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I have one cross breed egg in my incubator - (silkie dad/EE mom) it piped internally two days ago, but has not yet piped externally yet. it was moving slightly this am before I left for work ... but it was doing the same thing last night when I went to bed. not sure what to think. We haven't...

Ok, so I got lazy and didn't collect eggs for a few days. It's not the first time. But, Now I have 4 eggs that have chicks growing in them. I have one bantam silkie roo - and he's never been able to manage to accomplish anything with the big girls before, (not even his own little group of...

Hello fellow BYC members ! I'm hoping you can help me out on a few issues I'm having. Below are two generic questions regarding Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts are age 11-18. The Troop referenced has approximately 25 boys in it- with most of them between the age of 12 and 16. They go hiking...

I have two EEs - One is a lovely little buff girl with a huge beard, the other - named Pickles (by my son) - has no beard at all. Just wondering if anyone has ever come across a beardless EE before ... I know she's an EE - at least she's supposed to be ! And she does have green legs/feet...

It's old - dated 2001 - but it at least can give you a starting point and it lists contact information .... It pertains to legal issues for mainly processing your own birds/livestock - Not sure if it's been listed before or not - so if it has, sorry for the duplicate...

I have 12 chicks at the moment - unfortunately one just died - was fine an hour ago - started peeping loudly so I went to look and by the time I got there it was on it's back choking - liquid was coming from it's mouth. It just hatched wednesday:( I tried to clear it's airway but no luck...(...

Ok, I have my son's chicken who is paralyzed in one leg. She is fine otherwise - but there is no grip reflex or anything from this one leg. She can move it at the hip - but nothing more. Thought she had just had an injury so gave her time (almost 5 months now) to heal - but it's just not...

Had a black bear rip the doors off my coop last night. Ate one hen, a second is missing and a third was in the yard. Can't believe the rest stayed in their run considering how bad they always want out. Have muddy bear prints on two sides of the coop and a couple really good prints in the...

I've been trying to find out what these are .... I think I've figured it out - barklouse aka booklouse - wingless variety - feed on mold and etc - like dampness. dampness around my coop right now is something I have plenty of - Or a termite ? A bit small from what I've been reading about...

Well, not me - a friend up the street with a .22 caught the opossum im the hen's run for the last time. It ate 3 chickens over the summer - was in the coop once and in the run three times. Figured it hadn't gotten the hint soooo, when I went out to close up the coop and found the girls...

Ok, so here is the rund down - is it a mink/weasel or is it piling b/c of the unusual cold we've had this year, illness or any clue idea suggestion ? I'm getting worried now ! It started approx. 2 months ago. Never had a problem last winter or prior other than things that were my own fault -...

OK, my silkie with the impacted crop is doing better - she's standing today, still wobbly, but moving around a bit - and was actually quite vocal this am. First time I heard her make a peep all weekend in the house. I weighed her on our postage scale - to see if she's gaining weight over the...

I have a tiny - and I mean tiny - my towel weighs more than she does - silkie. (she just about fits in the palm of my hand and she's 6 months old - a good 1/4 to 1/3 less in size then my other silkies) She seemed fine earlier this week - I did see her outside in the run - but I didn't get out...

These were hatched by my white broody silkie hen - we actually have three white hens - who have taken up sharing the care for the chicks. And they don't fight over them. It's so cute seeing all three clucking to them showing them goodies and such. They hatched out about a month ago - I...

First I'd like to thank Dawg - he helped me figure out a plan of action even if it was mostly me doing the talking - ... I'm not looking forward to the time it's going to take, but I hope that this will banish this from my coop forever ! anyway, long story short - I found that my roost has...

I know there are many topics on here about bumble foot - and I did read them. First I was battling the heat and now bumblefoot - that I hadn't noticed until today - and her foot is pretty darn swollen. Can't believe I hadn't noticed it earlier .... but it is what it is. I can't catch a...

We've been having a heat wave - it got to 102 today. Two hens died - one white rock - and one a white easter egger. poor girls I'm gonna miss her light blue eggs. But all the others seem OK - even my 2 week old chicks. Maybe next year I'll replace her. THey had water last night before I...

We just had 4 silkies hatch on the 9th. My son would like to bring them into class on Friday - they will be 9 days old. He's been giving updates all through the past few weeks bringing in photos of the eggs being candled and etc. It would only be for about 10 minutes - do you think it will be...

Here's the question - to which I probably already know the answer to, but would just like another opinion. The situation is this - I have a VERY broody silkie (no surprise there) and no roo's (too close to the neighbors) - and bought another hen (my kids love them and I have to admit, I'm...

My kids have grown attached to him and don't want him turned into dinner, but I don't think my neighbors will be tolerant much longer of his wake up calls. I believe he is a comet - (sexlink) - but am not positive. Got him from TSC - he's 5 months old - not vaccinated as far as I know, but...