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18mth old Copper Marans Hen has lost the feathers on her bottom and the skin is red, dry, swollen and angry looking. The swelling is fairly soft. She is otherwise fine, took me forever to catch her and she fought the whole time I was holding her. The photos are crummy b/c I was holding her...

I need some help identifying the breeds of these 8wk old chicks. I am 100% certain that 3 of them are Olive Eggers b/c I hatched them in the house. The others were hatched by a broody and all were raised by the broody. The other possible breeds are Cream Legbar, Bielfelder, and Swedish...

I have been using my juicer recently and I have tons of fruit pulp left over. Problem is about 30% of the pulp is from oranges. Any chance it's safe to feed to my chickens? Thanks

We got rid of our jerk rooster 6mths ago. About half of our laying flock of 17 had feather loss on their backs. Now 6mths later almost all of them still have the same feather loss, just bare red backs. Some are worse than others, some have had some regrowth. One very timid hen has a...

I have 7, 5 week old chicks. I had Olive Egger, Swedish FLower Hen, Beilfelder, Cream Legbar and Blue Ameraucana eggs. I am pretty sure none of these are Ameraucana as I did have one hatch and die and it was distinctly blue. I know for a fact 3 of them are Olive Eggers b/c I hatched them in...

My chicks are 5wks old and are living in a separate "room" inside the coop. Our coops is a 12x12 horse stall converted to a coop. We built a 4x6 room inside with wire walls so everyone can see each other. I'm pretty sure my chicks are still too young to move into the main coop. My questions...

My coop is a 12x12 horse stall. I currently have 2 broody hens in a large dog cage sitting on "special" eggs I ordered. I need to partition off an area of the coop for when the chicks hatch so they can have a safe nursery to grow up in. I have several different types of wires laying around...

These are 6 1/2 week old hatchery chicks. Can you tell which one is the Blue and which is the Gold? I ordered one of each and they look very similar to my untrained eye. Thank you.

At 6 1/2 weeks I think I have finally almost identified all of my chicks. Based on process of elimination, this one has to be my Blue Andalusian, but she doesn't look like any photos I can find. She is a hatchery chick and I am aware that she will not look like I might expect her to, but she...

I ordered 2 Welsummers, 1 Brown Leghorn and 1 Cream Legbar from a hatchery. I could not tell my 4 little chipmunks apart and sadly lost one at a couple of days old. Now the remaining 3 are 6 1/2 weeks old. I am guessing the two "redder" girls are the Welsummers and the other is the Leghorn...

This is a 6 1/2 week old hatchery chick. I was browsing some photos on other threads and am now wondering if my SLW Pullet is really a Roo. Thank you!

I am fairly new to chickens and need some advice. I have 24 4 1/2 week old chicks in a 12x10 coop with a heating pad cave. Their large run will be completed in the next 2wks. I have the opportunity to acquire 5 8wk old chicks that are a breed I very much want to have. They are vaccinated and...

I have a 3 1/2 week old Silver Grey Dorking chick that has a full hardish crop. She is big and healthy looking with more feathers than any of the other chicks. I am giving them chick grit along with Fermented Starter/Grower and occasional hard boiled eggs and dried meal worms. She has a...

I couldn't find any threads on this subject. I have two chicks that I brought up to the house to treat pasty butt and one of them was small and not thriving. Figured out the small one was the only chick out of 28 that hadn't figured out the Brite tap. They have been in the house under a heat...

I am brooding 26 5 day old chicks in a heating pad cave in a 3'x4' brooder in the barn. One of the chicks is still about the same size she was day one, the others are now much larger. On day (Wednsday) one this little one looked to have a bit of shell stuck to it's butt, but I let her be...

Just got my chicks today and am trying to identify them as best I can. I ordered a wide variety of breeds. I ordered just one Cream Legbar, any chance this is it? She's the most friendly of the bunch so far and even though there are some other chicks that are very similar I am thinking she...

Just got my chicks today and they are doing great. They are loving their fermented crumbles. All I have at the moment is a metal trough for the food. The chicks are doing fine with the trough, but most are standing IN it to eat. Is there something better I can use for day old chicks that...

25 duel purpose pullets are arriving (hopefully) in the morning. I used a corner hay rack as the cave, covered it in hardware cloth and put tape over any sharp edges. I stuffed the corners with straw, covered with one towel, then the heating pad and one more towel. My oven thermometer is...

My 25 chicks are arriving tomorrow. Coop is predator safe. I will be using a heating pad cave and have been reading all the posts on the subject. I still have one question. What is the ideal height on the inside of the cave? Also, I will be fermenting the chick feed. Local feed store really...

I Need some expert opinions on feeding. I have spent the past week (while my husband is traveling) reading the endless feeding advice on the BYC forums. I am new to chickens, but have spent the past 5yrs very patiently researching them while we waited to relocate to VA:) The area we live in...