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I have 2 out of 5 Barnevelder 4 week old chicks losing their feathers around their butt. Could they be molting? Also we lost 2 chicks from another breeder last week, And one barny to day, they were wobbling and sick acting. Would these things be related? We have been keeping all the breeds...

A couple of days ago we saw our Australorp hen squatting for the rooster and again today. she has not laid any eggs yet, we're still waiting for the first time (not sure how old she is, We think around 18 weeks). Do you think she's getting close to laying? Thanks John!

How long to keep chickens quarantined before introducing new chickens to the flock. We bought new chickens on the 10th of July-we've kept them seperated from our flock since we got them and they look and act fine. Can we let them start free ranging together and slowly introduce them to the flock...

Should we separate the hen from the roos sence we aren't breeding yet? There is some age difference, the older roo likes to bully the smaller roos and pullets. Thanks John

We just bought This pullet or hen today. We don't know the age, we think the roo that came with her is a around six months to a year. She should be about the same. Is she laying? Here is some pic. I am feed ing 20% I like to know if I need to go with a layer feed and rig up a nest box. They...

Now let's see if these pictures work. We think this one is the boy... We think this is the girl... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John and Jen

My 8 week old chicks have round little white specks on their backs. If it it's danruff will it hurt them? If it's lice how do i get rid of it? Will 7 dust work to get rid of lice What is the best way to aply it? Thanks John

I knonw that the pecking order will happen. But there is 3 weeks age differce. They are free rangeing during the day. The bigger ones will make the smaller one squawl, but no missing feathers or blood. I want to put them in one big coop. My questoin is should I build a retreat for the smaller...

Do you put in free choice jar or feed twice a day in a trough? We got 11 chicks to day and put in a quart of feed and they have half that ate from 4 till 7:30! At this rate we cann't aford to feed thm;) Thanks john

We got a 50 ft. roll of 2x4 weld wire this weekend. Will it keep most preds. out of the run? I know it won't keep out snakes, but we keep it well mowed around the coop and run plus keep a dog tied close also. Thanks in advance John

My rooster is 6 weeks old. When we let him out of the pen this evening, he seemed to be holding his left wing low and slightly out from his body. He's flapping it fine, and will put it back in place naturally, but is this something we should be concerned about? The wife seems to think that it's...

How young to start to worm. Mine are around 5 weeks now. Is it too soon to start? Thanks John

We have 4 Ameraucanas that we would like to let to let out of there coop in the eavening after work (supervised). We've only had them sence monday they seam to me to be flighty. Will they go back to there coop when the sun starts to go Down, or wait till they have been here longer? Thanks John

They're about 2 mo. old and just got them. I thied feeding them bread and some earth worms and they just turned their noses at it. They have been on feed all of their lives. Do you think they will come around? Thanks john

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Monday. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 poullets about 2 mo. old. (3) What breeds do you have? Ameraucana (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Goolgle (5) What are some of your other...