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I've done all I know to do, so help me out here. I've got an old girl (4-5 years old maybe) white leghorn. When she was laying, she never had any issues. I really only remember maybe one or two double yolkers. My flock had always free ranged during the day 100% until a few months ago when I...

My new Orpington got beat up pretty badly by someone else in the flock seven days ago. There was one small wound on the back of her neck, but they really went after her eyes. :( One was injured worse than the other. The swelling and bruising is gone but It is still has a covering of cloudy...

I'm pretty sure it's a head injury, but just in case the symptoms are indicative of something else I figure it's best to ask. Mama hen hatched her first brood yesterday. Six in total. When I got home, they all appeared healthy - peeping, following her, etc. I went inside for a few minutes...

The eggs are smaller. I can't imagine they'd be much good for meat. Surely, there's an advantage to having a tiny chicken that I'm not thinking of.

Three babies, all supposed to be pullets. I introduced them to my lone 2 year old BO hen and within minutes one of the chicks was "challenging" her for her spot in the pecking order. The hen interpreted this gesture in EXACTLY the same way I did - she answered his challenge and I quickly...

Obviously, this is a first for me (or rather, my friend). Her chicks and ducks came and there are a surprising number of dead chicks in the box. From the picture she sent, it looked like about half her chicks didn't make it. (She didn't say anything about dead ducklings, so I assume they are...

We have one lone buff orp hen (2ish years old) staying mainly (but temporarily) in a dog crate in our garage. This has made her much more sociable, actually - towards us anyways. A friend of mine has ordered four newly hatched buff orpington bantam pullets (along with "a couple of male...

lol A photographer friend of mine wants to buy some chicks to use as Easter photo props. (Kudos to her for investigating first.) I've happily agreed to take them when she's through using them. She wants to know how it takes them to start developing their adult feathers and lose their cuteness.

Greetings. I have another thread on the emergencies page with more insight if you're interested. If not, I'll just give you the cliffnotes version. We free ranged, without problem until a feral dog attack left us with just one badly injured hen. By all appearances, she is going to make a...

We suffered a wild dog attack. They killed one girl and the other girl and our rooster were missing. The second hen just showed up in the coop (still haven't seen the roo) but she's got a pretty bad gash on her back. It looks like a flesh wound. I don't see any serious internal damage. She...

... is there any reason they can't? I hate to just trash them after they've worked so hard.

One of our girls is having problems this evening. I check them every day and didn't notice anything amiss yesterday, so I gather this is a new development. She's not very active and has clear, foamy, foul smelling discharge coming from her mouth, nostrils and eyes. I haven't observed her long...

Just for my (possibly) future reference.

Our rooster sleeps in the tree in our front yard, very close to the house. (The girls sleep in their coop.) It's not uncommon to hear owls at night, usually at quite a distance. But this morning, there were two owls making their presence known, one of them sounded very close for a time. And...

I understand the concept. Don't see ANY downside, except for the work and expense of building it. But... does anyone here actually USE this method? I want experienced opinions. And pictures.

I know that human women are born with all the eggs they'll ever have and once those eggs are "released" then the woman can't produce any more. Does the same hold true for hens? I know they "form" what we know as eggs, but is there a "starter cell" that becomes the eggs, which may or may not be...

Being in the deep south and picking what is supposed to be a "cold hardy" breed (orpingtons) I hadn't ever considered winterizing the coop. It's fully enclosed, but not insulated. Our winters here are very mild compared to those of some here. This week, we're in the mid 30's. The coldest we...

Okay, first I must fill you in on the happenings thusfar. Our four girls are in a tractor. Over the summer, I've had them under a shade tree in the front yard to keep cool. Our roo roosts in the tree, above the girls. Don't know why he doesn't like the coop, but I've not really been...

My 13 year old asked. Is it possible for chickens to have "twins"? I came to the conclusion that it would take two chicks growing in the same egg, which would likely lead to the death of both (space wise) but then I remembered that double yolk eggs are usually larger than their single yolk...