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They are about 3 weeks old. All I know is they are dual purpose. But they are beastly! Anyone know what I have here?

Bought a few chicks today, mixed pullets. I have identified red sex link and buff orphington, and a barred rock. But what the heck are these two!? The white one has black starting to show in her wings.

My not even 1 year old polish hen was found dead in the coop today. It's just my small flock of polish. I've been feeding cracked corn, layer feed and oyster shells. I checked her over and no sign of any puncture holes or any blood. She was fine last night. No signs of dropping or anything. So...

My first year with what I believe are polish bantams. I just put a few eggs in the incubator, but I'm wondering what color chicks I will get. My rooster has some red leaking threw so that makes me extremely curious. I'm terrible with color genes and any help would be greatly appreciated...

Got her at auction, thought she was a silkies by distance....look at her after and she's got smooth feathers....any idea on what she may be?

I have a 5 month old polish rooster that had gotten respiratory infection. He sounds cleared up, stilll flushing his eyes and treating with antibiotics. But tonight I noticed him missing the water when trying to drink. His eyes are open. He will eventually find it. How do I know if he's blind...

So it's weird, my young hens that were just starting to lay, are coughing and sneezing. One is puffy like a infection, so I have her seperarated and gave her some Tylan. The others have no other symptoms but aren't laying now. My older hens are the only ones still laying and show no signs of...

The one with the black spot. I bought them from someone. I can't find anything that looks like this color anywhere. I have two of them like this.

With all the heat and muggy temps. My barn has become a haven for nasty flies! We can fill 3 of the sticky fly traps in just a couple days. I've been keeping it super clean and they just keep coming! Worst lately , I have a rooster in quarantine Bc he's sick. For the past two days I've had to...

I got him last Thursday as a auction save. He's weezy, he has mucus I guess you would call it, coming from his mouth. I have him some wormer, he's been getting vetrx by his nostrils. He seemed to be eating more this morning. But also had drool hanging out of his mouth. He's being kept...

I've had it for a few weeks, how do I tell gender? It's a full sized adult, but I'm confused as to what it could be....I also have a few wite and brown cortunix crosses I'm wondering about...I can post pics if needed.

Not sure of age I got them at auction. I had gotten 3 but one I can tell is definitely a little boy. These two have me stumped.

So about a month ago I had bought 4 polish top hat chicks from a lady, two of the 4 died. One was healthy and the other had a splayed leg. They were getting some feathers at the time, I tried the hobbles and all tricks to fix it, but it must have been too late to fix. My boyfriend said I should...

We got some egg cups for out incubator, but they were the wrong ones....so anyone have any ideas on what we can do to get these eggs in there and hatching? We got the cups for the old little giant incubator, not the new one...

I think I have a critter of some sort stealing eggs! I was getting half dozen every day. Now maybe just one egg. I noticed the other day my rooster had some feathers missing and there was a trail of them out the coop. Today my tom turkey had the same thing! Almost all feathers on his back are in...

I just got 3 new birds from auction, they all look like Americauna crosses. This one I think may be a roo....not too sure so looking for any help. Tail feathers not in pic bc I had to remove (it) from coop. Other hens pulled all feathers and pecked (it) pretty bad. Medical issue is taken care of.

So I decided I wanted to add a few polish to my flock. I just love them! I found a lady local who breeds them and has tons of chicks . I originally traded my aracaunna pair to her for 4 chicks. One had a splayed leg, no biggie, easy fix. Two died, one left healthy. So I told her and she said she...

I got a hen from auction yesterday. She was labeled with a bad leg. I felt bad so I bid on her. ($2.50) for a beautiful hen! She is completely black! Almost black comb and waddles....anyway, once I got her home I checked her out. She has a small bump on the pad of her foot. I was thinking bumble...

I lost one that seemed perfectly fine yesterday and today another is looking in bad shape! This one had some poop stuck but I cleaned it up and took out the feed and just left water mixed with probiotics. I trek go get it to drink but it won't. Any ideas!?

I decided to save a few bucks and try the new oyster strong purina later feed. I just got it Tuesday night. Anyone else been using it? I was feeding feather fixer for the extra vitamins, but then I saw this cheaper and you get more. Any input or feedback would be great!