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Have 9 week blue copper marans pullet that has been different since it hatched. Doesn't respond to loud noises like other chicks, has to be put away at night or is left outside in run all night. Seems brain damaged. What do you do with a chick like this if you only plan to keep 15 hens and are...

What is wrong with people? When you post an ad for a free rooster that says local pick up only, why do you get responses fom crazy people asking if they can meet you 4 hours away? Seriously?! Please share you funny stories here. Free rooster not included.

Have a friend in St Cloud with a healthy breeder quality 7 week old Blue Wheaton Ameraucana cockerel. Sweet, hand raised boy. You could also pick him up in Oviedo from myself if it's closer She doesn't want him eaten or I would have taken him. Please PM me and I can send pictures of him.

I know we all make jokes on BYC about chicken math and how its an ever growing hobby. Many people can manage a large flock and keep their birds healthy and well cared for. What do you do when you know someone that has a serious hoarding problem? The inside of the house is beyond filthy and the...

We are normally talking about how to cure viruses on the forums. Thought this was an interesting article: http://www.futurity.org/surprise-virus-caused-blue-chicken-eggs/

Trying to focus on the positive and kind things my hubby has done for me such as helping me build coop and run even though we fought like crazy while doing it. I think he blames me for have predator losses since I let the chickens free ranged and stray dogs got them twice on our property.It has...

I have read people on here that have a tons of chickens. How is a flock that size managed? Do you free range? Build tons of coops and runs? Inquiring minds want to know:)

Before I got chickens, I dreamed of chickens roaming freely across my land, eating bugs and living happily. Fast forward to my reality of hawk kills and two separate dog attacks and I am faced with a chicken prison that rivals our nations top prisons... Electric netting, bird netting, buried...

I adopted adult chickens and brought illness into my first flock because of my own ignorance. I tried treating with medications and weighed the pros and cons of treating 16 birds versus starting over. The state NPIP inspector was scheduled to test my flock yesterday to see exactly what we were...

In Florida, the NPIP program will test and necropsy your sick birds for free. Here are the state certified labs in all states so you can have your birds tested if you suspect illness. They want the bird double bagged and kept cool (like in a cooler on ice) not frozen for necropsy...

There is such a wealth of experience and information here. If you could go back and do it over again, what would you have done differently with your flock that might help others? Trying to save other newcomers like myself a lot of foolish mistakes and heartache. I foolishly tried to rescue sick...

Here is a link to the University of Florida's poultry program that also deals with small homeowner flocks. I found it helpful and hope you will too. The head vet also has links to his studies on commerical poultry operations that more advanced keepers may find of interest...

For the last few days I have been getting virtually no eggs when I have let the flock out to free range all day. I know the obvious answer would be that they are laying outside the box but except for one hen who made a little nest under a bush and laid twice in it over the last week, I am not...

A friend could not eat 10 of her hens that stopped laying so I said I would take them to the butcher because I hate waste. I was vegetarian for 4 years and never got egg layers for meat. I do eat humanely raised meat and wild caught game now so I felt hypocritical buying meat at the store but...

I couldn't find a poll on here. I was wondering how many folks here actually eat their hens past prime or their roos. Do you butcher them yourself if so? What do you do with hens past their primes and roos if not? I read a sad article about people dumping them at animal shelters with the...

I have read there is no withdrawal period for this antibiotic on this forum, however that is not what the package insert for swine says. As a pharmaceutical rep, I am curious as to why some members feel there is no withdrawal period in egg laying hens. Anyone who can share data that runs...

I am looking to rehome a one year old EE hen in good health. She is not laying and I have limited space. I am having trouble making peace with eating her since I am not vegetarian and feel like a hypocrite since I buy chicken from the store. I don't want to put her on craigslist in case she ends...