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Hello all! I have five 2-month old chicks. I have a pretty good idea of gender for a couple of them, but I need help with the others. Chick 1= Orange chick Chick 2= White body black head chick Chick 3= Swedish flower chick Chick 4: Barred rock

Found these strange droppings near our house. Not an expert on predators or wildlife, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm going to make this story short so we can get to the important stuff. Our rooster has been aggressive and standoffish since he was a chick. He attacks us from behind, and we have kicked him multiple times. A few times we thought we killed him ourselves or severely injured him, but he always...

My broody hen has been sitting on her eggs for almost a week. She has not left very often to get water or food, so I was very worried about her. We have an old enclosed dog crate where I placed her to hatch out some eggs. I put her food and water in there and it looks like the water spilled all...

My broody hen has been sitting on her eggs for almost a week. She has not left very often to get water or food, so I was very worried about her. We have an old enclosed dog crate where I placed her to hatch out some eggs. I put her food and water in there and it looks like the water spilled all...

Hello everyone, I have come here seeking input and advice. I currently have 14 chickens. The first batch of chicks we got was about 3 years ago (5 Plymouth Rock Hens, currently have three). The second batch of chicks we got was roughly 2 years ago (4 Sapphire Gems, currently have 2). The third...

Hey, everybody! The other day I was taking pictures of my rooster to show to a friend, and the lighting was absolutely perfect! Thought that I would share some ☺️

Hey everyone! Recently, my dad found an egg from one of the nesting boxes that had a weird umbilical-like cord attached to the end of it (I'm just going to say umbilical cord because that's the best way to describe it). The point where the umbilical cord thing attached to the egg was very soft...

Hello again everyone! For the past few weeks I have been using ACV in my chickens water to prevent mold. I also add some "rooster booster" as a supplement (that is the actual name). Recently, I have noticed that when I am cleaning out the water it has a horrible smell to it. It is hard to...

Hi everone! I have 9 chickens in total now. My most recent batch of chicks consists of 4 pullets and 1 cockerel. They are almost 3 months old now, and I was wondering if, when the pullets start laying, roosters can eat laying pellets. I have had hens for the past three years, but no roosters. Do...

Hello, everyone! I have a 7 1/2-week-old cockerel who is deathly afraid of me. He will immediately run away from me when I get near, and when I try to pick him up he runs in all sorts of directions to try to get away. I am afraid he will hurt himself in the future. He even will run into and...

Hey, everyone! I currently have five chicks, one of them being a Light Brahma. They were all getting too big to be kept in the house, so we moved them outside to our screened-in back porch. Recently, it's been climbing in the 80's temperature-wise, and our light Brahma has been painting with...

Hello, everyone! I currently have five six-week-old chicks. I have been noticing recently that one of them has been staying away from the other four chicks. She will always want to lay down near the water and food and not get up from there for a while. She will interact with the other chickens...

Hello, everyone! I have a 5 1/2 week old Light Brahma chick. I could've sworn she was a pullet, but she has a pretty distinct comb and she is more developed than the other chicks. She is also bigger than my three Isa Browns and Buff Orpington, but that could be because she is a bigger breed in...

Two of my 1-year old Sapphire Gem hens have very runny poop. I don't know if I would call it diarrhea, but it is brown/white in color (more brown). I had a chicken that passed away a couple of days ago with clear, watery poop. I definitely know she was sick, so are the other chickens developing...

Hello everyone, I have a 1-year old Plymouth rock hen who is not doing very well. I went outside this morning to see my hens in their coop. Peggy (sick hen) was standing in one spot barely moving any part of her body. I didn't think anything of it, so I left the house to run an errand. They...

Hello everyone, Just recently, I started getting an egg with a weird texture. It almost feels like sandpaper and it's all over the egg except for some spots. I'm not sure what this means. I have a hen who sounds like she has some breathing problems, so could her health be affecting the egg...

Hi everyone! I have recently discovered a new animal coming back near my chicken coop for three days in a row. I have researched every possible animal that it could be, but I have found none that even slightly resembles it. It lies low to the ground and it looks like it has black shiny fur. It...

Hey everyone, Almost two weeks ago, we got five chicks. Three were Isa Browns and two were supposed to be Light Brahmas. However, as they are getting older I've been noticing a significant difference between the two Light Brahma chicks. Chick #1 (Light Brahma chicks are going to be chick #1 and...

Hello everyone, A few days ago I found a dead hen in my yard (all of my chickens are free-range). My family and I went away to visit my Aunt, so the hens were left unattended for one night. It was dark when we came home (7:20 ET), and I only saw 6 chickens in the henhouse (we had 7 in total). I...