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I got 4 guineas last year at a small animal swap. I have a large flock of chickens and I just tossed the guineas in with them. Everyone was happy. The guineas added more fun to the chicken watching. Flying up in trees, sitting on the roof of the house and garage, very entertaining. We have one...

I got a couple of guineas last year at a small animal swap I always wanted one, didn't know how loud they were, WOW! Anyhow, I love them. I come to rely on their calls, gives me more comfort than a guard dog. Anyhow, in the summer when my garden starts growing good, I usually pin up the...

I see so many pictures on here of runs with no tops to them. If you don't have a top to it, how do you keep them in? I just don't get it. Mine would be up and over before you turned around. The other thing I was wondering, if you free range, do your birds ever spend a second of the day in the...

I've got a bony rooster. We've wormed him and he's been on some injections from the vet for a cold which he's better from, though I think he needs some more. He's always been thin since we've gotten him. I've been giving him chick starter since I read on here someone suggested it. He gets corn...

We raised some cornish x last year. Shortly after we got them we had a house fire and were displaced. I moved the meat birds to a friends farm where they were free rangers for the second half of their life. They had free supply of grower food, got scratch and plenty of water and shade. They...

My son got a booted mille fleur rooster this past summer. He has been chronically ill since we brought him home. :( He was purchased with a set of guineas who have never been sick. Symptoms: Cough, sneeze, wheeze History: I don't know what his age or weight is. He is a full fledged...

I have heavy breed chickens, 4 guineas, 2 banties and a silkie. The two banties, one hen one roo are in a separate pin and are never out. The rest free range. Today when we collected eggs there was a very small egg about an inch long. I have no clue where it came from. I haven't had guineas...

He was given to us this past spring by my husbands coworker. He came with a group of rhode island red hens. Is he a mix breed and if so, what do you think he might be?

My son went out to take care of the birds and came back in yelling, "Theres something out there thats black, white and green! It bit my butt and wouldn't let go! I was running around in circles and I think it's a goose!". LOL Obviously it isnt a goose. I have no clue where it came from. I don't...

My sons darn dog got loose today several times so I wasn't surprised when my son came in and told me there was a dead chick in the yard. I went outside to see how bad it was and she was loose again. I chained her up in her pin this time and walked out back to see what had happened. There was...

These are the chicks I got from Tractor Supply. I've got no idea what kind they are but they are so pretty and very friendly. I love this one with her beak wide open <3 This is my RIR - my sweet little roo who used to spend the evening on my husbands belly sleeping while we watched tv. Now...

I have 4 peking ducks I got two months ago as ducklings from tractor supply. I got them for my pond but the refuse to stay by it. Won't even swim. They're happy just walking around the yard with this one little chick. I don't know why that chick stays with them but whatever makes it happy. So...

I just noticed that a couple of my roos and hens have some scaly legs I've had to treat for this before and I've done so by washing legs and coating with vasoline and I'll probably do the same thing - which stinks because I've got a *MUCH* larger flock :-/ But, I got to do what makes...

It's starting to get nice out and I was wondering, when would I expect one of my hens to start getting broody? My usual broody died this past summer thanks to the neighbors dog. I have a Buff Orpington that is laying but she's never been broody. She's about 3 years old. The other hens started...

I'm going to place my first hatchery order online and was wondering what y'all think is the best hatchery to use? I'm in KY so I was looking at Mt.Heathly Hatchery and McMurray. I know McMurray has a limit of 25 and it looks like Mt.Healthy Hatchery is 15. The prices are less at Mt. Healthy...

Pretty much all summer long, none of my chickens would go in the coop to sleep at night. I tried locking them up at night but somehow someone has busted the coop door lose and they end up back outside on my husbands work bench. I have stopped feeding them (for the most part) anywhere other...

Crawl dads! They fight over them. Good thing, we have a ton of them. They ruin the yard in one day. No wonder why my girls (and guys) don't go in when it rains.

I noticed that Jakes eye was closed a couple days ago. I checked all the coop and I had one BO that looked like she had a swollen lid. I gave them both an injection of antibiotics and I separated him since his was so bad looking. The next day the BO looked good as new but now three days later...

It is storming so bad outside right now and my birds won't go in the run much less in the coop. Do I need to try and catch them all and lock them in? Henny Penny is keeping them out of the coop.

Question 1: I've got a flock of 13 (including Henny Penny and her three babies). Out of those 13 I know for sure that I have 4 roosters. Three are about 14 weeks old, and one is my original roo who is about 3. I've got 5 more chicks about 10 weeks old that I'm pretty sure all are pullets. I did...