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I've always seen a few black specks on the comb, but it seems to be getting worse. could it be from giving them a lot of watermelon rinds and the comb getting wet and sticky and then getting dirt stuck on it? or do you think there's something else going on?

My chicks now are all 20-24 weeks. Nothing! Red combs and squatting and nada. What gives? Not enough patience?

this may be a really stupid question, but in a deep pool type pond, like a tub of some sort, how do the ducks get out? I know that in a regular pond in the ground outside, they would have an incline of the ground and walk out because the ground is under their feet, but in a pool type setting...

I am currently integrating 2 groups of chicks and also 2 ducks (the 2 ducks flock with one of the groups of chicks), with my hens. So far they're all getting along pretty well, but the hens won't leave the chicks food alone. Is there any other solution to this other than buying grower pellets...

I have a few suspected roos, but before I give some away, I want to make sure this is a roo. I'm pretty sure of it by the way it stands etc, but want another opinion to be sure. I just can't keep all these roos! 4 roos would be too many LOL. Age, 11ish weeks. mixed breed of red pyle something...

:( I really wanted one of these beauties, and I only purchased 1. and I'm pretty sure it is a rooster. Speckles (how original, eh? LOL) is 6 weeks old.

My friend's chicken was eggbound for a few days, and she finally passed the egg. But, now she's having a hard time getting around. She's losing her balance and falling over. Will it improve in time do you think? Or do you think the egg sat on a nerve too long and now there is permanent...

Is it too early to tell at this age, or can you tell at all by their crests? This first one started developing the crest a few days sooner than the second photo. So, I'm not sure if that has any indicator in the visual aspect of how the crest falls or not.

But, man those liner things are expensive! is there anything else that works well that isn't as expensive? or should I just get a kiddie pool? I wanted them to be able to swim under water since they really love doing that so much, and a kiddie pool isn't exactly deep enough, plus a kiddie...

I've had friends trying to convince me to get some for years now... but all I heard was how messy they were. But, chicken eggs give me a stomach ache and duck eggs don't, so I decided to get 2 khaki campbells. :) they're 3 weeks old now. they are SOOOOO much fun! I wish I had got ducks...

I have 2, 5 year old hens who are mostly red with some white. I was expecting my new chicks to be the same, however they are mostly white with a little red. Is this right? or did the place give me the wrong thing?

I've lost a few chickens this winter and I'm not sure why. I haven't had a problem with chickens dying in the winter before. But, the weather has been very odd this year and I wonder if it has anything to do with it. we will get sub zero temps for a week, and then the next week it will jump...

The rooster keeps charging her and the others. do you think he has damaged her and now she keeps twisting her head? or do you think something else is going on here? I have vitamins in their water for the past week bc of of my newly hatched chicks was twisting its neck and I thought it might be...

I thought she broke her leg, but a month later (isolated for 3 weeks of the month bc the rooster really likes her) and she still doesn't want to put pressure on that foot/leg. She hasn't laid an egg in months, but I don't think I feel one in there. she is just 1 year old. she hasn't laid eggs...

I've had 2 eggs so far, that have hundreds of tiny air bubbles clustered together inside the egg. Is this a ruptured air cell? and whatever it is, WHY is this happening? what causes it?

I think my silkie hen has a broken leg. she hobbles around and she lays down more than usual. She is eating and doing just fine. I examined the offending leg and I can't figure out where the break is. How do you feel for that sort of thing, what does a break feel like? And how do I splint...

I candled these yesterday and tossed the ones that didn't develop past a certain point. these were shipped eggs. I'm down to 4 or 5, the 5th I am not sure if it is alive or not. Now, they didnt' seem to fill the entire egg. they are alive, but they didn't seem very big, do they grow a lot...

My 2 silkies went broody at the same time and one had 3 eggs, the other had 5. I had gotten rid of all the infertile ones that didn't grow. It is now day 23 and nothing :( I'm so sad :( why didn't they hatch? what went wrong do you think? they're still sitting on them and I feel really bad...

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And only the welsummer didn't lay, so all 3 of the old ladies laid again! They've been laying all week last week. I have easter eggers and welsummers, so when either one of those don't lay, I know all the others are laying. I'm glad I didnt' get rid of my old ladies just because people say...