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A friend found a baby duckling on a busy street and has been caring for it for a few days. It is tiny and I would guess newly hatched when she found it. She thinks it is unhappy and wants it to have a mom/family. Will one of my broody hens accept it as they would a chick? I have given broodies...

I just had to share this sad story with a happy ending. Three years ago, we got a beautiful Blue Andalusian hen as an extra in an order of chicks. Over the past year, two blue babies have hatched, one growing up into a handsome rooster and the other was about 12 weeks and I still wasn't sure if...

One of my rooster's has completely lost his voice. When he crows all the comes out is a quiet sort of hissing sound. It has been going on for several days now. I don't really mind, since I have enough crowing going on, but I was just wondering what causes this and if he could be sick or...

Hi, I have a flock with many different breeds, and last year hatched a chick that was half partridge bantam cochin, not sure of dad. She was the prettiest hen, black and white barred feathers, black feet, and a black comb. We have no other birds with black combs, so I was wondering where it...

I had a chick that hatched with some problems and was rejected by its mom, so I kept it in the house. It was doing better and I got a chick from the feed store to keep it company. Sadly, tonight it went downhill very fast and passed away:(. Now the poor chick I bought is all alone and peeping...

In the corner of the pen with my bantams, I found the smallest egg! In the picture, there is a regular banty egg, a quarter, the tiny egg, and a standard size egg. It is so tiny and cute! I have never seen anything like it! I wonder who laid it...there are two banty hens and their two...

Hi, I am looking for advice on giving chicks to a broody hen. I have done it before with good success, but the hen had set the full 21 days. This time we were thinking about giving a hen chicks who has only been sitting for 6 days. Is there a higher chance of rejection? Will she realize that...

I seem to have a string of hens that like to lay eggs up high! I have had two go broody in these very dangerous places for chicks. One was in a palm tree, about 9 feet high. The other brooded on top of our peacock aviary, about 12 feet high! and hatched two babies! We managed to move her down...

These guys hatched two years ago but they were so cute that I just had to share. Their mom appeared one morning with 13 little guys...10 white and 3 black. What a great surprise! Thanks for looking.

Very special hatch since we had recently lost many hens to a dog attack. They are so sweet!

Hi, Just suffered a big tragedy with our flock. Our house is being painted and one of the painters left a gate open, letting one of our neighbor's dog into the chicken area. We had 15 killed and were pretty devastated. Instead of refrigerating their most recent eggs, I have kept them out in...