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Hi you all. I have a chicken who normally has red ears. Now one of her ears is white. Mites? Or something else? To be somewhat tacky and gross - but maybe necessary for a correct diagnosis - the reason I first noticed her ear was because she was in a nesting box facing sideways and she was...

Our chicks have a fairly large place to roam, so I don't think space is the issue. Is the Sevin Dust the same stuff that you use in a garden? We have some stuff called Sevin-10, do you know if that's the same thing? We've looked at the chickens and can't see anything moving, but I can't think...

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Several of our chickens that are over a year old have lost their feathers on the back part of their backs. Their skin gets really red (I think other chicks see it and peck at it). We have painted them, but it has been going on for so long, we are not sure if there is something else we should...

We picked up new chicks on February 23. They have been separated from the chicks we got last year, but they are kept in an area where they can see the older chicks and the older chicks can see them. Most of them are now the same size as the older ones, so we thought we would try opening the...

I think your web site is lovely. Don't know if cute is the word you typically apply to your animals, but they really are so cute! It is a nice touch to have links to other owners who carry the same breeds. Hopefully they are doing the same for you. One thing I did notice, when I was...

I really appreciate all of the comments I got from so many of you about my website. No you did not scare me off and no I wasn't offended by your comments. I got a really good laugh out of some of them. And I really wish I looked like the one contributor. I couldn't believe all of the...

Got a question for you all. I started a trivia web site and my husband said my white background was too boring. So I brightened it up a little - just wanted to make it pop a bit. NOW HE SAYS IT'S UGLY - I just say it's something people will remember. Who's right? If you've got a minute, I'd...

My husband and I have been debating how to handle one of our chickens. It doesn't want to leave the nest. Sometimes it's sitting on eggs, other times just the wood chips in the nest. If you go to move it, it really tries to peck you. Any thoughts/suggestions?

Don't feel bad. I did that last year. My husband wanted chickens and I told him he would have to be the one to take care of them. Whenever I am in a pet store, I always walk miles around the birds because they scare the heck out of me. I think it's from watching that old movie "The Birds"...

I can only tell you what worked for us. We never did anything elaborate. We just filled a bowl with warm water and literally held the chicks bottoms down under the water for about a minute until they got good and wet. Then we wiped them off with a coarse washcloth (nothing that would hurt...

We only want the eggs for food and to sell. Don't want to take the chance of someone cracking open and egg and having a surprise.... Is there something I should know about fertilized eggs?

We picked up our last batch of chicks on February 23. They are all growing at the same rate except for three which are about half the size of the others. Does that mean they are roosters? We only ordered pullets and don't want fertilized eggs.

You definitely need to get the pecking under control. If it continues and they start to draw blood with the feathers, the chickens will most likely peck the chicken to death. Once they get the scent/taste of blood the other chickens won't let the hurt one alone. I'm assuming the other person...

You are probably going to have to separate them for longer than 2-4 weeks. We have about 10 birds that have had this problem. We found that if we put them back in with the other chicks when they just had feather sprouts, they still got pecked and ended up bald again. At least with ours, we...

I have a problem similar to al6517 posted at 7:37 p.m. today. My husband and I bought 30 some chicks last year. All female. Five different breeds. Three of these breeds have been what we are assuming is molting. This has been going on for the last four months or so. It seems to have hit...