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Hello fellow byc’ers. I am having a problem with disease, but I’m not quite sure of the exact problem. Ok, so I have some 8 wk old chicks that I’ve had since they were a few days old. The other day I noticed one was acting lethargic and puffed up and one of her wings were droopy , so I gave her...

Five weeks ago, I had two chicks hatch. Sadly, I had to put one down due to a dislocated hip. We bought the other chick a few friends from the farm store who were a week older. Three days ago I hatched another chick who hatched early. I moved the older chicks from the farm store outside, but...

I have a flock of standard sized chickens, and want to add a few silkies to the flock. Can I do this even if I have a rooster? Thanks in advance, Allie

He just hatched a few hours ago, and seems to have odd feet. His legs are fine but his feet seem off. Will this go away within a few hours and is normal? Or should I make him little cardboard shoes?1

One of my chicks just hatched in the incubator, and his leg his not really working. He is trying to get up, but he can't. Is this normal? If not, is there any way to fix it? Its not splayed leg I don't think, though.

I am liking what I'm seeing as far as options go, but has anybody ever tried them?

Hi everyone! As the title says, I am a first time incubator user. I have had broody hens hatch eggs, but that's it. My incubator is coming in the mail tomorrow. I picked the HBlife incubator on amazon, since it has good reviews and was a good price. I am planning on hatching eggs from a...

My hen is a one year old Welsummer who decided to go broody.:celebrate She was sitting on a clutch of eight eggs and they are in day 4. Sometime during the night she broke one and moved to a different nest!:hit I brought the eggs into my garage and checked if they were thriving or not, and all...

The title tells all. It is sunny spring here so maybe they decided to go broody somewhere? I know it's a long shot but I can still hope. Any thoughts?:caf:old

I have two BO's in my flock, who are 1 year old. I have ten or eleven plastic easter eggs that are weighted in 1 nest box. I heard that you can put a hen in a nest with eggs and cover her with a bucket, while I was reading a book. Has anyone here tried this? If so, did it work? I just need to...

Yay Fluffy!

This fox has killed 8 of my birds. Once in the early morning he got two (most of the breast meat was eaten. Next, two days later, I found a pair of legs that had been gnawed down to the bone. Next, there were scratch marks on my porch and a trail of chicken feathers leading to the woods. After...

I currently have 20 chickens. Four of which are about to be butchered (old age). One is a rooster. That gives me 15 good layers. I own 2 buff orpingtons in that mix. So I am waiting till one of them goes broody. I am looking to end up with 20-25 birds. How many should I set. My ratio is 1...

I think I will be getting bantam silkie's to show in 4H. Do bantams have any special needs as babies? I have only raised standard sizers.

I have an automatic door so I don't always make sure my birds get in at night. I went outside one morning to find two of my birds bloody, mangles and frozen. We buried them and found a pile of bloody feathers. Death toll: three. One day went by and nothing happened. The next day I came out and...

I have 25 chickens, with one rooster in the mix. They are all great laying breeds. Once the cold hit, they all stopped laying! A few of my older birds are molting, so that's understandable. But I also have some spring pullets who have no reason not to lay! Please help!

I have a fully grown rooster with a flock of about 27 hens. One of the hens went went broody a while back. She only hatched on hatched one chick, and he was a boy. He is feathered now and I'm afraid he will try to crow. Will my rooster kill him if he does?!

So today is day 21 for 2 eggs and day 20 for the other two. I will be updating my thread with pics and stories. They are going to be broody hatched chicks.

Here it is. She is always wanting to be a mother, but I finally let her. I moved her to this setup 15 mins ago but she hasn't sat on them yet. Will she brood them? Any tips for a first time hatcher?

I caught them mating and they were both on top of her! I'm going to try to get rid of the submissive drake though. Will they murder her in the meantime?