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We have 2 Light Brahma chicks that will be 10 weeks old tomorrow. For the last couple of weeks we've been referring to one of them as "he" because "he's" noticeably more red in the face than the other one. I bought these chicks from a local hatchery when they were about 4 weeks old. They were...

I have a 2 year old Barred Rock hen with what I believe is an upper respiratory infection, but I've had zero experience with that type of illness in my flock. She showed no signs of illness until day before yesterday (Tuesday morning) my DH came in and said she didn't seem as perky as usual and...

I have an EE pullet named Daisy. She just laid her first egg day before yesterday. I saw her on the nest box this morning, so I figured egg #2 was on its way. I went out a few minutes ago and, sure enough, her little green egg was in the box. But I heard a weird noise coming from someone and it...

My little Buff Silkie roo (BigE Smalls) has found his way to the top of the pecking order with my large fowl hens. I have 4 RIRs, 2 BRs, and 2 BOs. His favorite girls are a couple of the RIRs. Their eggs are always fertile when I crack them. Has anyone seen (or have) what a silkie x RIR cross...

I have 2 chicks about 9 weeks old. They are in a large brooder in my basement. All of the older chicks have moved outside to the chicken tractor, but these 2 are younger and they get picked on and run off the feed. So, I still keep them inside except for a few hours in the afternoon when I put...

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I've had a really bad hatch and it seems I may only get one poor little Australorp chick out if it. I'm looking for a companion or 2 for this little guy...something hatched around September 5. Not terribly picky about the breed as long as it's from healthy stock. Thanks!

I'm not sure how many Nashville, TN people are on here, but I just found out this morning that the Metro Planning Commission is hearing arguments this afternoon regarding a bill to ban chickens from Nashville's backyards. Anyone who would like to speak will be given 2 minutes. Just FYI...

I do. Although sometimes I wish I didn't. I just received 24 eggs today. They were shipped from 500 miles away, but somehow the USPS turned that into a 1300 mile trip. They sent the eggs from Northern Arkansas PAST Nashville to Atlanta... PAST Nashville again to Memphis.. then Memphis to...

I just hatched 6 beautiful and healthy BBS Ameruacanas last week. They are my first chicks and they are a week old (my others were a few weeks old when I got them). I try to do things as organic and holistic as possible, so they aren't on medicated chick starter, just regular. Everything seems...

6 BBS Ameraucana eggs out of the turner. The bator is in my basement and humidity is around 65% in the room. The bator hygrometer was saying about 50% so I added a small cup of water and it shot up to 77%. I took that out and added a smaller cup of water. Now it's around 60%. Is that high...

Okay, I set 14 BBS Ameraucana eggs in my brand new Brinsea on the 16th. This is my 1st hatch ever. They are shipped eggs, all arrived intact, I candled them to look for cracks/detached airsacs, and I weighed them. They also rested overnight. I noted that 2 seemed to have airsacs that moved...

Oh my gosh! I just looked out my window to see where the girls were in the back yard. I thought "wow, that barred rock can really get up off the ground." Then in an instant it hit me... it wasn't a barred rock. It was a HAWK... right over my girls about 6-8' above them... all fanned out! I could...

Okay, so I'm truly a chicken addict now. I've been pestering my DH for weeks about wanting a bator. He built me a separate chicken tractor a month ago because he conceded to let me at least have silkies. We got 3 young silkies... one is crowing, so no silkie-bator there. The other 2 are too...

I have 8 LF pullets and added 3 young silkies. My sweetheart of sweethearts among the silkies has now crowed. I plan to keep him, barring fits thrown by neighbors. I know nothing about breeding chickens, but I see posts about silkie crosses. Can my silkie roo successfully breed with my LF RIRs...

This morning I was on my deck watering plants when I heard a strange noise coming from the 3 silkies' chicken tractor. I looked up and it happened two more times ... eer eer eeeeeerrrrrhhh! My 3 1/2 month old silkie was crowing! I was upset and excited at the same time. I love that bird. I've...

My husband grew up in an area of Texas with a lot of quail and was recently lamenting how much he missed hearing the soothing sounds of the bobwhites. We live on a nice sized property (Nashville, TN) and are next door to my parents who have an even bigger property. There are woods and fields all...

Okay, I know that some hens might never go broody and there's certainly no set age, but what are some of your experiences? I have RIRs, BOs, BRs, and Silkies. I know that of my LF hens the Buff Orps are probably the most likely to brood. Anybody know about when that happens for those girls? Of...

I need some advice from some experienced people. I have 8 (LF) pullets. 6 of them are about 9-10 weeks old. 2 of them are a bit older... say 12-13 weeks. Last week I gave in to 3 evil Silkies. They were calling to me and I couldn't resist One of the silkies is around 12 weeks (probably a roo)...