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This is my first time with turkeys. I have one male splash blue slate turkey and a female black heritage breed. They were supposed to be processed last fall, but we decided to move and so it didn't get done and now they've kind of become pets... LOL! Anyway, my female (Blackie) started laying...

I'm new and I am worried about my 3 blue slate turkeys being out in the extreme winter weather. They don't like being inside a building at all. I did have a tarp over a high roost, which they loved, and it worked great for the summer. Two nights ago we had crazy high winds and it got destroyed...

Same bird in both pics. You can see my EE pullets in the background. This grey one is a cockerel, right? Random reddish feathers are appearing on this one. I hope he's a good one!

So, I'm kind of upset right now. Here's my situation: I've never raised meat birds. I live at 10,000 feet. My friend said she raises red broilers every year and she said they are great. She lives at 10,600 feet. I just got 65 chicks yesterday and 4 have died, one is not looking so good. Most of...

I have 17 chicks and 5 turkey poults in my brooder. All were active and crazy at midnight last night. I gave them some meal worms, which they go nuts for. This morning at 8am my favorite easter egger chick was struggling. Other chicks were walking on her and she seemed to have spasms, like...

Hi! This will be my first time raising meat birds. I just ordered 65 red broilers to arrive in the spring and I'm planning on getting a few heritage turkeys. I have had laying hens for 7 years now, but I have a few questions about meat birds. I haven't yet figured out where I'm going to put the...

Hi everyone, I have a Cream Legbar cockerel, T-Rex (named by a 4 year old), I got from a friend a couple months ago. He's less than a year old and I don't think he's vaccinated. About 10 days ago he started limping and progressively got worse. Two days ago he was so bad that he couldn't move...

I have one barred rock chick. I'm thinking it is most likely a cockerel, but need some help. It's only 2 weeks old, has a lot of barring, but has dark wash legs.... I only have one, so I don't have another one to compare it to. Could it still be a pullet?

I have two light brahma babies that are supposed to be pullets. One has way more feathers than the other. They are two weeks old. Do I definitely have a boy? Or could it still be a girl?

I got two of these from Murdochs thinking they were easter eggers, but they have a single comb. I called the store and they said they got a batch of mixed brown layers and they mixed them in with the buff orpingtons and easter eggers (and didn't tell the staff). They told me the chicks could be...

I purchased a group of chicks from Murdochs yesterday. The bin said buff orpington and aracauna. I picked up three easter eggers, three buff orpingtons and this one that I thought was an Easter egger, but upon closer inspection, I'm not so sure.... It has a single comb not a pea comb. I'm going...

I cracked an egg open for breakfast this morning and found two yolks, one completely normal and the other hard, round and filled with blood. My chickens are all acting normal and I don't have any idea who laid the egg. The strange yolk is the one on the spoon. I had to use a sharp knife to cut...

Hi, I am new to chickens. My flock is almost 4 months old. One of my pullets was hurt by a young cockerel about a week ago. He left a large hole in the back of her head. I rinsed it out with warm water and poured hydrogen peroxide on it a few times, then just let it be. Right after that we got...

I had wanted chickens for a long time and it's very difficult to purchase a suitable chicken coop for our climate in the high rockies of Colorado. I also have wanted a greenhouse. We tried a greenhouse kit last summer that we inherited from my husband's grandfather. It was not a fun experience...

Can't keep this guy. Wish we could, but we are in the middle of town and the neighbors probably wouldn't like him. He is about 8.5 weeks old and hasn't crowed yet.

My chicks are hatchery chicks, so who knows if they are mixed breed. They are about 7 weeks old. One of the barred rocks I am sure is female, the other I don't know. I go back and forth every day. I already have one cockerel I can't keep. I really hope this one is a pullet.

I bought 7 chicks a little over a month ago and from what I've been reading two of my chicks may be cockerels that were supposed to be pullets. They are about 4.5 weeks old... Here are my pics: This is my barred rock. We've been calling this one "the runt" because s/he barely has tail...

I'm new to owning chickens. We bought 7 chicks from the hardware store here, 2 barred rocks, 2 buff orpingtons and 3 araucanas. We are building our chicken coop, but have been delayed by the snow. I'm hoping to get the chicks into their new home in 2 weeks or less. The chicks are 4.5 weeks old...