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Today has been the worst day in a long time. I’ve really gotten into breeding and showing and now have pens set up for all my birds that I’ve worked so hard on. These are also some of the friendliest ones I’ve ever had and raised, I love going out with them to cuddle! For the past year I’ve...

Hi! I just bought a used chicken tractor, it obviously needs a bit of work, but I’m wondering what you guys think? I’ve always hated wire bottoms, because it can’t be very comfortable and I worry about bumble foot, what’s your experience? Also, I’ve never seen it in nesting boxes...

Hi! Anyone have experience with Jaime Matts? He has some GORGEOUS birds and is very experienced. However I’m rather disappointed, I purchased a trio of lf Cochins and a trio of bantams from him a little while ago. I told him we use them for 4h and breeding prior. When I got the birds I...

Hi guys! I have a very handsome lf Cochin cockerel that’s around 5 months old, that I discovered has a lump! The lump is on his keel bone, on his underside. It’s fairly soft to the touch. I’m rather concerned because he’s so young and I’m very attached to him. I added a picture of the lump...

I recently hatched out a few chicks from my black Ameraucana pair. One of them hatched out red! Yes, red as in the color of a true heritage rir chick. How did I end up with a red chick? And has this happened to anyone else before?

I have 2 white Cochin bantam cockerels, and I was wondering which one looks better to you? The smaller one is a little bit younger. They are still young so I expect them to fill out much more. I did notice that the older one (the last few photos are of him) has one wing that looks off to me but...

Located in upstate NY. I have a very handsome and sweet silkie boy available if anyone's interested! He did come from show stock, but I have not shown him so I don't know how he'd do. He's about 10 months old, I'm asking $50 for him to go to a great new home!

I have a few 6 week old brahmas. One whom I'm sure is a cockerel but the other that I'm not too confident on. The larger one on the far left is the one I'm sure of. Disregard the middle one as thats an orpington. What are your opinions?

Hello! I went to a local park pond and noticed some small black ducks, some with white chests mixed in with the wild mallards. They reminded me of black Swedish ducks but smaller. My question is are these actually wild, domestic, or mixed with domestic? Thanks!

Hello everyone! I’ve got something going on that I’ve never seen before and is very concerning. Last week I got a few chicks shipped in from papas poultry, all seemed healthy at arrival. However by night there was one that kept trying to scratch its face like crazy, I inspected it and saw...

So I have 4 lf Brahma chicks that I purchased from a breeder, 2 of the chicks are clearly partridge, but I’m not sure what color/variety the other two are. The breeder listed them as: partridge, blue partridge, or splash partridge. These may also be blue buff columbian/buff columbian/splash buff...

Hello! So we recently took in another dog, he’s only 9 months old. He currently weighs 40lb and shouldn’t get any bigger. He is a reddish color and white with green eyes. Now I think I know what he is already but my husband disagrees with me. So I want some other opinions to help settle it...

I just got 6 chicks in today, 4 Brahmas and 2 English Orpingtons from papas poultry shipped in. I’ve noticed that there’s one Brahma chick that acts normal but then has bursts where it looks like it’s trying to scratch itself and rolls around breathing heavily. Has anyone seen this before? Is...

Hi there! I’m looking for some Brahma, LF Cochin, Ameraucana, Araucana, Wyandotte, or Plymouth Rock eggs! I really want to add on and these are some breeds that I’ve researched and love. I would really prefer some quality ones as the kids like to show them, and who knows, maybe I’ll start...

Hi! I’ve got lots of colorful fertile eggs available! I have 2 Ameraucana roosters over black copper marans, Ameraucana, Olive egger, and Easter egger hens! So the potential offspring from the eggs would be f1 and f2 Easter eggers, f1 and f2 olive eggers, and pure Ameraucanas! I have really...

Hello, I have one silkie cockerel that has an odd comb, it’s not walnut like all of my other silkies. I won’t breed him because of this. However he’s such a gorgeous red color so I’ve decided to keep him. In theory if I were to show him, how would his comb effect his score? Is it a defect or a...

Hello I have a very handsome bearded silkie bantam, however he has a very odd comb. It’s almost like a small, crinkled single comb. He is not mixed with anything and his parents both had the standard walnut combs. So what’s up with his comb? And I’m guessing I wouldn’t be able to show him...

Hello! We’ve had a silkie mixed with who knows what for around 6 months now. I’ve been assuming it’s a pullet since she had no wattle or comb growth or reddening. It also doesn’t have the obvious rooster tail. I’ve also never seen it do any tidbitting or take any interest in hens. But here’s...

I had someone watching my birds for the past week when I got back one of my silkies was super lethargic. Close inspection shows that her vent was completely blocked by feces. I brought her in to wash her and it’s way worse than I thought. I got most of it away and unplugged. But her vent is...

Hello! I hatched this silkie in the spring. When it hatched it looked like it was going to be blue even though it had an interesting pattern. But now that it’s grown it looks white, like really white! Is it maybe just a super super light shade of blue? What do you guys think? Have you seen...