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Kookaburra is a mixed chick. His dad is a Black Copper Marans. Mom is a Red Orpington roo over a Speckled Sussex hen. She was orangey red colored (she looked orange next to my RIR). This is mom as a pullet. I’ll find a better pics and update. Kookaburra was a surprise hatch. He was supposed to...

So I did my first necropsies today on two hens we had to euthanise. I have a few questions about some of my findings. For a little background- I have butchered a few birds, but not enough to be entirely comfortable with how everything is supposed to look. I'm very long-winded, so I put my...

A month or 2 ago, my rooster cut his foot just above his rear toe (this toe has always been a little “limp” since he was a chick). It was a deep incision but by the time I noticed it, it had already started to heal over. Now there appears to be something protruding from it. It is hard to the...

This is my straight run Ayem Cemani chick from a local breeder. It’s my first AC. Her name is Lenore, and I’m currently leaning toward pullet. She was hatched 2/27. She’s a shy and chill chick, quiet, not very adventurous. Her only joy in life is dust bathing. (She doesn’t even like snacks!)...

My chocolate Orp, Molé, had an impacted crop that I believe then soured and became pendulous. We did coconut oil & Colase for the impaction, then Miconozole for the sour. I can’t get her crop to empty, and it’s been at least 3 weeks now. I’ve tried 3 different crop bras, and none seem to...

This is Ronnie, a silver double laced barnevelder. Purchased straight run from a local breeder. Any guess on gender? I know it’s early, but you know me I love guessing! Truthfully though, I’m on the fence with this one.

I have integrated young chickens into an established flock many times, but never adult chickens. I had a well-laid plan, which just blew up a couple days ago compliments of our no longer neighborly fox. My main flock of chickens is comprised of 21 mature chickens (including 2 roosters) and 8...

This is Berkeley, a Swedish Flower Hen hatched 2/21. It is my first and only SFH, and the oldest of my chicks (all others hatched 2/27 or later) so I can’t compare apples to apples. Berkely was purchased straight-run from a local breeder. I know it’s early, but I’m guessing Berkeley is a...

It’s still pouring (figuratively anyway) over here at the aptly named Fluster Cluck Acres… long post warning… We have respiratory infection. Several symptomatic chickens, so I intend to treat the entire flock. I have Tylosin powder on order, supposed to arrive Thursday. Is there anything I can...

When it rains it pours. I'm starting a new thread because this is a new issue with a new hen. This started 2-weeks ago with my chocolate orpington. Initially I posted about her crop issues here. While in the process of medicating & monitoring this hen's crop, I found 3 other hens whose crops...

The answer is probably “leave it be.” But since I’m a worrier and an over thinker… this guy pipped on the bottom of the egg. It appears it might be zipping in the direction of going under the egg. Im wondering if I should roll it a little to give the hatching chick more space to zip. t’s...

Cracked this huge egg, expecting it to be a double yolk. It is, but the yolks were joined together. In theory. could this have hatched conjoined twins? I’ve seen chicks with 3 and 4 legs. Could that be produced by something like this? I’m not trying to hatch weird eggs, just curious. It was...

I now have 3 hens presently with grossly extended engorged crops. I posted about the first one on Tuesday here. This post is now more focused on finding the cause, which has to be external, than treating the affected hens. What is the most likely culprit?? Here are some recent changes that I...

I have a 9 month old chocolate Orpington hen with an engorged impacted and/or pendulous crop. Last night (Monday night) as the girls’ were going to bed, I coincidentally checked her crop and was shocked by how full & hard it was, and how much it seemed to be swinging freely around. I checked...

A feed store near me is getting blue Laced Barnevelders in April. I did not even know this color variety existed (thought it was a typo- quick google search shows that it’s a real variety). If you have some, I’d love to see pics- particularly of adult hens. Thanks!

I’ve wiped everything off that I could with a cloth. The egg is wet with manure and has some dried on. i tried so scrape some dried stuff off, but I can’t without being super forceful. Anything else I can do before putting it in the incubator? It’s from a special hen that I’ve been trying to...

These stools appear to have a blood/bloody substance in them. The stools are from my 1 month old chicks, which are integrated in to my flock of 25 mature chickens. I have 14 chicks, and found only 3 piles of poop w/ red in the morning, so I’m thinking it’s only 1 or 2 chicks. No signs of...

This is my Thanksgiving Clutch (named for when the eggs were set-not hatched). They are barnyard mixes about 1 month old. I think I know genders, but wanted more opinions. First are the suspected cockerels- Cranberry combed up FAST and has always been very outgoing. No doubt he’s a he. Which is...

The abridged version: I have an 8 month old Barnevelder pullet (named Peanut Butter aka PB), who I believe was born with some sort of neurological disorder. She weighs almost 3 lbs and is not a great eater. I'm in Maryland, and today we had our frist snow of the season. This morning/afternoon...

Hi all, I went out to tuck in the chickens and found blood all over the coop. Turns out my beautiful 10 month old BCM roo ripped his spur most of the way off. I brought him and gave him in a dog crate in a dark room. I plan to clean (I saw a post that suggested chlorhexadine) and then I guess I...