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I have a rumpless Araucana hen that has been looking sick for a few days. She's hunched over, uncomfortable-looking, and unwilling to move. I wasn't sure what was wrong with her, so I separated her 3 days ago. I considered that she might have some frostbite on her toes (we've had a very cold...

About a week ago I found a dead week old chick in the corner on the floor where the hen was brooding it and its siblings. It had a bite on the neck, but nothing else. I suspected a rat (it would have had to crawl under the hen), and I found a couple of tunnels in the bedding. Now I hear it in...

Hi all, This is Kiwi, a true Araucana who is rumpless, tufted, and is 12 days old in these pictures. After taking these pictures, I noticed his/her bill seems slightly crooked and misshapen. He seems quite vigorous and healthy, but perhaps a bit skinnier than his siblings. I haven't watched...

I am wondering about the gender of three of my youngsters. I have never posted pics before, so hopefully it'll work! This one, named Holly, is a speckled Sussex, 15 weeks old, with mom. I had been leaning toward male because of the long gangly legs, but all else screams pullet, including...

So I hatched out seven chicks under a broody and naturally 5 or 6 of them are males (they're just 7 weeks old, so I can't tell about all of them yet). They're all dual-purpose breeds, and I'm trying to sell them, but I can see the writing on the wall. I'd like to keep them as long as...

Hi all. I live out in the country and have all manner of predators around. Free-ranging is out of the question, so when I got chickens last fall, I decided electronetting would be an excellent option. Up until this weekend, it has been superb. I saw a dog touch it last winter and run off...

Hi all. I have 9 eggs under a broody at day 21 today. This is the first time for both of us. They started hatching last night (I could hear a chick), and now this morning, I still hear at least one chick cheeping (quietly) underneath the hen, but from the smell of things, she has a dead one...

Hi all. I'm looking for just a few hatching eggs of LF, cold-hardy, dual-purpose breeds to put under a broody hen. I would prefer to pick up the eggs myself rather than trust the mail, so I'm just looking in Ohio. Thanks!

Hi all. Is there anyone here from central Ohio that sells hatching eggs of LF cold-hardy, dual-purpose breeds? I may have a broody and I would like to just be able to drive to pick up a clutch of eggs rather than risk the mail. Thanks!

Hi all. I'm a chicken newbie and I'm hatching eggs under a broody hen for the first time. I didn't separate her in a cage because it doesn't fit comfortably in the coop and she didn't seem to like it, so I left her in her nestbox. Today is Day 13 and she ended up in the wrong nest box. I'm...

I have NO plans to raise fighting chickens (I have heavy dual-purpose breeds), but I am wondering where to find the plastic coop/capsules that you see all the fighting roosters staked to in people's yards. They must be cheap and plentiful, but I cannot find them (or else I don't know what...

I would like to build a small hoop-type run light enough that I could move it myself around the lawn so my chickens can get some greens. I'm planning on a base of 2 x 4's, maybe 4' x 8' or 6' x 8' and I would like it to be tall enough that I could easily get inside it--maybe 4' or 5'. My...

Hi all! I am a newbie chicken owner with six pullets. I set up a shed-type coop with an attached small (6 x 8') "inner compound" run and surrounded the whole set-up with electric poultry netting from Premier 1. I was hoping it would work but have not witnessed it in action. This morning...

Hi everybody! I've been lurking here for weeks and it is a great site. I'm a first-time chicken owner although I took care of them everyday for 4 years while I was in college. It's been a bit of a challenge with this winter's stupid weather, but so far, so good. I took the plunge and got 6...

I have a 13-week old buff Orpington pullet who has had a reddened face and has been constantly flicking her head and making a sort of low-pitched clucking growling noise for about a week. She seems otherwise healthy, is eating, drinking, preening and is just as active as her other 5 coopmates...