago and a third started to miss these feathers a month or so ago. All three of them have stopped lying and the most recent one appears sickly. She is constantly...

We have a mixed flock of 6 young hens. Two are the same breed and both of them are missing feathers on their lower back and neither of them are laying eggs now. I do not have a rooster and I haven’t noticed them being picked on. I’m guessing they are doing it to themselves. I’m thinking maybe...

My family always hatches roosters ‍and I think our recent hatch is no different. We haven’t had chickens in years and decided to have another go at hatching some. We hatched 3 bantams from some eggs we got from a stables nearby (no idea their breed) and 2 standard mixed chicks. The standard eggs...

Our 7 week old chick has had her eye closed for 3-4 days. It has become increasingly swollen with today being the worst. If I attempt to open it it appears slightly foggy and not clear like the other eye. She was previously fine in both eyes. No other chick has symptoms or eye problems. I’m...

I have 9 1 week old quail. One is severely pecking the other chicks and pulling out new feathers and causing bleeding. I thought two injured birds were maybe going to die. I separated him for a day and also separated the injured to allow time to heal. The two injured are back with the group and...

I have three bantam eggs that have pipped more towards the center of the egg and created large holes rather than zipping. The chicks are alive but have made no progress in 30 hours. The other hatched chicks are knocking them around a bit. How long to I leave the partially hatched in the...

Hi everyone. Last year my family hatched two silkies and after 5 months of raising them we realized they were both roosters, which we had to rehome. Now we hatched two bantam Cochins this year and I'm crossing my fingers that at least 1 is a pullet. They came from different breeders. One is a...

:PMy family hatched two beautiful chicks in April and both have turned out to be roosters. They are really beautiful and the eggs came from a reputable breeder that shows her chickens. One is white and one is partridge. We love these boys, they are so friendly and let my kids pick them up and...