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I'm looking for some input from others more experienced with incubating than I am. Right now I'm feeling pretty discouraged but from everything I had researched and read I believe I did everything right. I incubated 16 eggs, 5 black copper marans, 5 cream legbars, 1 olive egger, and 5 golden...

My chicks are now 3 weeks old and I started them on non-medicated feed. I am now considering switching them to medicated. The medicated vs. non-medicated debate aside, would starting them 3 weeks in offer any benefit? They have not been introduced to the outside area yet, other than some dirt I...

Has anyone used this for their coop (specifically coop floor?) and if so, how do you like it? I read an old thread from 2012 that mentioned it, but no other thread came up in search. We are thinking of using it for the coop floor and was wondering how easy it is to clean. While the description...

I'm sorry. I posted a duplicate thread here by accident. My apologies.

Day one for chicks that just arrived. One I already posted about. Checked again on them and I have one that looks like its vent hole is protruding and something dangling from it. There is blood. I've attached a picture. It is not as active as the others but not lethargic.

My chick order arrived today (yay!) and one of them has a bad leg. It is not eating or drinking like the other chicks and it is favoring the leg. Upon close inspection it appears to have a bruise or some other type of discoloration and swelling. Not sure what to do. I've attached a picture.

I was unable to find the Durvet for poultry but found this. Has anyone used this for their chicks? Trying to figure out the dilution for chicks and in comparing it to the poultry version it appears that many (but not all) of the components are double what is recommended for poultry. If I just...

All the advice I've found so far mentions square feet per chicken for the coop. Once mine are grown (German Bielefelders) I believe they will need minimum 40 square feet for 9 hens and 1 roo inside the coop. For warmth I would think that cubic feet per chicken would come into play however. Is...

Hi everyone! I'm Mary from northern California and I'm new to raising chickens. I've been doing a lot of reading and am thankful to have found this site (thank you Google!). I’ll do my best to cover the 6 intro topics that were outlined. I've ordered 10 German Bielefelder chicks that will be...