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I picked up 6 three day old bantam chicks from TSC (got them the day they arrived from the hatchery) and I put them under my broody silkie hen and three of them are a little slow when it comes to nighttime protocol. I have a small coop with a small run and every night I go to lock everyone up...

Any guesses as to what breed? they are mixed bantam from tractor supply... no feathers on feet and 4 toes. I am guessing Polish for number one but number two is a mystery... Mystery Chick 1 Mystery Chick 2 All 6 together (Mystery chick 1 is farthest to the left and Mystery...

Hello, I just picked up 6 chicks from my local TSC and I thought 5 were silkies and one mystery chick, but turns out I have 2 mystery chicks because one of the vaulted head chicks doesn't have 5 toes and feathery legs. What do ya'll think? Polish? The grey one is a mystery, too. It's...

Blue Wheaton Red/Black Olive Egger I'd prefer them not to be eaten and they are really sweet. The 2 Americauna/Easter Egger Roosters are 5 months old and have been vaccinated and de-wormed. They are currently housed together but one is starting to pick on the other so I need to find...

Hello, I'm a newb... I have 2 bantam silkie chicks in an incubator that are a week apart from 11 easter egger and bantam maran chicks under 2 broodie silkies. Question is can I add these chicks two this group or will they be too young to keep up. I know the silkies will accept them because I...

Hey everyone, I really need some input and any guesses. I have 11 just turned 4 week old chicks (7 cochins and 4 araucanas) that I need to sex because I am giving 4 or 5 to my best friend who is not allowed to have roosters. I know that it'll be a guess either way but I have no clue how to...

Hello I have a week old baby chick that has been constipated for 4 days now. I have removed the initial blockage, but it keeps stopping back up. I have given it yogurt, hard boiled eggs, mineral oil, and molasses. How long should I expect for results. It's litter mates are doubling in size...

I have a first time momma that hatched out chicks this past week and I noticed that I had a chick with pasty butt and was straining to poop with no results on Friday. After two days of warm baths and trying yogurt and hard boiled egg and all the awesome tips that I have read on this forum the...

Don't know if this is the right area to post this... I have a first time momma that hatched out chicks this past week and I noticed that I had a chick with pasty butt and was straining to poop with no results on Friday. After two days of warm baths and trying yogurt and hard boiled egg and...

Hello all and thank you in advance for any help, I am a brand new to raising chicks from eggs so this may be a dumb question but I am going to ask anyway. The whole situation has been a disaster from day one... I have a very broody silkie that is determined on being a mom so I bought her a...

Hi all, 8 new baby chicks arrived in the mail this Tuesday and I stuck them in with my broody silkie hen (during the day!) and she loves all 8 the second she saw them. This is my first time baby chicken raising and I have tried searching how the whole process works, but the pages and threads...

Hello all and thank you as always for all of the helpful comments that everyone has given me! I removed a small well fed tick from my favorite chicken's eye and I need some suggestions or thoughts on what y'all would do if you were me... So the tick was just to the left of her right eye on...

This may not be an emergency but if it is egg bound, the prognosis seems grave if I don't get treatment... Can anyone help me? I have a black silkie that acted very strange today. She would walk three steps and then lay down. I was throwing out treats to the flock (12 hens) and she was with...

I have a black silkie that acted very strange today. She would walk three steps and then lay down. I was throwing out treats to the flock (12 hens) and she was with them but she was laying down while she ate. Then tonight she couldn't get up the ramp to roost with the other hens. She barely...

Hello all, This may not be weird, but I wanted to post pictures to get confirmation. I bought a silkie hen which is not yet of laying age. Not certain on her exact age. She has one has a very strange looking eye. It's kind of white on the inside. She also has 7 toes on one foot. She is...

Hi, I am re-posting these pictures again and hoping for some confirmation on the gender and relative age on my new chickens. I was told they were 6 months old and no clue what the gender was. They are supposed to be a silkie cross. Vincent Vega Sloth Thank You!

Hello, I have just bought four chickens yesterday to add to my 4 Easter Egger herd, but I am not sure what breed they are. I was told that 2 were black silkie hens and the other 2 were silkie crosses and she didn't know what gender they were. They are all supposed to be 6 months old. What...

Hello, i am new to live chicken ownership and know basically nothing about breeds and so on. With that in mind, this question might be completely obvious, but I am wondering if my chickens are hens or roosters and what breed they are. I only have 6 and I know one is definitely a rooster, as...