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I have never had this breed of chicken before. It is a Cream Brabanter, loved the Mohawk. Was suppose to be a hen but over the last couple of weeks I've been noticing that its looking more like a rooster. The hatch date was 2/12/14. I live in an area where I can't have roosters and will have to...

A dog just attacked one of my chickens but that goodness I got out there before it killed her. She has a limp but no obvious trauma on her leg. However, it did get her on the top of her back. Not real deep but some wounds. Should I clean it with peroxide and then treat it with iodine or should I...

I'm getting worried that my hen is a rooster. The place I buy them from is only suppose to carry hens but I only started with chickens last years and I have never had a rooster and I'm not sure I can get away with having one. Both of the chickens in the top picture were hatched on Oct 25th, 2011...

HELLO FELLOW CHICKEN LOVERS. I NEED A LITTLE ADVICE. I Just bought two 7 day old chicks and I have not had chicks this young before.I'm worried about making sure I keep them warm enough and any other advice regarding getting them a good start. I do have chick starter for them. Have them in a...

I started on my chicken voyage last January. I have been through quite a few learning experiences. I now have a Americana that is a little over a year old, silver laced wyandotte and a golden sex link that are 3 1/2 mths old and a barred rock that is 4 mths old. I lost my speckled Sussex about a...

:hideMy Americana was attacked by a raccoon Wed of last week. All of her feathers under her left wing and across her entire side are gone and it is just raw skin. The injuries do not appear to be deep though. I brought her in the house the night I caught her getting attacked and she has not had...

I only have two hens and I think my Americana is pecking at the neck on my Speckled Sussex, (maybe even caused the eye damage). If I put something like eucalyptus oil or some other idea on her feathers around her neck it would help?

Any Advice? One of my chickens eye is extremely swollen, it has gone down some since last week and I have seen glimpses of her eye and it has started to drain a little. Didn't see any drainage last week. Other than her comb looking pale last week and the fact she hasn't been laying for about a...

Any Advice? One of my chickens eye is extremely swollen, it has gone down some since last week and I have seen glimpses of her eye and it has started to drain a little. Didn't see any drainage last week. Other than her comb looking pale last week and the fact she hasn't been laying for about a...

I have wire edging that I covered with chicken wire that is about 8 inches tall and 6 inches wide and about 7 feet long. I live in an area where I am unable to let my two chickens free range so I am wanting to be able to provide them something green in the cage that they can eat as it grows. I...

I have wire edging that I covered with chicken wire that is about 8 inches tall and 6 inches wide and about 7 feet long. I live in an area where I am unable to let my two chickens free range so I am wanting to be able to provide them something green in the cage that they can eat as it grows. I...

I have wire edging that I covered with chicken wire that is about 8 inches tall and 6 inches wide and about 7 feet long. I live in an area where I am unable to let my two chickens free range so I am wanting to be able to provide them something green in the cage that they can eat as it grows. I...

I read a post that sunflower seeds will help with feather production. After I lost 3 hens to oppossoms I only had one hen left, a Speckled Sussex, Speckles, I went back to buy another hen so Speckles wasn't alone but the only ones they had left that were close in age were pretty well picked...

I had three hens. They learned how to fly over the top of the run and one of them came up missing. I covered the top of the run with chicken wire and thought they were safe. Then my barred rock came up missing. I did not see any sign of anything getting into their run. Since I was down to one...

Here in Central Texas we have a lot of problems with Fire Ants. Is this something I'm going to need to be on guard for or will the chickens eat them?

I understand what BOSS is and have purchased some for my chickens. What I am unclear about, is this a variety of sunflower that I could grow or is this a process that the sunflower seeds are put through?

I live in the Central Texas Hill Country and last year my garden was devoured by grasshoppers, not wanting to use chemicals I decided I would turn to chickens this spring. Even though I have never owned chickens myself, I did grow up with Grandmothers who did. My Grandmother on my dads side...