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Thanks in advance for any help. This is my first chicken injury. Pullet is a 15-wk old Cream Legbar. I noticed she was sitting today a lot today, but she seemed to be getting up now and then, and I saw her eating. But when I checked her out this evening, her leg, especially the thigh and...

I have a new flock approaching 8 weeks old. They have been on non-medicated feed and housed separately from my old flock. Starting at 2 weeks old, they have been outside in the daytime on grass / some dirt in my yard. They have eaten crumbles spread on bare patches of dirt. However, none of this...

Thanks for any tips on how to help this gal. Until yesterday mid-day, she seemed fine. In afternoon I noticed she had become very lethargic, just sitting and looking uncomfortable. She did eat and drink a little last night. This morning, she is standing but clearly uncomfortable and not active...

I have two BA chicks, one blue, one splash. I know it's very early, but the splash is sprouting comb fast. Both genders do have very large combs when mature. This one does not behave like a roo at all, but also has more prominent leg spur buds than other BA. Both have very stout legs. Thanks.

I ordered several light/medium rare layers from Meyer. I did not order an extra free bird, but they sent me one anyway. He popped out of the box acting everything like a roo. He is 5 days in this shot. Two I ordered were Blue Andalusian, so I thought he was that, but his legs are flesh/yellow...

I have read many of the older threads on this topic and would enjoy hearing more opinions about longer laying breeds or theories on laying longevity. Many of us softies don't want to kill our hens and would prefer fewer eggs over more years. According to research, as I recall, laying...

In the wonderful thread now under Managing Your Flock, where "old timers" with 20 yrs.+ of chicken experience are sharing tips, these experienced people mention too hot brooders killing chicks and creating pasty butt. I basically stopped reading baby chick threads after reading about so many...

I did not expect molting in my under one-year-old pullets. But one of my EEs may be molting. Searching the forum, I found the statement that chickens may molt "after their first full spring." Since she was a winter chick (Feb.) and experienced a full spring, could she be truly in an adult molt...

Newbie here. Laying of my first-year EE/BR flock has dropped in last couple of weeks from 5-6 eggs/day to 2. Is this common this time of year in the midwest due to the shorter days? I guess I had read and expected that laying would drop in the winter, not in the early fall. When might laying...

For anyone curious about Townline, I am very happy with my birds from them. All were healthy, started laying at 19-20 wks, very productive, easy to handle, and I'm now usually getting 5 or 6 eggs a day from my 6 pullets. My accidental BR roo is a sweetie, too, with a little encouragement. All...

How often do you inspect and replace yours? Thanks.

Eggstra eggciting. Got one early a.m., 5 afternoon, and one again early evening. If they are sorting out the kinks in egg laying, I hope they keep making these mistakes.

I hope to rotate my very small flock between two grassed pens and a dirt run in a controlled manner that some grass can be retained in the pens for them to enjoy (without building raised wire over salad bars). Is there a soil amendment, like garden lime, that I can use to counteract the chemical...

Oops, didn't see the existing topic for this. Apologies. Don't know how to move or delete. From a Townline Hatchery BR at 19 weeks. Store white large in background for comparison. She started "growling" and getting agitated yesterday, so I set up a nest box today, and voila, within 1/2 hr...

Wondering what actual experiences were. 1. What's the most secure way to attach hardware cloth? A screw every x inches, 1x2 strip of wood... 2. How secure is a large hardware-cloth covered "window" in coop, opening about 3 ft high? Thanks.

I'm in my kitchen at 7:30 a.m. and hear this bizarre loud noise, "Errr Err," and think, "What the @#$%^?" And then I remember. My baby roo, just turned 7 weeks, still in the house at night pending coop completion. He was the tiniest BR "pullet" in a bin of a couple hundred, the very...

One of my pullets turned out a roo. New to chicken keeping, but thinking of keeping the roo. I'm reading that a rooster should have 8-10 hens to reduce "wear and tear" on the ladies. Now I'm very concerned about my pullets not being overly used or abused. Is it too late to get another couple of...

I am replacing the entire roof structure of a large shed, 22x26, the SE corner of which will become a coop 8x10 with an attached partially covered run. The building has two people doors, two small windows that don't open. The windows light the coop area. The new roof is white sheet metal, and I...

I have a young BR cockerel (from pullet bin) who started out as runt but at age 3.5 weeks he seems huge, standing 1-2 inches taller and probably 25-30% heavier than BR pullets. Is this typical? Would size be an asset for a rooster candidate, e.g., might I have an exceptionally "nice" BR rooster...

I have kept the chicks on paper towels for ease and cleanliness, and haven't seen any eating of it until today. A little wild-looking EE pulled off and snarfed down a strip of paper towel about 1 in. + long, up to 1/2 in. wide. They are fed only chick starter and have not had any grit. Will this...