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I have a mixed flock of 2 week old chicks. 25 Cornish X and 10 NH reds. Will it hurt the NH reds to remove food at night for the Cornish X? Should I separate them?

My flock is sick. They are around 1 year old and about 3 weeks ago a few of them started sneezing. I cleaned the coup and gave them Sulmet for 3 days. for one day after that they stopped sneezing so I thought I cured them but the next day sneezing again. The guy at the feed store told me to try...

My Flock has been sneezing for around 2 weeks now. I have given them some sulfer-somthing solution and it hasn't helped. What meds should I be giving them?

I have around thirty NH Reds about one year old. Around two weeks ago I noticed some of them sneezing. More and more of them started doing the same thing and the feed store people told me they had a respiratory infection and gave me a bottle of Sulmet (Sulfamethazine Sodium 12.5% drinking water...

I have got my batch of chicks and yesterday I lost one and today one. I noticed some of them have pasting around their vent. I read you should wash this off but I'm afraid it is too cold to get the chicks wet.. Can I pick it off or should I leave them alone? Are they sick?

I have a mature flock of 15 hens and recently got some younger chicks. I have had them separated and tried to put them with the flock today and the older hens instantly started pecking feathers. I had just fed the hens their daily table scraps so that might have something to do with it. I...

I have recently added 4 new chicks to my flock and two of them have no toes on their feet. I am trying to find out if this is a deformation or if it is a practice to clip the toes for some reason.

It seems that everyone uses an incubator to hatch eggs. I would like to let my broody hens hatch some. Does anyone have advice on which method is best?

I have 11 NH Red hens and 1 Rooster. I would like to hatch some of the hen eggs and am wondering how to go about it without an incubator.