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thanks so much for the replies! I'll try this in the a.m. I can't believe these girls make it through stuff like this. Since it is an old wound, I'm sure it's from a couple of day's ago, should I consider putting her on an antibiotic?

Hello, I have a 6 month old hen with a large open wound on her back. Pretty sure it was from our roosters. She has a smaller one on the left side that I saw a few days ago, and decided to keep an eye on her. She hasn't left her box for some time, and after bringing her in, she's finally let me...

Thanks so much for the replies. Would he be okay to mate with the black copper Marans we have? And another question...why hasn't he crowed yet? Seems crazy to me that he's the biggest bird in the run, but yet the super small cochin roo is the one out there making all the noise and bossing...

Thanks for the replies. And interesting on the "Marans" info (you learn something new everyday!). I've seen the Birchen Marans page before, and there's only one picture...wish they'd have more! And, at first I thought my question would be more about the breed, but after reading it, it really...

Hi~ I have 3 14 week old Maran's that we purchased from a local lady who breeds and sells chickens (we havce a total of 18 birds). She told us that she was sure these 3 were females because of the color they were when they were born. Now that I've read up on this, I'm learning that means they...

Thanks so much for the info! I'm telling my husband to let him be for a while~ we do have one for sure female cochin. She's the baby of the group, so hopefully when she grows up her and feather foot can get along well.

We have 18 chickens, that range in age from 17-12 weeks and 2 of our small 12 week old Cochin have shown their true colors and like to wake us up at 5 am with a loud crow. I have a few questions for all you chicken experts out there, since this is our first time doing this~ First of all~ we...

My girls are on these pine pellets too. My chicks seem to be pecking at them-when they get droppings on them they'll peck at the droppings and then they end up breaking some of the pellets and I'm pretty sure they end up eating some of the broken down pellets. They'll also scratch all over the...

Thanks MissD'uccle. She was bigger than our newbies that hatched yesterday, but smaller than the ones that are a week (she was starting to get "real" feathers on her wings). We'll keep an eye on the others. It all just seemed to happen so fast, but I guess this is all part of it...(got to...

We got 13 baby chicks yesterday (we're newbies to this) and just lost one. We've followed all the recommended guidelines (light, bedding, etc). She started acting lethargic and wouldn't move much. I had checked them all around 1 to make sure they were pooping fine (not clogged) and they all...