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I got 6 chicks which are about 10/11 weeks. I added them to my flock of 2 standard barred rock hens and a silkie hen after spending 2 weeks seeing each other through a screen. The barred rocks are the highest ranking flock members so they picked on the new chicks. They've been together without...

My 2 barred rocks have had messy rear ends for a while and I've tried treating them for worms using garlic in their water. It hasn't helped and today one of them had a yellowish foamy stool and another a watery stool(images of the hens and the stools below. Any treatment ideas? They both eat...

After bringing my chicks in from the garage to keep warm during a power outage I noticed that one of my wyandottes is breathing through her mouth and making a crackling noise. I haven't noticed any diarrhea or any other symptoms Any idea what it could be or at least a general treatment? They...

Are chickens known to get scared to death? I had a 1 year old silkie hen drop dead either last night or early this morning. No signs of illness or anything. I feel like it could have been a fear induced heart attack because we recently moved her and her pen mate to my grandmother's and she has a...

So we have 4, maybe 5 roosters, of the 100% for sure roosters 3 crow, if I remove the 3 crowing roosters will the 4th one start crowing? Or do they tend to retain their original disposition when you remove the dominant roos? Because the quiet rooster, Clover, is really sweet and if he remains...

One of my silkies sounds snotty when breathing, as in when it breathes there is some times a "ssss" sound, I haven't seen it sneeze nor any discharge, not acting lethargic or anything either, could it be the bedding they're on Or an actual illness? I've seen another silkie sneeze but no odd...

My name is Emmet, I am 18 years old and I am bad at just introducing myself since I tend to ramble so I just copy and pasted the questions to answer. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Kind of, yes, I showed turkeys with 4H so I know a bit about poultry. We first got...

My little brother has 7 chicks, 3 of which are Silver Sebrights and after browsing the internet and reading this site i have learned that they fly well would he be docked points if his show bird went into show with a clipped wing?