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I have a question. So earlier this year, I bought some eggs from a breeder that seemed very reputable. Unfortunately, only a few developed and I ended up with 4 chicks... 2 cockerels and 2 pullets. The boys look good so far from what I can tell, but the girls look different. I put one of my...

I noticed one of my hens foot was swollen on the side, so I assumed bumblefoot. I did my research on how to treat bumblefoot and couldn't find any information on the side of the foot, but got my supplies ready and made sure I didn't eat right before. 🤣 I soaked her foot in warm Epsom salt water...

I had a broody polish mama hatch out 4 babies. They're currently about 2 weeks old. Coop is an enclosed run with ladder up to coop box. When broody mama got to "lockdown", we blocked off the top of the ladder so she could have some privacy in the coop box, leaving 2 other polish hens exiled to...

Forewarning: This post lies somewhere between "Could there be something wrong?" and "I'm trying to be patient, but come on!". I've wanted blue eggs for so long and earlier this year, I happened to be at the right place at the right time and a local guy was selling a hatch of John Blehm's true...

Back in April, I scooped up a few different polish chicks from the TSC bin. I ended up with 2 white crested black pullets, 1 silver laced pullet, and this monster of a silver laced cockerel. Ike is a gorgeous boy, but I have noticed that his comb is just a mess. I've looked online for pictures...

These 4 beauties have been the biggest thorn in my side to sex. They're currently 12 weeks old and one is very obviously a pullet, and one is very obviously a cockerel, but the other 2 are somewhere in the middle and I'm just confused. :idunno What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance! :frow #1...

I have a group of 8 "teenagers" as I call them (about 15 weeks/4 months old), includes 4 polish and 4 ameraucanas. They were moved from the brooder to their newly-built coop about a month ago, and I think we may have messed up. Both of our coops are set up to have an indoor coop box with a run...

Came home today, checked the flock and found a dead hen. They were all fine and eating normally yesterday, and there were no signs of sickness before. Theyre all just under a year old, no previous issues. She was laying fine. We found her in the coop laying below a roosting bar, in an enclosed...

Came home today, checked the flock and found a dead hen. They were all fine and eating normally yesterday, and there were no signs of sickness before. Theyre all just under a year old, no previous issues. She was laying fine. We found her in the coop laying below a roosting bar, in an enclosed...

Had an odd situation tonight. Earlier, I had let the flock out of their fence to roam the yard and hopefully eat a few mosquitoes. :barnie Just came out to check on them (it's way past roosting time) and lock the fence back up when I noticed 2 hens that hadn't found their way back in yet. I...

This post is for 1) to show off my pretty boys, and 2) to help me decide which one to keep. I have 4 roosters and need to downsize to only 1. If you had the 4 roos below, which one would you keep? (Simply by judging by the way they look) (I think I have the one I want to keep picked out...

I have 15 silver laced wyandottes (11 pullets, and 4 cockerels) and 1 Dominique cockerel. (((Side note to clarify: It was a McMurray order of 15 with one free "exotic". I ordered 12 females, and 3 males. Ended up getting 12 females, 4 males, and 1 Dominique male. I was expecting to lose a few in...

As you can see, my run is pretty bare, and I'm wanting to get some greenery back in there. I'm working on building a few "raised flower bed" frames and I'm going to plant some grass in them, somewhat like this... BUT MY QUESTION IS... is there a particular type of grass that you'd recommend...

So, I have 16 SLWs and they're currently about 16 weeks old. They have been beautiful healthy birds so far, but today, when I got home (early, because our company shut down due to being hit pretty hard by Hurricane Michael) I see 2 roosters that are missing most of their tail feathers, picked...

First, let me say that I am new to baby chicks, and never had to deal with this before. I lost my first chick tonight. She was 4 weeks old, and didnt have any symptoms prior to this evening. I went to check on them before bed and noticed one little girl balled up in the corner, standing, but...

I have a flock of 17 (16 Wyandottes & 1 Dominique) that are 3 weeks old right now. So far, they were introduced to the crib brooder in our "safe room" (secluded room in our basement so that we could regulate temperature) for the first 2 weeks. Last week, we moved them into the main area of our...

Hi BYC! My husband an I both grew up in the country, moved to the city and started a business, and now we were able to buy some acreage and move right back to the country and start our own little homestead. Gardens are planted, lots of yardwork and landscaping going on, and chicks are growing...