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Ugly picture under text! One of our chickens has a bald and bloody neck (on the back). She was attacked by her "friends," so does anyone have any tips on how to help her? She seems in good spirit, but we're wondering if we can get it healed.

Hi I'm just wondering if it's possible to keep turkeys and sheep together? For now we only have one lamb, but in the future we plan on breeding sheep. We keep Pinto (our lamb) in the back pasture with our free range chickens and guineas already, but the turkeys we are thinking of raising would...

Share your funny poultry pictures here! I will start with two photobombs made by Peabrain the guinea :gig: (I'll post more as I find more, in the meantime show off y'all's photos!;))

My family and I will like to in the (possibly very near) future start a small homestead/farm business. We will sell bee (honey, wax, queen bees), guinea and chicken (feathers, eggs, chicks, possibly meat), and garden products (seeds, rooted tree cuttings, dried flowers, cut flowers, e.t.c.) for...

Hi, I have two Mille Fleurs that I recently introduced to the flock. They now free range with the rest of the flock but the feathers on their feet are breaking and it looks painful. We haven't been able to cut the grass, but the chickens pat it down. Is there something I can do for their poor...

I can already see his wattles, so I'm almost certain it's a rooster, but just wanted to check and and get a another opinion. :) Unless he turns out mean, I MUST keep him, he's the cuuutest chick I have ever had!

I've never dealt with chicken diseases, but I know that I'm bound to sometime in the future. I don't see any obvious illnesses in my flock right now, but what do I look for when checking for illnesses? What are some early signs?

Hello! I wasn't sure which forum to post this in, but I recently go some new chickens. One is a Mille Fleur rooster in which I would love some name ideas for. His girl (also Mille Fleur) is named Millaray. I'm still learning his personality, so I'm in no rush to name him. :)

So a family friend has an easter egger rooster that they want to give away (or eat). I want sex-links so that I can avoid getting attached to roos that we have to eat. I have barred rocks, cuckoo maran, a golden laced wyandotte, and another chicken that I think is a black sex link. Could I mix...

Helloo, today I got a black chick from Atwoods. :D It is a little bigger than my Cuckoo Maran chick, has a white spot on it's head, single comb, and black/pinkish/yellow feet. Could it be a Jersey Giant? :D

Helloo, I'm very interested in getting silkies in the future. (Maybe near!) I was wondering how do you make sex-linked silkies?

I had a broody hen with six eggs, one hatched on day 24, and five didn't hatch. It's day 28 now and I opened the eggs to see what was wrong or if there was by any chance any chicks alive. Well I opened one which is actually alive (moving around) but seems not to be ready to hatch! It started...

Sometimes my chickens eat their own eggs, so because of this I tried mustard filled eggs as it was said to break them from eating the eggs. Well, today I found out my chickens like mustard! I am wondering if there is something else I could fill the eggs with or maybe something else I could do to...

Helloo, I have a mixed flock of chickens and guineas that roost in the same coop. Well my guineas (Peabrain, Thing 1, and Thing 2) can't see anything at night and will peck anything that isn't themselves, including the chickens. This has made most of the chickens sleep on top or in the nesting...

I got these two bantams from TSC, they lay cream colored eggs. Any ideas on their breed? Thanks in advance!

One of my sister's chickens, Buhk Buhk, has gone broody in a bad nesting box. Two of my chickens have faked going broody (only paid half attention to the eggs, which did not develop), but I think Buhk Buhk is serious. She has been in the nesting box for two days and I haven't seen her come out...

Hey everyone! I need another rooster for my flock, but I'm not sure what breed to get. I used to have a standard size Barred Rock rooster who was protective (which was good for the hens) but mean, so I won't get another Barred Rock rooster in case that one's mean to me, too. I would need a...

Two days ago my rooster Rockabilly was killed. (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-killed-my-rooster.1467569/) Today my chicken Dolly was killed, too. I saw her in the morning and couldn't find her in the evening when I was giving the chickens and guineas treats. Tonight I found...

R.I.P. Rooster Rockabilly... I saw him yesterday when I let out the chickens in the morning, but couldn't find him in the evening when I was giving the chickens and guineas treats. (I do this every evening and he's usually waiting by the coop every time.) The guineas and bantam rooster were...

Got some bantam chicks (Toots the rooster and Boo the hen) from Atwoods last year. Any ideas on what breed they are? :D