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Hello, I’ve read that it’s too early to sex a Wheaten Marans until the chest feathers come in. We hatched three. All hatched on the same day, but one is much smaller than the other two. Two have shoulder and tail feathers coming in, the other has hardly started growing feathers. Could this...

2 week old wheaten marans, feathering in male or female please? Or too early to tell? Thanks!

Hello, I’d appreciate any diagnosis and/or advice on how to deal with the condition in the video. 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) She does feel a little light, but then she’s still young. Since Inspotted he condition she...

Hi, Lately our 22 wk old wheaten Marans pullet has started hobbling around. On close inspection she’s developed a lump on her foot. Could this be an injury if some sort or bumblefoot? There is no scab at all on the swollen area.

Hi, This is my first batch of "Cornish Rock" as they called them in TSC. I think that's the same thing as Cornish X because they look like pictures of Cornish X. They are 8 weeks old, nice and big and ready for processing tomorrow. The processor has 2 options: Whole bird, or for $0.50 more...

We really want to keep this lovely brown chicken. He looks like a boy though so he will likely have to leave us. Can anyone see something in him to make him a her?

Hi, What breed is this chick please? Thank you in advance

Hi, I'm getting tired of breaking broody hens and it really throws a gap in a hen's production. We have no plan to hatch fertilized eggs and don't have a rooster. What are the least broody, but at the same time friendly chicken breeds? Our New Hampshire Red is very friendly and has not gone...

It's to early to tell but putting in as a placeholder. Both 4 weeks old, straight run BLRW has a really fat comb, I can see that reddening up. White Minorca's comb is suspicious My untrained eye can't see any wattles

11 weeks old

Hi, 2 weeks ago I hatched 4 black Araucanas. Parents are a mixed bag of all types of possible Araucana colours and also lavender. As luck would have it, the 4 eggs that hatched came out black. One of the chicks has an interesting red face and the tips of its wings are growing in a brown or...

Hi, My New Hampshire Red is a very odd layer. She sits in the nesting box like the other girls, but when I go to check for the egg sometimes it isn't there. I need to scour the coop and run and will find it in a random location. It's not like she has found another favorite place to lay because...

I cracked this egg into the frying pan today and it has a bullseye. I have no roosters, how is this possible? Or is it just down to me not identifying bullseyes properly? Thanks for any advice.

Hi, Chick hatched on day 23, 3 other eggs hatched on day 22 and are all fine. Today I changed to more of a leg brace to try and make the leg a bit straighter while still keeping the hobbler so that the leg doesn't straddle/swing out. She hops about all over, sometimes gets her balance and can...

Hi, I'm learning to vent sex. Is this a male or a female?

Hi, Here's a pic of our Black copper Marans, she's 21 weeks old, has a red face and makes more noise than her coop mates. She ranges all day long and has additional light to make her day 14 hours long. She doesn't squat for us. Does she look ready to lay? Below are a few of her coop buddies:

Hi, My flock all sticks together when ranging, we don't have a rooster. Often one hen will get left behind because they're particularly interested in a piece of ground, then will run to catch up. Other times a hen will wonder off, and then come back to the group. They always stay together...

Hi, My current situation is 4, 18 week old chickens in a coop, with a small 6x4 section separated by wire with 2 escape doors for 3 7 week olds who are being introduced. In the morning the 4, 18 week olds come down off their roost, out of the pop door into the run and out the 2nd pop door to...

Hi,  I've had chickens for 15 weeks now and my thoughts are turning to the regular feed that I want to buy. I spent a while today humming and harring at my local TSC while searching BYC. What was unclear to me by the small print on the bags, was which feeds are vegetarian and which contain...

Hi, A week and 4 days ago I bought a 9 week old chick from a breeder in Lancaster, PA. The chick is so skittish I've gave up trying to grab her from her quarantine in the garage. I got her tonight and she looked fine until I looked under the neck feathers and saw white insects crawling. They...