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Hello everyone I have heard of people having all male flocks they call them bachelor pads. I have three roosters two with one flock and one with another. My problem is they are all so territorial of the females we can’t enjoy them without getting attacked. I was thinking of moving all the males...

Hello all! I have a small flock that was hatched in July of mixed bantams that consists of three roosters and four hens and before I get you should only have one rooster to however many hens I am not asking about that I need help with a solution for my boy! So there was a fight and my littlest...

My red production has a spot on her chest that is missing feathers and now one of my Buffs is doing the same thing but not as bad is this molting? I’m still semi new to chickens have zero experience with this.

Hey all! I had someone watching my chicks and they accidentally gave them the wrong feed which is a layer feed it was just maybe one meals worth before it was taken away I’m just a nervous nelly and hoping they will be ok! They are 9 weeks old and it’s and organic feed from new country growers...

Hey guys this now my one and only D’uccle and I am pretty sure it’s a pullet but just have no idea of what I’m looking at since it’s so tiny lol. Age is 9 weeks. Also have a same age what I thought was hatching a Silkie but ended up a what I have found to be a “sizzle” not sure if they sex like...

I have two silkies both are same age and totally different sizes and shapes I thought one was a boy and the other was a girl but now I’m not so sure. They are about 8 weeks old and I know silkie development very slow I’m hoping someone can tell a little better than I can.

Hello, I have a three day old chick that has been mouthy since day one doesn't seem to calm unless sound asleep I have had a few batches of chicks and even my one lone chick never made this much noise! She does have some bent toes which I waited to see if they would correct on their own and they...

Ok so this is one of my shipped silkie eggs and I candled them tonight to check in (day 10) and saw two little spots I know it’s hard to see from the photo but ones by each finger. They move separately like twins is that even possible in silkies?!

So I got some silkie eggs shipped and let them rest 24 hours like instructed but this being my first set of shipped eggs I didn’t realize how common it was for there to be jiggly or loose air sacs. I put them in after 24 hours and after day 3 I candled them and they are growing but the air sacs...

I had another thread going about my momma hen leaving this little egg and me sticking in the incubator and seemed to stop getting responses I am at a loss. It was by calculations 21 days today so yesterday when I brought it in after mom abandoned it I put it in lockdown temp and humidity but...

Ok so my momma just hatched two eggs and had one left and she just stopped laying on it. I assumed it was dead I candled it and there is definitely a baby jumping around in there. At about 4 days with her other eggs I realized she was stealing more eggs so marked the ones I thought she had...

Hey guys this is my first broody hen and I know they say let nature take it’s course I’m not one to let babies die so that being said I have a momma who hatched a baby last night one this morning that didn’t make it and another that looks to be stuck but I don’t want to intervene to soon and...

Hello, I got a new incubator it’s a forced air incubator and we had one successful hatch but this last hatch with my Silkie eggs we went into lockdown with five healthy eggs and not one hatched. I bought a new hygrometer and thermometer to read temps better and I’m testing it before I do...

Hello, My bird is injured again same bird as last time but this time she has some swelling behind her eye which has me worried about merecks disease but none of my other birds have had any issues last time around or this time and so I am just wondering could she just be injured or are my other...

Hello I have two roosters that were hatched together and raised together they are silkie/duncle mix and they have had an occasional spat but this last evening they were at each other so hard I could barely get them apart! They are separated and the smallest most injured I have inside healing at...

Hello... I’m new to this and I have a chick(3 months old)with what seams to be a injured leg. Nothing looks out of shape or exposed just when walking she’s wobbles and she is not walking all that much except to eat and drink. Should I just wait it out of do I need to take her inside to heal just...

Hello all I currently have two different ages of chicks in my brooder and some are ready to move outside and others are smaller and not quite ready. If I move half of them(4) to the outdoor coop and then in a few weeks move the other half(4) will I have to reintroduce them or will the remember...

Hello, This is my first hatch and I had a chick that was at 30 hours of poking its head out so I decided it was time to assist it and when I broke the shell at its beak I saw what looked to me like a dried yoke? Is that possible. It seems very weak and I’m not sure what to do for it. Any advice?

Hello, I’m new and new to chicks. Just had my first hatch actual still in the middle and have been using this site a lot it has been a great help! We have 3 so far. I am a mother of 4 and we have two dogs and a cat to go along with the chicks as long as I can keep the cat away from them...