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I hatched some WCBP 10 weeks ago. The first week I could tell their sex by the shape of their crest, now I can't. Half have huge wattles and half don't. Crest look mostly the same. Any ideas which is which? I need to thin them out. Thanks for any advice.

I caught a snake killing my 4 week old chicks last Friday night, lost 3. Sunday I lost 3 more during the daytime. Something pulled their heads off through the 1"x 2" wire.I put 2 feet of hardware cloth around the bottom of the run. Someone told me to put a light and radio on a timer in my...

I caught a 5 foot black snake in the act at 1 am this morning. It had already killed 3 of my 4 week old chicks. It had swallowed the head and neck until the they smothered and the acid kicked in then spit it out and started on another. I killed it with a hatchet. It went after the big chicks...

Can turned toes be corrected when a chick is almost 4 weeks old? Thanks for any help.

I've got some chicks that will be 4 weeks old this weekend. I've always heard you should wait until they're 5 weeks old and all feathered up before you put them out. I have 20 in several 50 gallon plastic totes in the spare bedroom. I'm almost finished with my new coop/run, just have to make the...

How many chicks could I keep in a 50 gallon plastic tote? And for how long It's about 38"x21" and 17" deep.They will be hatching on 5/29/16. I just candled some today and all seem healthy. I didn't realize so many would be doing so well. I have amerucana,black copper maran,silver seabright...

I just bought and put together a chicken coop/run that was on Craig's List. Really nice. It's T-shaped with a 8x4 run and 5x6 half run and half coop. The 6 nest box are on the outside. It has 6" ceiling with a shingled roof. All treated lumber, heavy duty. It was less than a year old and hardly...

I left a post on here the other day about my BCM's possibly eating their eggs. I caught them in the act this afternoon. Well, it's one of the two or both. Whenever I walk out to the lot where my coops and runs are, my hens and roosters get all excited. I went inside and there was the prettiest...

I suspect that either my BCM rooster or pullet is eating her eggs. I haven't caught either in the act but I'm sure she is laying or should be. I have a small backyard flock of 9 hens and 4 roosters or cockerels. They're all around 9 to 10 months old. They're separated into 4 different coops and...