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A couple of hours ago, I went outside to feed our chickens and noticed one of them was lying in the middle of the run with her head tucked underneath her wing. I didn’t think much of it because of how cold it’s been (around 0°F). When the chickens noticed the food, they all chased me around...

After receiving the chicks we ordered in the mail, we noticed that we were given an extra chick and wanted to ask if anybody knew what breed it is. They are two weeks old. Any help is appreciated.

We got six pullets in April of last year and noticed over the last few days that one of them has been losing a lot of her feathers. I know that she’s too young to be molting and there seems to be too many feathers missing for it to be bullying. Also, the majority of feathers she’s losing are...

Yesterday, we were surprised by our first egg. It was a small, brown egg and it was laid just outside a nesting box. Today, we found another egg. This one was slightly bigger and a lighter brown, laid inside the nesting box. We believe that the first egg was laid by our Black Sexlink and that...

Our chickens won’t go inside their coop during the day. Most of the time this isn’t a problem but lately there have been many storms in our area. We need to get them inside and so far, everything we have done has failed. They have never had a problem going inside at night, so we’re wondering why...

I am confused about the breed(s) of two of my hens and would appreciate any help in narrowing them down. They might be the same breed but I can’t be completely sure. Here they are: