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3 month old Australorps - would you say the one in front is definitely a rooster or could it be a faster developing hen? Guess I’m hoping it’s a hen so seeking confirmation it is indeed a rooster.

Is this parrot beak? It’s not misaligned, just the top beak is much larger. Should I do anything to help it? It’s large and active and seems fine.

Moved into a rental with pre-built chicken, run and coop. Run is about 10 x 10 m, but currently has no roof except for a 2 x 2 meter shade cloth. I have had eggs stolen with shells outside the run and wild ducks entering the run after I feed the chickens. I want to cover the runs ASAP and...

Hi, I hatched a few mixed breed chicken eggs that I purchased. They are now 4 weeks old. The breeder free ranged all of her chickens together, including, but not limited to Orpington, Sussex, RIR, Frizzle, Leghorn, Plymouth, Silkie and Bantam. I’m looking for advice on gender and also get some...

First time with a broody hen and she just hatched her first little fluffy. I made the mistake of not segregating her from the other chooks and other eggs were added to her nest. We also have had something (a chook or something else) eating eggs and I lost one of her eggs to that. Now she’s...

So I’ve incubated some eggs that I purchased and I am a bit disappointed with. Out of a dozen, 9 were fertile and 6 hatched. I also had an additional 25 that I put in the incubator from my own chickens and another breeder - 23 of those hatched. 3 of the 6 of these chicks have hatched with...

I am on day 24 of my first hatch. I have had 29 successful chicks hatch from day 20-21 and 6 eggs remaining. I candled and listened to the remaining eggs and all but 1 appeared dead. That one was chirping away loudly around 8 hours ago. I listened to it now and it sounded very weak and only on...