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11 month old rooster with severe frostbite on both feet. I have had him indoors now for 3 weeks. It was an awful green colour (one leg) with antibiotics and eletrolytes it cleared up. Not they both look dead, cold to the touch and very stiff. He is an Easter egger.. Sweet as pie! Is there...

I just got this little lady from a lady online, she was stated to be an americana... Im thrown off totally and am clueless on her breed

Is it safe for me to introduce my (7 birds)13 week old silkies/(4)-6 week old Americanas to my 2year old RIR(4),(3)leghorns, (4)EE -20 weeks Ive had them seperated with chicken mesh for about a month now

I have a medium flock of 12 chickens and 2 roosters (10-12 week old pullets that havnt been added to the flock just yet) and 3 from my 12 are EEs and 1 Roo is an EE(all bought together as day olds) , anyways my one EE roo (19 weeks) tried mating with his sister two questions; 1. Will that make...

What would cause my brown egg layers to lay an off white (LIGHT tan) coloured egg?? The egg isnt even smooth, it is rough :( im assuming they are lacking something but i cant figure out what... About two months ago i swiched them from layer to grower feed because i added additonal members that...

What are the tall tell signs/diffrences between easter eggers and pure americanas? The last batch i recieved were sold to me as americanas and turnes out to be EEs..and i just recieved 4 more from someone else, and i would just like to know what to look for

Is there any where online to purchase ready to lay hens that will ship? Im looking for polish & silkies...in Canada

Hey there. My chicks are 5 weeks tmrw, when shuld they be switched to grower feed?

What size of run do i need for 20- 24 chickens comfortably

Im currently feeding my chicks starter and they are 4 weeks old, bag is almost empty..shoubuy another bag of starter or switch them to grower?? Also, ive never thought ofit, butwhen switching food should u ween them off one and onto the other like you would dog food?

I have two different age groups in my flock...some 11 weeks, some 1 year ... They are all in same run.. How do i keep big girls from eatting grower and babes from eatting layer??

a few months ago I purchased a rooster locally and I noticed he had a cough I had already introduced him to my flock by time I noticed his cough now I am noticing my girls coughing as well and sneezing what can I do to help them lose the cough and cold symptoms? they seem to be sneezing quite a...

I was collecting eggs this morning and broke one in my hands picking it up and another one a few days away simply washing it off.... A neighbour down the road was telling me they need more calcium... So i purchased oyster shells... How exactly do i feed it to them? It just came in a 15lb paper bag

Hey ladies and gents..im new to the silkie world, well to the whole chicken world actually!! Anyways i recieved a silkie roo a few months ago whom is approx 1 yr old, he is black with a cherry coloured walnut comb blue ear thingys and purple'ish waddles.. Nice black down feathers but he has blue...

Hey folks.. Im a chicken rookie! I had 5 chickens and my neighbour then gave us 4 more very rough looking chickens. Not knowing much i threw them all together hoping for the best ..now a month later im noticing lice on my girls (what i believe to be lice anyhow) what can i do to eliminate these...

Ive noticed for some time now my chickens have 'cold-like' symtoms... Sneezing, bubble boogers every once in while, abd wheezing. I went on vacation for a week and my husband "surprised" me with a rooster im assuming he brought the sickness in. What can i do to help them? I have 8 chicks that...

I noticed about a week ago my girls started to come dwn with a cough. We have been having very wet days and on the chilly side. Do birds get a common cold? What specific vitiamins can i give them. Can they be purchased from TSC?

I just purchased a bag of feed from our local storr opposed to going to town to TCS storr and noticed the local bag contents are extremely different. So where do you buy your feed. What is the ingredients? What should i be looking in the ideal bag of layer feed?

I can try to get better pictures needed :) The "girls" enjoying their temp home

One of my girls layed this egg this morning, should i be converend? Is it safe to consume? Is there something wrong with her?