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Hi! So, I’ve been here before and everyone was so helpful I’m just attempting to wing it! Yes, pun intended. But not really. Okay, so a friend bought some of those a d o r a b l e ducklings she saw at the farm and home store. Don’t get me started. Anyway, she has had no problems except SuzieQ...

My day wasn't started off on the right nor the left foot, more like on my knees. I woke to finding my coop slaughtered. Just completely slaughtered. A handful of my birds were still alive, around 5 or 6, I'd say. It was a massacre. The gore didn't bother me. The overwhelming feeling that I had...

i just picked up four BB’s and a BS. I’m roughly guessing they are a week old. Currently in a tote and hardware cloth on it and pine shavings as the bedding. A waterer and a food dish with chick starter. Plan to use sand in near future: Can I raise them with my chicks? Would this prevent...

So we recently moved to the country and we had to do some coop proofing. Our first night we had something get into the coop and take both of my khakis, male and female. This left my pekin female by herself and she was quite the sad duck. I found a woman selling adult Pekins and bought two, a...

To fully understand we must adventure back a couple days. Monday I noticed my Roo (Big Phat) was looking pretty mangy. He is approximately a year older than the rest of my hens. I acquired him from a friend who had ordered from the hatchery and received more than her fair share of Roo's. That's...

I have some young hens. Probably 6 or 7 or 8 months. Life's been hectic so dates are fuzzy. They are new to the egg making business, as am I. Is it possible to encourage a hen to become broody? Must they be of a certain age before even starting to exhibit such behavior?

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My fiance` and I talked on and off about chickens for months...and then I saw some at a Farm & Home store (which I had never been to in my lifetime (23 years)). We bought 6 then and there. Two BSL, two RIR, three ducks and two BR. They were out of Americaunas. I called every Farm & Home store...

My barred rock, who was also raised from a chick, won't put weight on her right leg. She was perfectly fine yesterday, and when i went out this morning, one of my black sex links alerted me to her huddled behind the nesting boxes. The SL was going at her hard and that is when I saw her lame leg...

Hi guys. I am new to raising backyard chickens so if this post doesn't cover all your questions, I apologize. So my 5/6 month old rooster, TJ, started showing a dark comb two days ago. By dark I mean.. it's originally bright red had been replaced by a darker odd colored red. I have been checking...