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My 8 month old welsummer pullet is acting very lethargic- she is currently isolated from the others, lying under a heat lamp in the garage. Her comb and wattles are a little dark and the wattles look shrunken. She will stand up if i pick her up, but only takes a couple of steps until she lays...

I want to de-worm my flock for the first time this fall- I have not seen any evidence of worms but I feel its better to be safe than sorry. Should I do it before they molt or after? I'm planning on using wazine or something similar. My girls are a mix of 1.5 year olds and 4 month olds. thanks

I've got a few young pullets that went outside for the first time the other day- and one ameraucana decided that she's not coming back to the coop. Don't think she knows where home is yet. Anyway, she's still hanging around though- I see her a few times a day, darting around under the bushes by...

Looking for 1-2 blue hens or pullets, any standard size breed (cochins , orpingtons, rocks, etc) preferably 8 weeks or older. Thanks!

I have 10 hens that free range. When it starts to get dark in the evening, they all come back to the coop and I shut them in for the night. Last sunday my little golden campine, Charlotte, didn't come home. I looked and looked, but couldn't find her. No sign of her the next day, so I figured she...

We let our broody welsummer sit on a few fertile eggs- today is day 21 and one of them is starting to pip! Think we're gonna move it into the brooder to hatch, since mom doesn't seem to be interested in setting anymore. This is our first hatch ever, wish us luck!!!

Does anyone know where to buy guinea keets now (in April?) Most places only have them available starting in June. thanks!!!

I let my chickens free range when I get home from work, and on weekends. Yesterday I caught my chickens waaaaayyyyy over in my neighbor's back yard, much farther than they have ever gone before. I didn't think they would ever go over there because our properties are separated by lots of low...

October 24th, he'll be 8 weeks old. I'm counting down the days until I can bring him home!!! The little guy is a merle great dane. I still don't know what to name him... any ideas?

I can't believe this just happened.... So, 3 of our 10 hens started laying this week- one of which is Lydia, the black australorp. So far the girls have been laying in the corner next to the nest boxes (which is frustrating to me, but they seem to be happy with it)... so today we shoved the...

Well, they finally did it... my girls (two of them) finally laid their first eggs today!!! When I went to let the chickens out after work, I found an egg on either side of the nest boxes. (Now if only they would lay IN the nest boxes!) I have no idea who did it... the eggs are light brown...

my 19-week-old barred rock cockerel FINALLY crowed for the first time yesterday! He sounds a bit pathetic now, but I'm so proud of him! yay!!

I've got 20 cornish x males that are 6 and a half weeks old now. Last weekend we culled one that couldn't walk. Now today I've got another one that just won't stand up... but he seems fine otherwise. I know these guys are prone to leg problems. Will vitamins added to the water help at this...

Irish Lent An Irishman moves into a tiny hamlet in County Kerry, walks into the Pub and promptly orders three beers. The bartender raises his eyebrows, but serves the man three beers, which he drinks quietly at a table, alone. An hour later, the man has finished the three beers and orders...

Well, we ordered 25 cornish x yesterday.... they'll be here in a few weeks This will be our first time with meat birds. I'm not so excited about the mess they will make, but I AM excited to raise my own meat!!

I've got eastern phoebes nesting in my wood shed- which I think is great because phoebes are in the flycatcher family and I could certainly use their services in my yard! Well, I couldn't help myself the other day and I stole a peek into the nest while the mama was gone- I saw 5 phoebe eggs and...

I work at a college. It's great, but there is one thing that annoys the bejesus out of me- the students do not seem to know how to cross the street. They just walk out, without looking (most of the time talking on their cell phones, listening to ipods etc.), whenever and wherever they feel like...

I just noticed today that one of my one-month-old buff orpingtons looks a little puffy right below her ears... her ear canals are not blocked/swollen shut and there is no pus or anything, but it looks a little swollen right below the ear (kind of near the back of her jaw, above the wattles)...

I started thinking about raising my own meaties recently... I think I would start out with 25 Cornish X (McMurray Jumbo Cornish X, to be specific). I've read on here that they are messy and nasty up until butchering time..... but just how gross are they? Do they burn through feed? Anybody have...

We just put our 3.5-week-olds out in their coop this afternoon. All of the girls are acting perfectly normal, but our little barred rock cockerel is now acting very lethargic, laying down with his head drawn in towards his body and his eyes closed, sometimes his mouth hangs open a tiny bit, and...