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I need some advice from you seasoned chicken keepers. I noticed my first-in-command rooster was limping, so I inspected the offending foot. It appears to be normal, except the pad is swollen. I saw no indication of bumblefoot, no cuts, no tenderness when bending foot (would he show tenderness, I...

What does everyone use to cover their mama heating pad cave? I have a metal frame that the heating pad is hooked onto the bottom of, so the chicks can cuddle underneath. Of course they also love to sit (and poop) on top. I always end up slipping the whole thing into a big old pillowcase...

So one of my Wyandottes, despite my best efforts, has decided it's time to hatch some eggs. However, I no longer have a set up for a separate place for her and so just let her stay in a nesting box. She has 7 eggs and they are set to hatch in two weeks. But the nests in my coop are about 30...

Hello. I need help diagnosing what's wrong with my flock. I have 21 chickens of laying age, from 6 and a half months to 2 and a half years old. Buffs, Australorps, Easter Eggers, Marans, Polish, Wyandottes. I treated for scaly leg mites in Mid August with Ivermectin. In the last two weeks, not...

I got 6 silver laces polish and 3 golden laces polish from the hatchery. Unfortunately, they would only sell straight run. Here is a pic of one of the silver laced at 7 weeks today. From what I've been able to find about sexing Polish on here, I'm afraid it is a boy, since the Crest is bigger...

I got 6 silver laces polish and 3 golden laces polish from the hatchery. Unfortunately, they would only sell straight run. Here is a pic of one of the silver laced at 7 weeks today. From what I've been able to find about sexing Polish on here, I'm afraid it is a boy, since the Crest is bigger...

Just got a couple questions. Have a hen who has had a nasty vent all winter. It started with just being poopy and unkempt, and her comb was still nice and red and she was still laying so I hoped she would deal with it herself. But now, she has a loss of feathers back there, it looks infected...

So we constructed a waterer heater, using the concrete block/lightbulb idea. We actually made two of them. My husband is a pretty good electrician, so he wired in two lights in a row, both inside concrete block halves. Here's what it looks like (I'm not a very good artist): So, what is...

I have an exciting story! So, a few weeks ago my Black Australorp hen named Redd (I got her when all I had were RIR and I wanted her to feel included) decided to go broody. She started sitting on 8 eggs. She's tried this before, but my own stupidity and inexperience resulted in none surviving -...

Hello! It's been a while since I've been on BYC! So I incubated and hatched for the first time this year, and now I have some extra roosters to deal with. I have about 11 Buff Orpington roosters and 8 Easter Egger roosters. Also have some BO hens that I will be butchering. I am wondering what...

OK, all you duck experts. We have two, probably female, Rouen ducks. Our first ducks ever, and man, are we learning a lot! They are SUPPOSED to be closed in with my free range chickens every night, but don't seem to be much interested in doing that. It took me an hour to get one of them out from...

I thought that title might grab some attention. Did it work? My husband had a surgery done today and on the way home he decided he wanted to get two ducks from the farm store. So we did! I have never had ducks and need a quik crash course in duck care. Already have a brooder set up, since I have...

Does anyone have any pictures of what pullets and cockerels will look like when mixing Buff Orpington and Easter Egger breeds? I have 9 chicks (and more on the way!) that are a mix of both breeds, both BOxEE and EExBO because I have one rooster of each breed. I would like to get some pictures...

I just created a member page about my evolving experiment with a new homemade incubator. How do I post this page in the incubator section?? Right now it is only in the member page area. I want my homemade incubator to be displayed with everyone else's. Is this possible, or do I have to be...

I haven't been able to find this information anywhere. I am going to be raising Buff Orpingtons next year for meat birds. I will incubate my own from my current Buff flock, who are just now starting to lay. I want to have enough in the freezer for the whole year, about 50, but only have room...

It's amazing to me how a person (meaning me) has to learn a lesson twice to really learn a lesson. Back in February, my flock of hens welcomed a 14 week old Barred Rock rooster that I had picked up a couple hours away. I wanted a Barred Rock because I had plans to change to Buff Orpingtons for...

I have a 26 week old Buff Orpington Rooster. He is HUGE. He stands probably a hand taller then the hens and the Barred Rock rooster. He is just massive. But he has a huge comb (and wattles) and the back part of the comb is VERY purple. Also, since about 14 weeks, his legs have been very red...

So my black Australorp went broody and hatched two chicks, and she is a great mother. But sitting on eggs for three weeks caused her Scaley leg mites to come back (treated for them a few months ago) and now they are really bad. Last night I did her first treatment of soaking them in soapwater...

A few months ago my Australorp got a case of scaly leg mites (only one in a flock of 20) and I treated her regularly for a couple of weeks by washing her legs and smothering them with Vaseline. It worked great and she got new scales. I have been keeping an eye on her ever since and was just a...

I just wanted to post a warning. Our cat had tapeworms. As a result, he ate chicken feed because he was hungry all the time and had access to it in addition to his regular food. I treated him for the tapeworms. A month later, he died from a urinary tract obstruction. I'm betting it was from the...