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For the past couple of of days one of my flocks (20 hens, 2 roos) hasn't been acting right. In the morning they all will come out as usual, eat, get a drink and scratch around, but they all will eventually go back into the house and stay in there all day I have checked all of them to make sure...

ENTRY CLOSING DATES: Pigeon, Poultry and Rabbit Shows – December 30 Date of show POULTRY 9:00 a.m. Saturday, January 21 9:00 a.m. Sunday, January 22 POULTRY SHOWS OPEN DIVISION JUDGES Conor Keegan, McKinleyville, California Steve Jones, Poetry, Texas YOUTH DIVISION JUDGE...

Last night my 2.5 year old black cochin bantam hen was wheezing each time she took a breath. I hadn't noticed it the day before and started hearing it last night. She currently has a brood of 5 chicks that she has been raising ever since they hatched. I have been keeping a close eye on them too...

There is a backyard show (a show especially designed for mixed breeds) coming up in january. I have a few mixed breeds that I am considering taking and showing. I was curious which 2 do you like the most? Thanks ~CG~ Sorry its blurry , This is roo 1 roo 2 roo 3 roo 4 pullet 1 pullet 2...

1) What type of bird, age, weight? 2) What is the behavior, exactly. 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? 4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? 5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. 6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that...

Im setting a few white crested blue polish eggs in my incubator today. They should be due on Dec. 12 Anyone else setting today? Here are the parents

I am helping hdowden with the D'uccle show. We have 4 chickens that have won the top of their categories (chicks category,Hens category, D'uccle mixes category, and roos category) We need voters !!! Here are the links. Which chicken do you like best? Thank you ~CG~...

I am helping someone out with their chicken. I am no expert in silkies though. Kind of looks like a boy to me

Well today I opened a brand new bag of purina chick starter and grower. When I went in to get some feed i noticed it was smelly and all moldy . Today is day 3 for my chicks and they need food. I won't be able to get feed until later this evening. All we have on hand is flock raiser crumbles. I...

My 2.5 year old, old english hen is what I believe to be egg bound. Yesterday afternoon I found her sitting down and not moving. When I picked her up her abdomen was very hard a swollen up like a balloon. I took her inside and soaked her in warm water for about 30 minutes. Then I dryed her off...

Just wondering if any BYCers are going to The Abilene Association Poultry show on October 22?

Wanting to buy some quality LF beaded buff laced polish or Crevecoeurs. If you have chicks, adults or hatching eggs let me know. Thanks

Just curious on how Ideal's polish are? thanks

One of my eggs has a crack, i didn't notice it until i candled. The embryo is developing well, but will it make it if it has a crack? I have read that people use candle wax, but it sometimes start to melt towards the end at lockdown. Would a clear coat of nail polish work, or maybe elmers glue/...

Why don't we start a rhyming thread! All BYC rules apply! Oh And "Orange'' is banned After every 4 words start...

I am new to the chicken breeding world, needing info on how to do it all. Let's say I were to breed 2 different breeds. How many pens would I need to get a starter flock going per breed? If you have any tips on breeding let me know (especially polish) . I'm a newbie to breeding .

I know there are probably many threads for this, but I am wanting a new incubator that can hold more then 3 eggs. I payed $150 for my r-com mini, is there a good quality incubator at there that is under $200 and has an automatic egg turner?

Today we took our 6 roos to a poultry butchering place, they were very quick and it only cost us $2 per bird.

Yay!! I just received 9 crevecoeur eggs from rare feathers farm. None were broken. They are going in the incubator tomorrow, Cant wait!!!

We have a broody sumatra hen who has collected a clutch of eggs outside. She is in a pretty safe location. Last night when we were counting the flock she was missing, we knew that she would most likely be broody because she did the same thing last year. My question is would she be safe enough to...