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I have a cockerel with swollen vent that got I guess maggots all over it?( they were super tiny so ig very young) I took them off and washed him.Anyways I was thinking vent gleet but couldn’t find much on that with a boy other than one article (for hens). Then I saw it was super split (where all...

getting really tired of all this respiratory diseases. I’ve had these birds for months. Kept them in quarantine for 60 days and give them monthly respiratory preventative. However, one of my Silkies has come down with what I believe is infectious coryza. She had a plugged nare for about 2...

I know this wrinkle isn’t as bad as others. However, would the wrinkles in this one be a sign of stress/ overcrowding or because the egg is so long?(one of my hens seems to always lay an egg this irregular in length)

2 month old mottled orpingtons. Is it normal for them to not have this many feathers? I have to add they are the craziest birds I’ve owned. I can’t look at them without them freaking out and spilling their food everywhere.

So just started hatching chicks. The rooster is a black silkie (he has red leakage if that is anything worth to note)and the moms are buff Orpington, Wyandotte, australorp, Easter egger or barred rocks. I’d been told many times the chicks would be sex linked by skin color (apparently they’re...

Sorry if this isn’t in the right place, I didn’t know which category would be the most useful with reply’s and etc...Anyways, I recently acquired some money in the form of a grant to start my own small Hatchery. I already have chickens but this would be starting from the ground up. I have what...

For the past 3 days I've noticed my buff Orpington who started laying months ago, isn't laying anymore. She spends all her time in the hen box and I believed that she was egg bound. However, other than being in the coop most of the time she is fine, eating and drinking correctly while her vent...

So I have 3 barred rock/ mixed pullets(?) that I adopted from a school with all coming from the same rooster. However, at 16 weeks 2 of them have pale, almost no combs and the other one has a deep red comb and waddle, there's no other difference between the 3 other than one of the pale pullets...