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Hoping I don't get too long winded on this. It's occurred to me over the last few days that after getting on board with all the "my rooster does fine on layer feed", that may not be the case. I have a 3 yr old rooster who I thought had a spur injury/infection at 1 year. I treated & he seemed...

Please help me help my girl. Let me preface: I consulted an online vet and was not impressed. Basically said to continue what I've been doing. Local vet doesn't see birds, wait-listed at Avian vet 2 hrs away. Hen started with ear infection. I removed pus & flushed. All looked good but it started...

Hello all, Need some help with my bantam hen, weight approx 2lbs. Started of with classic ear infection symptoms. Cleaned out a large pus plug ---- it was like bumble ear. Kept watch & All seemed well for a few days but it flared up. This time I noticed her feet were horribly crusted underneath...

I have an 11wk bantam cochin chick that I removed from Mom/ siblings at 7 weeks when I noticed it seemed to be constipated w/a messy butt. Not typical pasty butt. Initially only passing urates. White, wet, sticky. Over the last 3-4 weeks I've tried a dietary fixes including probiotics, grit...

I have a double yolk on day 9 of incubation. Only one developing embryo. How does this scenario play out? If the chick does manage to hatch should I expect a mess from an unabsorbed yolk? TIA

Anyone treat proactively for Bumblefoot prevention by applying a product like Pad Kote, Blue Kote or Liquid Bandage to your chickens feet? Just discovered 5-6 hens with very mild to moderate cases & hope to prevent anyone else getting it. The coop has a sand floor, cleaned out every morning &...

I have a double yolker that's just made it to lockdown today. Too dark & full to see separate movement anymore, but good veins & activity. Put it in a separate incubator in anticipation of assistance being needed. Fingers crossed!! 🤞🤞🙏🙏

I have several 5 day old chicks which I hatched from my own birds. I noticed one has a very large and squishy crop. Seems fine otherwise & all others are healthy with normal crops. I gently massaged it a little & it caused a little liquid to back up into its mouth.. So I VERY carefully tilted...

Picked up these straight run chicks at just a few days old. Going on about 2wks now. Still too soon to identify sex?

Happy New Year Everyone! I just hatched a mixed batch of my own eggs & it's always fun to try to guess the parentage. I'm 90% sure the eggs these two came from are SLW. I do have a Wyandotte roo, but I'm thinking my Black Australorp is most likely the dad. I also have an EE roo but I think I...

One of my eggs has a sideways Air Cell. So far there is good veining & movement. Will the chick be able to hatch ok? Is there anything special that may need to be done to help? It's only day 8 so still a ways to go.

I have a 3.5 mo old cockerel with an apparent eye injury. It's swollen shut, runny & a bit gooey. He's not displaying any respiratory symptoms & the other eye is fine, energy & appetite are good but it's clear the eye is bothering him. . I've been cleaning & treating with terramycin 3x daily...

....Before They Hatch? 😁 Anyone else already doing next year's math? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

Apologies in advance. I know this subject has been dealt with many times here, but this is my second post today (impacted crop) & time to scroll thru archives is short. 30 minutes ago my hen puffed up, squatted and halfway expelled a soft egg. It broke during the process and liquid & yolk...

I'm on day 3 of trying to help this 3 mo cockerel with impaction. Size of crop has shrunk about 60% from these pics through massage & pushing out a lot of excess liquid. Withheld food 36 hrs, only a rabbit bottle for water. Now giving some egg yolk & yogurt. Mineral oil every 2 hrs, massaging...

I hatched five chicks from 3 hens. They're 5.5 wks old now. I know very little about color/comb genetics, but it'd be cool if there was a way to tell which of my Roos is Dad to the babies. So I'm posting pics if anyone would like to take a stab at it....and pullet/cockerel ID as well. Numbers on...

I have 6 chicks, 2 & 3 wks old. They're on medicated feed. I just saw one poop bright watery blood & there's a pretty strong odor coming from the bin I just cleaned last night. I'll head out first thing this morning for Corid, but wondering if there are other possibilities, like worms...

Hi everyone. I'm incubating some eggs for the first time. Started in a homemade incubator that I monitored closely. Candled at 5 & 7 days & 6/7 were viable. On day 8 the center temp hit 104. Two hrs before, it was 100.5 so I estimate it was above 102 for about an hour. I figured they were toast...

My girls are just starting to lay..so far 3 out of 22. I fully expected a blue-green or olive egg from this girl (in front), but it looks like (90% certain) she's the owner of the pinkish eggs. What breeds may have contributed to this?

Got 8 chicks from a bin of "RIRs & Ameraucanas", but there is one Crested Cream Legbar in the mix. This is the only other one with a crest. She did have distinct chipmunk markings as a baby.