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Unfortunately, two of my chicks that I got this last spring are crowing and I cannot keep them. I have inquired if my local vet has a bulletin board or a share service for locals in the area that may want to be adding two young cockerels. I have posted locally on Nextdoor. And in a local’ish...

I am currently integrating my 13 week olds in with my two-year old hens. While the two groups have their own coops, when they are free ranging during the daytime the little girls seem to have a fascination with getting into the big girl feed in the big girl run, which is a layer feed of course...

Soooo, please tell me no. My Easter Egger… might be my 3rd roo?? This is 12 weeks old EllieMae. No boy sounds, comb looks pink to me and scrawny legs - but I’m getting a vibe from feathers. And she repeatedly has been bossing around my barnevelder boy. So far 2/5 from my supposed to be female...

I have a 12 week old Lavender Wyandotte -or is she an Orpington? (The feed store sign was inconclusive 😁) Emmilou has the weirdest comb and curly feathers. It could be a rose comb - which all my other Wyandottes seemed to have but it has this wee little nub and is otherwise flat? Is this a...

I have a 10 week old, who I am hopeful is a pullet- she looks to have more rounded feathers, soft features, beautiful eyes, mustard legs, but she has a bright comb and adorable little wattles. I have a little Easter Egger cockerel who started growing last week.. also 10 weeks old. His feather...

My 6 week old EE only does this with her human sister, she climbs all over me and my son but she seems to do this chirpy purr with my daughter. What could she be saying?

My EE, Fiona Patsy is hilarious in her antics… but I think this one is probably rooted somewhere in natural behaviour - but why? She’s not my only hen to do this, after laying, she will start pulling up her nesting box (excelsior) material and piling it on her back. ?? At first, I was thinking...

I hate to toss them? But I can’t imagine they should be put in compost - wouldn’t that contaminate the compost? And if I cooked them up and fed to chickens, wouldn’t that be prolonging the withdrawal? Not to mention exposing the other girls to the antibiotics? What do you do with the eggs laid...

My gold Wyandotte, Hen’Solo, suddenly started limping this morning. I can’t find any signs of trauma to her foot or leg. There doesn’t seem to be any swelling? Or a Bumblefoot looking problem? I cleaned her chicken feets and sprayed a little anti microbial and I am keeping her in the run (they...

I started adding some garlic to my fermented feed (scratch and peck mash) and have noticed in the last 2 days the chickens all have really dark green-black poop? Is this normal? Some are normal with the urate cap and some are cecal looking - but the colors are definitely different. In...

I have two of these gorgeous “Girls” But I am really starting to worry that the darker one is going to go by he/him pronouns? Pearl is the lighter grayish girl, timid and bottom of the pecking order. KyloHen is the darker weighs more than Pearl has a wattel showing up and generally looks...

I have been looking into getting an auto door, planning on it. Probably the run chicken T 50 or the chicken guard. However I have two young pullets who seem to prefer to sit right in the doorway. Every time I see them there I shoo them away and tell them that they can’t sit in the doorway, but...

A thought occurred to me, my nest box hatch just opens with a slight push, and it’s not so far off the ground to think a raccoon couldn’t get in there easy peasy. What are some ways to predator proof a lift-able hatch only a couple feet off the ground? I currently have a brick on the top 😂 I...

So I’ve noticed on both my RIR(7weeks) and my Red Sex Link (9weeks - shown in photo) have these white specks showing up on their feathers. What are they? Is it just from where the new feathers are emerging?

I have 3.5 week olds and 1.5 week olds in TWO plastic tote brooders, but they are quickly outgrowing their spaces. The little girls are way too small to be put with the girls who are 2 weeks older. I'm contemplating using a wire crate with a separator wall so they get used to each other while...

One of my (3 week old) chicks seems to struggle with big (painful) poops and currently is slightly prolapsed. I’ve witnessed her having a large poop, and “cheep cheep cheeping” like there’s discomfort, so I’m of the mindset that she’s straining from that, not heat? However I know I read...

I have 2 chicks (in a plastic brooder bin) with an induction plate for warmth. They seem to prefer the topside to sleeping under the plate? Is this behavior indicative that they are too warm? Or preference? I honestly can’t tell. They will both go under the plate from time to time, but...

Hi. First time chicken mama here. We’ve started off with two EEs and one red sex link. I opted for the heating plate brooder in a large plastic tote with a nice wire top (hardware cloth and wood). We first brought our chicks home from the local feed store, on day two. Today the chicks are six...