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Good idea, thanks. I doubt it could be fowl pox as yesterday was the first rain we've had in almost two months here so the mosquito population is really low right now. *sighs* now to catch the critter again. He's quite squirrelly.

Thanks for the welcome. As all of this Spring's chicks have the same father we have been considering trading the cockerels for an outside rooster. Their sire got taken by a predator shortly before they hatched. We have something, we are not sure what, that has taken a few of our hens and the...

One of our hens hatched out 9 chicks. We got seven pullets and two cockerels. We've been keeping them in a separate pen til they are big enough to try and integrate into the main flock. Anyway they all act like normal healthy chicks and are around 4 months old but haven't started clucking or...

My name is Deborah. I'm in my second year of raising chickens. One of our hens from last year brooded us 9 chicks this spring with the awesome ratio of 7 hens to 2 roosters. We have mostly buff Orpingtons and a few Dorkings. We mostly just raise chickens for our own eggs. I live outside Austin...