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Hi all! I have a 3 year old buff Orpington that’s sick. I noticed she had some poop on her feathers so gave her a butt bath and cleaned her up. But it’s happened again and when I went to check on her today she was ill looking (puffed up, in the coop but did come down to see me but lay down...

Anyone else have these spots/discolouration appear on their eggs a few days after being laid? They are not visible when we collect them but a few days later I notice them (they are stored in a dish on the counter lined with paper towel). Thought?

Hi All! I am new to chickens :-) and this forum has been so helpful! We have 4 pullets (3 are buff orpintons and 1 black australorp). They will be 20 weeks this weekend. Currently I feed them a grower crumble feed. None of them are laying yet. Do I switch to a layer feed now or when...

I have 4 seven week old chicks that I just put out in the coop for the first time tonight! They did that alarmed sounding chirp for 5-10 minutes but are now quiet. I added the night light they’d had in the room with their brooder but I’m wondering if that was a mistake as they all seem to be...

Hello! I’m a first time chicken parent and I have 4 approximately 6-6.5 week old chicks. I would love to hear everyone’s guesses on Hen vs Roo . They were purchased as sexed day old chicks and are all supposed to be Hens! #3 is our largest and is the top of the pecking order. Thanks everyone!

Hi again! I have 4 chicks. We got them on Wednesday from McMurray so they are likely somewhere between 3-6 days old? We were using a bell waterer and they were pooping in it so we ordered some vertical nipples and made a waterer. After reading some threads here I decided to remove the bell...

Hi Everyone! I am a newbie and wondering if anyone can help me figure out what might have happened. I ordered chicks from McMurray and they were part of a large group order. I think they were shipped on Tuesday and we got them on Wednesday. I am Ontario so it’s still cold this time of...

Hi Everyone! We are going to have a small urban flock of 3-4 hens (buff orpingtons and black australorps). They will mostly be in their coop/run but when we are there to supervise we’ll let them out in our yard. We have a TON of very smart raccoons and a few rats/mice etc where we live so...

Hi Everyone! My family and I live in Ontario Canada and we are about to get chickens for the first time! We currently live in a more urban spot so we will only have 3-4 chickens. We also have a large vegetable garden as well. We have ordered buff Orpingtons and Black Australorps chicks! I...