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I got these chicks at a poultry show raffle there about 3-4 weeks old I was told one is an olive egger, one is a black copper marans, and one is an unknown breed all of them are unsexed Chick 1. Non single comb, 4 toes, slightly feathered feet Chick 2. Single comb, 4 toes, slightly...

I have 4 hens who I’ve been treating for lice we sprayed with permectrin a little over a week ago and today I noticed that 4 of the 5 hens we treated have yellow gunk around there vent and under wings (where we sprayed permectrin) along with poop stuck to there vent 3 of the 4 are acting...

I got mystery chick she(?) is still very young but wondering if you guys have any guesses on breed (or gender but my guess is she’s to young to tell)

any guesses?

I noticed one of my hens is acting weird. Do you guys have any thoughts Her poop looks odd ill post a picture in the morning she's straining and squatting like she’s trying to poop but can’t and when I picked her up to check it looked like she had something fleshy come out of her vent, but it...

I’m not sure if this is just my hens picking at each other or if it’s something more what do you guys think Also I just noticed it in the last couple weeks except on the hen in the last picture who has been missing some feathers since I got her a few months ago

Currently, I’m buildings a third coop that eventually will be used for Coturnix quails and I need some advice to make sure my plan sounds ok to you guys with quail I was planning on building a coop/run set up inside my chicken run, the run is 11×12 currently, and I was thinking of walling off a...

I live in Seattle and thinking about getting quail does anyone know what the laws for keeping quail in Seattle are? Edit: Also in Seattle your allowed 8 poultry do quail count for that or are they counted separately because there game birds Thanks in advance :)

As the title says what is the most popular breed of chicken in the country, state, or city that you live in Where I live in the US I’m gonna say Plymouth rocks, Rhode Island Red, Easter egger, and Orpington

My 3-year-old Orpington Goldie passed away today very suddenly no idea why could you guys, please help me figure out what caused it? She was fine Saturday but seemed off yesterday evening and then passed suddenly today Sunday evening when I went out to put the birds away (they were free ranging...

Possibly sick bird or maybe just molting any ideas i got her a couple days ago from someone who needed to rehome her with a couple of other hens the person I got her from said she was just molting which is probably right but I figured I’d ask people on here who have more experience with sick...

I’ve seen a few of these threads but most of them are kinda old so thought I’d start a new one Who is/was your oldest chicken (or other type of poultry) My oldest hen Brownie will turn 11 in a couples months and currently living out her retirement as a house chicken

This morning I noticed my oldest hen Brownie who is 10 years old has a cataract in one eye and maybe something forming in her other eye otherwise she seems happy and healthy and neither eye seems infected but she is definitely not keeping up with the younger birds in my flock the way she used to...

I’m looking for show quality birds in Seattle area I can’t keep roosters where I live so I’m looking for hens or sexed chicks I also don’t have a huge preference on breed although I am looking for bantams Thanks in advance

So I have a very broody hen who is currently on her 4th night in broody jail due to me trying to let her out today and she went straight back to the nest this is roughly the 8th times she’s gone broody since late May (so about every couple weeks) usually 3 nights in jail works for a while before...

So for the last few months I’ve noticed that a few of my birds who are lower in the pecking order where missing the tips of there feathers I didn’t think a lot of it because there’s no blood or bald spots just raggedy feathers but after watching one hen go after another one and pull out some...

So I have a hen who is very clearly the bottom of the pecking order and missing quite a few of her wing and tail feathers although otherwise she’s not badly injured but she’s been in the flock over a year and still is pretty badly picked on my question is would it do any good to separate her so...

Hey so I currently have 3 duck hens a Rouen and two Muscovy’s and my friend needs a home for there call Duck would it be ok to add a call duck in with bigger bird Also all three of my ducks live with my chickens

I have a broody duck right now and I was wondering do I break her the same way i would with a chicken or do I need to do something different

So I’m switching my flock over from a layers feed to an all flock feed because of my ducks do I need to offer extra calcium for the chickens or any other supplements and is there anything else I need to know about switching feeds?