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please help me identify this little guy. he is a 5 month old bantam and i have exhausted all of my research options. all of you chicken experts out there should be able to help me

this spring i purchased 7 straight run bantams and 7 standard hens. well 5 of the 7 bantams are roosters . we already love them and all are very sweet with the exception of my black cochin...he is aggressive already. i think the ratio is 1 roo to 10 hens...is that correct? also, since the...

i have 7 bantams in various breeds, three are most likely cochins and they are all missing feathers on their shoulder blades (where the bony part of their wing bends). they are 5 weeks old and in a fairly large brooder box with 7- 5 week old standard chicks. they do have an outdoor space...

i bought 7 straight run bantams and they are starting to feather out. i am wondering if the pullets will get feathers before the roo. is it true that you can tell a pullet from a roo by their tail feathers? i have asked for help identifying them and i think i may have 2 oegb (self blue), 2...

7 day old buff Brahma's right foot. her back toe is missing was it pecked off? could it be a disease? she is in a decent sized brooder with 10 other chicks. it is cleaned daily and they have plenty of food and clean water...and grit. i just noticed it while i was cleaning this morning...

2 of my week old chicks have poop stuck to their feathers around their vent. i have tried a warm washcloth to gently get rid of the poop but the feathers just pull out. i am afraid i may be hurting the chick or causing damage. they seem unaffected but i am tramatized can i just let it ware...

we bought 7 bantam chicks that were a mixed batch straight run. i am not able to identify their breeds, can anyone tell what they are? also, when will i be able to tell their sex? chick #1 black and gray chick #2 all black chick #3 redish chick #4 black and gray chick #5 yellow...

we are just getting started... our bantam's are on order and our 4 x 6 greenhouse will be the coop. our plan is to leave the corrugated fiberglass as the interior walls and sandwich 1" foam insulation boards with the exterior siding. because we are at 7000' we feel the need to insulate. we...

i am considering allowing my chickens and goats to use the same run. the chickens would have access to the goats straw. i am wondering if there is a potential for illness

being new to 4H and chickens i was trying to purchase a few bantam chicks for my 7 and 9 year old. i am willing to order up to 10 chicks. the main reason i chose bantams is because i thought they would be easier for small children to handle. my problem is that our local feed store will only...

we are brand new to raising chickens and wanted to start slowly so we are ordering two barred rock bantam chicks. we were told we were fools if we only had two because loss is almost inevitable. we were going to order bantam cochin hens in a few months...should we order them all at the same...

still looking for the best bantam choice for my young 4H children. we live at 7000 ft. with an average temp of 25-35 degrees in the winter months. we are converting our 4 X 6 greenhouse into the coop using insulated foam board and siding. i know we need to keep the chicks in a brooder for a...

our family is embarking on the new world of raising chickens. our 9 year old daughter has joined the local 4H and our 7 year old son is a clover kid. because our children are still small we want to start with a few docile bantam chicks. easier to handle for now. i have been visiting byc for a...