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Hi! I am in Spartanburg, SC. I have a great roo for your flock. He has no interest in people except for food. No aggression!!! He is good to the girls and is good with chicks. He is everything I want in a roo... except that I still have his daddy and not enough space for 2 Roos. He is...

Hello! Question for you all! How long will it take for "normalcy" to return? We have two roosters. One, Mr. Cletus, is quite old and has been a prefect rooster. Last summer, we finally hatched out another rooster from him (after 5 years of only hens...). So father and son had been getting...

Hi! We have had chickens for several years and have tried lots of things in the nest boxes. We started out with wood chips, then tried the plastic "grass" liners for roll-out nest boxes. Currently I am using straw/hay. My issue is that sometimes an egg will get stepped on or a broody hen...

Hello! We have a Buff Orpington, about a year old. She is pretty low on the pecking order and recently has started sleeping outside of the coop. I am not sure if something got a hold of her head or if she got tangled in the net, but either way, she has an open wound near her eyes. It seems...

Hello! Would/could rats kill a month and a half old chick? I thought I finally had a rooster jr, but when I went out today, I found him killed outside of their little coop, in the run, very near a hole that rats have dug to get in and eat their food. Can I pin the blame on the rats or should...

Hi! I just brought a chick home from LFS yesterday, a little Buff Orpington (hatchery), a few days old. Yesterday her eyes were fine, today she is holding it closed, not gummy or crusty, just closed. Anything I can do for her? I think someone may have pecked her eye? What can I put on it...

Hi! I have a broody and was planning to slip incubator hatched chicks under her. They were supposed to hatch Wed or Thurs, but one hatched yesterday. They others have not shown signs of hatching yet. If I put the early one under the hen now (tonight), will the broody stay put until the others...

Hi! I have a broody and was planning to slip incubator hatched chicks under her. They were supposed to hatch Wed or Thurs, but one hatched yesterday. They others have not shown signs of hatching yet. If I put the early one under the hen now (tonight), will the broody stay put until the others...

This is bad, right? Looks like intestines on the outside?! Rolling around creeping... Help!

Hi! We have a great rooster, Mr. Cletus. He ignores people and takes great care of the girls. I would love to have a Mr. Cletus Jr from him, but so far have 6 daughters, and he is getting up there in age. Folks on here figured him to be about 7+ years old, we got him about 3 years ago and...

Hello! I have a weird question, and wasn't sure where to post... Every once in a while, I have a request to bring a hen or two into a classroom for the "life cycles" unit. My hens are more than happy to go as they get lots of treats. My concern is the transport. I usually put them in a dog...

Hello! I wend down to the coop to check on my chickens today around 2pm. Usually everyone runs to greet time, today all was quiet. Went in and our Willow (one of the super friendly hens) ran over and wouldn't quit making noise. I kept asking her where Mr Cletus was as I looked around...

Hi! Hatched out 4 chicks, 2 from an EE mom, 2 from a BSL mom; dad is an EE. I know they are young, but thought I had seen a thread about sexing EEs by color? Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts! Here is Dad. Ok, here are the 2 from the BSL. They are very similar, seem to have more...

Hi! Is this bumble Foot? Our BSL hen has thick round sections on her toes. Thought it was bumblefoot and brought her in for surgery. Soaked foot, removed scab, just red underneath, no puss. Do I need to dig further? Some of her other toes look odd, too, like her back toes are roundish at...

Hi! Does wing feathering show sex in a ee/black sex link cross or in straight ee? Moms are hatchery, not sure about dad. He is an ee. Chicks hatched in incubator Tuesday evening to night. 2 from each mom. One has more developed wing feathers than the others. Yellow, with feathers has ee...

Hi! First time incubator hatcher here. Yesterday was day 18 and I started lockdown. Last night the eggs were rocking and pecking. Nothing today as far as i can tell. Is this normal? Anything i should do or check? Temp is 100 on top of the eggs. Hovabator 1602N, 2 chambers filled with...

Hi! We received an EE roo from a friend who couldn't remember how old he is (the rooster, not the friend:) ). He is a great rooster and I'd like to have him around forever. But lacking that option, I'd like to keep one of his sons when he gets old. So, is there any way to age a rooster?

Hi! I have been using Sweet PDZ on my poop boards for years now and love it. However, last time I went to get some, the feed store said they no longer carry it. I have gotten the same story at the other stores near me. I am using sand now, but it just isn't the same. Had anyone tried...

Hi All! I tried to take pics, but all I got was black blurs! Anyway, I have two young chickens that hatched out under a broody ( had 6, other 4 were eaten by big mean black snake!) on June 28. So they are just barely 4 months now. They have a hatchery Jersey Giant as mom and a "I don't want...

Hi! We have had a bunch of rain...and still have more to come. Saw a hen limping today and found she has at least an infected cut, at most, bumble foot. I am thinking of putting antibiotic ointment on it and wrapping it up. Then doing any necessary surgery after all the rain is done as there...