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I purchased a chicken today that was sold as an Easter Egger. It’s Black with green sheen, Rumpless, has 5 toes on each foot, has a thick muff and has a strange comb that looks like a teardrop. They said they ordered it from Meyer but also said at one point they had almost 60 birds (with...

My 7 month old Cochin Rose is very ill. Please Help. 4 days ago I noticed something was amiss with her when she did not join the others to get treats and instead hung back and slowly walked around. She also held her tail down (it almost looked like she was constipated). I gave her several...

Want to start a thread to give hen owners an idea of how long it takes for chickens to recover completely enough to start laying again. I got my first egg today after a severe wet pox outbreak (I lost 2 of my sweetest girls). It has been about 3 weeks since they all seemed recovered. I wasn't...

Okay so long story short but I have a new cochin that is acting dehydrated. So I got all ready with my syringe to give it some water orally, opened its mouth, looked inside and the windpipe or whatever it is was not under the tongue. So I've done this before, always lifted tongue to see the...

I let my broody silkie hatch a few eggs for me this spring. The father was a large beautiful Speckled Sussex Roo and the mother is an Easter Egger that I call Beauty. I hatched 2 girls and 1 boy. The boy that I am re-homing turned into a beautiful roo! His hatch date is 3/14 so he just turned 4...

I gave my broody Silkie 3 fertilized eggs to hatch 3 weeks ago. They are all hatched and doing well. They are 1.5 days old. I've noticed that they are getting more adventuresome already and getting out from under mama. Whenever the chicks get out in front her her she pecks them. Hard! If...

I'd love to get everyone's feedback regarding the timing of eggs hatching, in you're own experience, not what it says on the internet. What is the "Earliest" you've had an egg hatch? And what is the "Latest" you've had an egg hatch? And which method of hatching did you use? Incubator or...

Well, unfortunately all my hens and my rooster are sick with fowl pox. At first I thought they all had bumble foot because of the foot and legs sores then I started to notice the sores on their combs and waddles as well. So far they all look as though they have the Dry form except for 1...

I keep 2, 3 month old silkies at home. It seems like since I got them at 8 weeks my white one always had a runny nose. I watched her/him closely but no other symptoms appeared. In fact the white one has grown at a rate about twice as fast as it's black hatch mate. It eats well, in fact...

Hello All. One of my chickens laid their first egg (on the floor of the coop) 8 days ago. I have not seen an egg since??? All of my hens were hatched 2/18 and are 24 weeks old. I believe based on the egg color (tinted - vanilla color) that it was a Speckled Sussex. I also have Buff...

Hello, My husband bought me a 3 mo old while silkie for my birthday 2 days ago. I also have Easter Eggers, NH Reds, Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex hens. This silkie doesn't seem as hardy as my other birds nor as intelligent. I prefer hardy, larger birds that are excellent foragers and...