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Hello! Can You please help identifying the problem my bird has? I noticed I was missing one hen after letting everyone out in the morning. I found my bird like this (please see video below) in the morning and set it out of on the ground for some fresh air. We have a big heat wave for some...

Hello everyone! After incubation and hatching a lot of dry and quite clean eggshells are left and I was wondering if I could use them the same way I use unincubated eggshells - by crushing them and heating them in the oven for 10-20 min at 200C and later giving those crushed shells to my hens...

Hello everyone! I have a flock of Speckled Sussex chickens and have been hatching their offspring since this spring and I was wondering if it was possible to create a sex-linked offspring from them? I am somewhat familiar with how sex-lined chicks are achieved in hybrids but I do not know is...

Hello! I have 2 Lavender Araucana chicks. They are 3 weeks at the moment and I was wondering if it was possible to tell which is which (hopefully not two roosters). One has a more pronounced comb and its redder than the other's. P.S. I added a photo from the internet of how the grown-ups should...

Hello everyone! I have raised several Speckled Sussex chicks and could tell their gender by comparing them to each other but this time I have got myself only one Black Copper Maran chick which is 2 weeks old at the moment and I can't find similar images of other chicks this age. I am really...

Hello everyone! I am new to electric fencing and would like to install one in our property in order to keep my chickens and dogs inside of it. We have foxes and hawks and at the moment our chickens free range on 4 acres around our house. One of our dogs is also free ranging and does not wander...

Hello everyone, I am a first time broody hen caretaker therefore I didn't know I had to remove all unwanted eggs after noticing a broody hen sitting on eggs. In my case, she was sitting on one egg for approx. 12 hours, no more. I took the egg in order to be able to add a few more (I will have...

Hello everyone! I have real trouble sexing my Speckled Sussex 6 week old (and one 5 week old) chicks. These are my first and as I understand this breed might not be so easy to sexed properly? I would gladly use some of your input - hen or roo? And hopefully, later, when they're grown, I will...

Hello everyone! I am new here and am looking for the best chicken breed which will eat ticks. We have a lot of ticks here and therefore are looking for ways to get rid off them. Haven't had any experience with chickens before. The main favorable traits for the desired breed would be...