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I have two rhode island red hens and one cuckoo marans rooster that are in need of a new home. Life has been busy for me lately and my ability to care for them properly has diminished for the time being. All are free, and preferably are taken together, but since I'd like to rehome them as soon...

Ok, jokes aside, I have a roughly 4 or 5 year old RIR hen. I think she acquired a leg injury, as I notice a slight limp, she is moving slowly and avoiding putting weight on the leg in question. She is not showing any other sign of illness, still eating normally and drinking, poo looks normal...

Of all the years I've had chickens, it never occured to me that they can throw up. I guess anything with a digestive system can, but I had never seen it happen, nor read about it. But today, as I scattered cracked corn and mealworms about the yard, I was watching my rooster go for a peck at the...

Hello everyone! I am in the process of rebuilding my flock after suffering several losses earlier this year. I recently acquired a Cuckoo Marans cockerel who should be sexually mature in the next few weeks. I also have a barnevelder hen who hatched a clutch last year and has already attempted...

Hi all, I acquired an 18 week old Cuckoo Maran cockerel yesterday. This is not my first go around with a new rooster in the flock. Now, I know MANY people frown upon this, but I introduced him almost immediately. I fully understand the risks of disease and other problems that come along with...

Hi all. I have been a chicken owner for over two years now, and I am well aware of the consequences of a muddy run. My run is about 7.5 feet wide by roughly 35 feet long. Its wedged between a carport and a shed, with about 20 feet or so, extending beyond the space between the two. I have a tarp...

I have a hen who was hatched in early June of this year. Recently she was showing signs of illness and I promptly took action to isolate her and with my knowledge of natural remedies, I gave her feed and put some crushed raw garlic in some water for her. After about four days she seemed fine...

I'm still fairly new at raising chicks, and I'm having a hard time sexing this chick, born on June 10th. I'm leaning towards boy because the others, which are RIR (this one is half RIR, half bantam of some sort) are not quite this red in the face yet. They are also a couple days older.

I ran out this morning for my 1-1 1/2 month old chicks and can't get more till this evening or tomorrow; This happened last week and someone said they would be fine eating the layer pellets for the day. Would it be a problem to give them some layer pellets again to hold them over till tomorrow...

I just returned from a camping trip that left me with zero dollars, I will have more money this afternoon however. I am out of chick starter and my almost month old chicks are in need of food. I can purchase more starter this afternoon but for the time being, could I give them some layer feed to...

I have one hen whom I used to think was young, as I did not know her age when I got her. About a year ago, she stopped laying eggs. Completely. I though maybe she was egg bound or ill, but she is not showing any other signs, and has not since this all started. So now I believe she is probably a...

Only one of 5 hatched. She'll abandon the remaining eggs before they will hatch, there is no internal pip and the first one hatched early yesterday morning. I'm gonna risk her rejecting them and try to sneak them in. How many of you have experience with this kind of thing?

This is my first time dealing with a broody hatching chicks. I made an error and allowed her to sit on eggs laid on different days so they will not all hatch at the same time, with the exception of maybe two eggs. Five were still growing when I candled them on the due date for the first egg...

I've decided to let my broody Barnevelder go for a chance at raising a clutch of chicks. I've done all the research and got almost all the info I need except for one thing. She has one egg underneath her, it's been two days since started setting. She has laid two eggs but before I could...

I have a young Barnevelder hen who has only been laying for about a month. The last two days she's laid eggs with blood on the shells. It doesn't look like a lot of blood but it's smeared up the side of the eggs. I know it's normal for a new layer but I'm wondering if a second day in a row is...

I have a red sex link hen, approximately 2-3 years by my guess who I had to apply bag balm to a chapped foot recently. It was her left foot, and upon releasing her she more or less "stumbled" to the ground (likely just below 5 foot drop, I'm not a very tall individual...) and it appeared as...

Hello! It's been a year since my first post about my chicken coop and I was asked to keep BYC updated on my work. So, I recently acquired a more efficient coop and decided to start again. After a huge loss of life from a nearby pet dog I was left with 3 of my original 11 chickens. That number...

I have a red sex link who, some matter of months ago, stopped laying for no apparent reason. At first, I thought she was egg bound as she would go into her nest and make the noise of an impending egg. But even that stopped a long time ago. Now, my other mature hens are well into their molting...

But I have nowhere else to turn for help with my situation. I recently had an issue with the neighbors dog (from about 5 acres away...) and lost a number of hens and my rooster. I went out and purchased 3 four month old hens and made a separate area in my current run for them. They are treated...

I got him for free on the buy sell swap website for my area. It came just in time as the last one I was going to get didn't work out. He's so handsome and seems pretty docile. He came from a much larger flock than mine, and he was the only rooster for about fifteen hens (almost four times the...