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BOTH of my black australorp teenagers are trying to crow, which just won't do as we live inside the city limits. So, I have two 12 week old roosters to give away. They were purchased as fertile eggs from a lady in Fayetteville, hatched by my broody buff orp and raised by hand in Rogers. They...

Good news, 5 healthy chicks hatched- 3 New Hampshire Reds and 2 Australorps- by broody Buff Orp. Bad news, two others didn't survive: one apparently had not absorbed yolk, the other pipped and then died inside the dried out membrane over night (it has been horribly hot here). Ugly news, mama...

It has bee over 100 degrees today...have 3 chicks running around this morning, hen got off the nest to poo & stuff and now is sitting near, but not on the nest. Two of the remaining 5 eggs are open wiht about a 1/4 inch hole and peeipng, but a long way from being out. Should I put the eggs...

I know this topic has been discussed previously (a lot, really. Sorry.), but my buff orp has settled in a nest (again) and we've found fertile eggs from a farm nearby. The nest she has claimed is about 3.5 feet above the hen house floor, so I know it is too high. I moved her to a separate...

Howdy from NW Arkansas. My 11 month old buff orpington has developed a poopy butt that is pretty matted and has other chickens feathers stuck in it. (Yuck) I thought maybe she was just going through a bit of runny poo as the weeds are beginning to green up in their run. The other 5 girls are...