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I have a hen who I am going to treat for what appears to be vent gleet. It is 25 degrees outside right now, and a toasty 68 in the house. I have trimmed the vent feathers, and the smell was foul, and pooh was crusted, and the vent looked red & sore. I only put some vaseline on tonight in the...

Just in case anyone wants to waste your time (like I just did for the last 4 hours) watching chicks hatch.....Oregon State Univ. Has a live webfeed up, you can watch here. I dont have any eggs going at the moment...but its almost just as fun watching someone else's hatch! Join the...

Rescued these as someone dumped them. VERY friendly and healthy birds. They talk to you, dont bite, or chase. easily handled. In Spokane Washington.

I need to put some windows in my coop addition. It is getting way too hot in there for my birds. I purchased a 1/2 completed coop in 2015. I had to finish one wall, and the roof, as well as adding the hardware cloth. I finished it up and used it until last fall...it did eventually get shingles...

I was not sure how to transfer/copy a post...@cow whisperer has a problem with a baby chick that has an injury and maggots. Can someone help her from here? this is the post https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/important-what-do-i-do.1186344/page-3 thanks

Hi Had baby chicks start piping last night, and today they hatched. One BIG one, seems to have some problems. It was one of my largest eggs, but when this one zipped, it wasnt very organized, and when it came out of the shell it was like the neck/head couldnt straighten out it kept flipping on...

Seeking advice from folks who have dealt with mice problems. I did search the forums and found some info, but have some addl questions. I have a coop approx 8 x 20. Housing about 13 chickens. It is a dirt floor coop with about 10 inches of "deep litter" I have been setting traps to catch mice...

Feed Store red sexlink hen.....hmmmm....not looking like it. Pictures from baby up till today (the outside shots with almost too much sun!) he/she is about 3 months old...around 11 weeks. hackle feathers appear barred to me? Dark tail..and some barring on that too? I also have barred rocks...

I have been a "lurker" on BYC for about 5+ years. Our family had chickens when I was a kid. (and guinea's, turkey, ducks, rabbits, dogs, cats, horses...you get the picture) That might be why my husband was hesitant to "start" it all with Chickens! I had planned to build a coop myself (no...