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2 Momma phoenix hens showed up the other day, one with 5 chicks, the other with 9. We are having a local Harvest festival this weekend and I am thinking of taking the 14 babies to sell for $2 ea. I am worried the hens will go off and start another brood somewhere unless I leave them a chick or...

Rod thinks he owns the place, which is fine, but he has taken to chase after little girls and some women. Being that he like to go after my girlfriend, who has 2 daughters, he must go to a new home. He is a beautiful boy, has recently had 7 offspring which all produced great coloring.

i have 2 situations. One: one momma showed up with 7 babies and is living outside on her own and walking around with them, for 2 weeks, how do i integrate the new guys into the flock and when? Situation 2: we pulled 3 chicks from a nesting momma and they are now indoors. When and how do we...

I have two hens sitting and tried to move them into an are of the coop that is fence offwith access to inside and out. I have tried moving the Mommas to the nesting boxes in the brooding pen, but the freak out and try to get back to where theyve been sitting for 2 weeks. The chicks are do any...

My roosters (yes I know I shouldn't have 10) keep picking on the lowest on the pole. They have killed 3 birds in the last 3 months, 1 hen (crippled) and 2 boys. Should i establish another coop or roosting spot? My coop has good roosting places and nesting boxes but is very open. The boys...

do you use the tin, pie pan type water heaters from tractor supply? I am not sure about those yet.

I live in upstate NY and have already seen temps in the teens. I am not sure how to add warmth to my coop. My birds, 30, sleep in 3 different areas. The main group sleeps on a horizontal tree branch in the upper part or the roof's A-frame. The other two sleep on branches along the sides...

I had a few that i thought were girls, like Debra. One day she became Debra Dude! I have 30 chickens with 8 roosters, they have all established their order. They go out during the day and come in at night. They have their own clicks with different hens and some seem to trade off. One...

One other hen is setting too, should I move her and the chick to the brooder room or just her chick?

My Phoenix hen hatched her first chick. She is also sitting on at least one other egg. Should I move them from the others to keep them safe until the chick is big enough to integrate with the others?

The March babies have begun to lay eggs, in the basement window box, garage corner, dog house, etc. How long can they be outside and still edible? It'd been 95 and humid off and on. They've been laying for 2 weeks now. I have about 30 eggs I don't know what to do with?

I have been finding little presents around the yard. This is my first time with chickens. I bought these in March as chicks. I'm not sure if it's the white sultans or the pheonix hens. The eggs are smaller than store eggs and a light brown almost white. should I wipe them off...

My little Cochin stands on one leg and keeps the other elevated as if it hurts to stretch it our or put weight on it. She has done this from the start. she will stretch it out to walk but quickly brings it up to her side. She is supposed to be a giant cochin, but she has not grown at all. My...

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I tried the cardboard trick, but I found that just a band aid works better. I put the chicks foot onto a thin cardboard triangle. I splayed the toes out then used the bandaid adhesive portion to lock it down to the cardboard. What I found was, the cardboard came off later, also was hard for...

Very sad. He was weak from the start. I was trying to keep him hydrated, gave him some poly-visol. He seemed to be getting weaker. I gave him water and some pasted chick starter to try and give him some strength. I put him back in a washcloth donut I made for him to keep warm. He began to...

This is Cochin 2, he's doing better, waking, sleeping and just started to peck the ground this evening. His sack is finally starting to dry out. Cochin 1 is still weak and doesn't open his eyes much. I'm crossing my fingers for him and trying to keep giving him water and food. The 3...

My cochin was born this morning at 7am, I put him in the brooder with the others. They started pecking at his attached yolk sack because of the blood. Can this be removed? I thought it would have dried by now. I have him in the brooder but separated by wire mesh. What should i do? The...

OMG, so nervous, I just put 9 BR laced Wyandotte's, 7 Polish, 9 Ameracana's and 7 large red Cochin's in my mess of a home made incubator, due March 11th. Crossing my fingers.