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I have some baby chicks that hatched on Monday and I have one that has not been acting like the others. She cannot seem to open her eyes at all. Could she be blind?? If so, what do I do???!!! She is noticably smaller than all of the others :(

I have a small flock with 3 RIR and 3 Speckled Sussex hens. The free range during daylight hours here on the farm. My RIRs always lay in my nest boxes. My Sussex however seem to prefer to make their own nests on the ground & lay in them, so it is a forever egg hunt at our house!! Anyone know...

This morning when I went to turn my girlies loose for the day, one of them had already laid. So I picked up her egg and placed it in one of the nestboxes that is, for some unknown reason, taboo for my girls. I thought it might inspire one of them to lay there instead of in the hay bale, or on...

I have 6 hens and a rooster. My hens should be getting close to laying and I have bought some nest boxes. I am at a loss as to where to put them. Here's my setup: Inside of our barn I have a custom built coop with a roost that I close my chickens in each night at dusk. Every morning I open...

I am fairly new to raising chickens and think that I might have one with a cold?? She's about 8-10 weeks old and is a RIR. She is a little smaller than all my other pullets, but healthy. I haven't seen any drainage but she seems to have a rattle when she breathes sometimes. I think that I...

I am new to raising chickens...I have 4 RIR and 3 Speckled Sussex (thanks BYC forum for informing me of that earlier today). I went out yesterday to see what my flock was into (I let them free range during daylight hours) and they were all eating the little GREEN Polk Salad Berries. Is that...

I got chickens for Mother's Day from my darling 3 daughters. I've never been around chickens before, so everything I know, I've pretty much learned from here All of my girls were supposed to be RIR, but 3 of them are looking VERY different. I think that the were probably only a couple of...

I've been reading this forum/website for a few months now & have enjoyed it very much! I got chickens for Mother's Day and am loving every minute of it!