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We have a 1 year old Blue Andalusian rooster who got some frostbite on his toes we have brought him in and he is doing a lot better (been in for a 2 weeks now, eating and drinking well walking a little bit) we plan to just keep him inside until were past freezing temps he just doesn't seem to...

My son is in a 4h poultry group with one other girl, they are trying to come up with a cute group name but were struggling to come up with ideas...any help :) The group is just for poultry Crystal

My son's chicken he showed at fair this year and got Junior Grand Champion Showmanship with just jumped the fence and got killed by our neighbors dog :( needless to say he is devastated! I am looking for a better breed to replace it with for showing for next year. He is a smaller framed kiddo...

Our khaki Campbell ducklings are hatching today this one hatched fully early this morning 3 others hatched a little later the first one seems to have a bubble blister things on its beak it's soft I tried to not touch it to much but checked to make sure it has nostrils it does but they are small...

We have our first broody hatching chicks in a couple weeks i am wondering if we can take the chicks after they have hatched maybe leave her one or two raise? Were hoping if we take them we can hold them and get them used to being handled we have bought chicks twice before the first ones we got...

We have a broody hen laying on some eggs they are due to hatch the beginning of may they are going to be in an enclosed space but at what point can i let her and the babies out with the other chickens? Do i have to wait until they are completely grown or just when they are a little old like a month?

Would anyone be willing to share pictures of their brood box for a hen hatching eggs in their coop? I have tried searching and only find boxes where people keep chicks but I want to let my duck hatch her own eggs and am thinking I probably should build her some kind of box but can't find...

We have a drake and duck both khaki campbells, Charlotte (our duck) has been laying for about 3 months now, she has always laid in a nest she has made in the coop every morning, she has never stayed with an egg, just lays and goes. This morning she was hiding outside behind a pallet we had left...

Ok this is pip the gray and white speckeled one. We raised him\her from an egg she\he is a mix breed from a local person. Pip is now 6 almost 7 months old right now i havent gotten any eggs because its so cold but up till now we were pretty sure Pip was a big hen. Well yesterday Pip started...

I had 4 chicks pip early (day 18 and 19) 3 have hatched, 1 piped on the pointy end of the shell, after half a day of no progress I flecked off the parts it already broke just to see if I could tell if it was alive or shrink wrapped, its alive and I don't think its shrink wrapped, so I put it...

When I got my hens they all would roost, but I recently noticed one that has made a little nest in the straw on the grown and she isn't roosting anymore. At first I wondered if she was broody but she goes out all day, she does lay in it, and sleeps in it the next night, but doesn't stay in it...

I couldn't see if there was a form for hens raising chicks so if this needs to be moved let me know :) We have a rooster and 5 hens, the rooster is super sweet :) we wanted to breed him with the hens for new chicks and were hoping to next spring. We have gotten a few complaints even though he...

So I had one chick hatch on day 20, so a little early, none others were hatching, candled and most I could tell had stopped developing and opened them up. I found 2 more with candling that look fully developed and one I can for sure see movement and possibly the other, but its day 25 tomorrow...

I received an older (3 or 4 years old) dark cornish hen, I was wondering how many years do they normally lay for? If she is dried up will she still go broody over other hen eggs? She is my fav so I need a reason to keep her :)

I got 5 hens and a rooster from a lady, she told me they were older either 3 or 4 years old but have been laying well and haven't slowed down at all. I just got them a few days ago so I figured they would not lay for a little while, but I am worried since they are older they really aren't laying...

I received 5 laying hens and a rooster today, they all seem ok at first look, but then I noticed they have scaly leg mites, looked up old threads and have a plan for tomorrow. I saw one hen with a slight bear spot on her back by the tail, I figured it might have been from the rooster getting...

Well we are hatching our second batch of eggs, the first batch we got 3 out of 15, many weren't fertilized and only 2 others were fully developed but didn't hatch or pip. After posting someone suggested doing lower humidity watching the air sacs and marking them at first then raising at lock...

We just got a bunch of adult chickens from someone near us, our ducks always love the rain and stay out in it, but its about to rain and the chickens have been in the run all day and haven't been in the coop yet. I tried luring them with food with no luck, will they be ok in the rain? Will they...

Thought I would share some photos of our little "farm" We have our second set of fertilized eggs hatching...well one hatched the rest nothing yet so fingers crossed! We converted an old shed in our back yard into the coop, this is mid way, but now it has shutters and the wood is painted...

About how wide should I make the roost bars for 10-15 chickens? I am flexible on the height but don't want it super tall, probably like shoulder height on a 5" 4' person :) Just not sure how wide to make it.