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Little background info....We had 3 ISA brown hens that we would let free range usually once a day for a few hours when the weather was nice. A few days ago when they were out free ranging a chicken hawk got one and almost took it's head off. 2 of the hens escaped back into their enclosed run. We...

We have 3 ISA brown chicks that are 9 weeks old. We are feeding them starter / grower mash. The research I have done on this breed suggest they can start laying at around 16-18 weeks. We will be using nonGMO layer pellets when they get older. At what age should we transition them over to the...

We have 3 ISA Brown chicks that will be 7 weeks old Saturday. They are not under a heat lamp. We would like to move them outside to the coop on Saturday. We want to keep them in the coop for at least 2 days so they are familiar with the roost, food, water. The weather is calling for temps in the...

My question is how long does it take for the hens to establish their pecking order when integrated? We had 6 red sex links about 22 weeks old that were just starting to lay. We purchased 6 black austrolorps that were 11 weeks old. We sectioned off the run with clear plastic and had the red ones...

We have a hen that I think is a buff orphington and she seems to go broody ALOT!! She has been broody now for 2 weeks. We just bought 6 RIR straight run chicks at TSC and I was wondering if we give them too her if she will rise them? Do hens raise chicks that they didn't hatch? Will it help...

We just got new peeps from TSC. They are so cute. We wanted to get all female but they only had straight run RIR's. I am hoping that at least four of these are female. We can't have roosters so if they turn out male I'll be heartbroken. Has anyone had luck getting females from TSC?

I just introduced 3 8 wk old chicks to my existing 2 18 wk old chickens. For 2 weeks they were side by side in a divided coop to get used to each other. We took the divider down 3 days ago and the one 18 week old will not let the chicks in the coop at night. Every time they try to go inside she...

We butchered our chickens today and 2 of the 4 didn't look right at all. The first was a 2yr old red sex link and we noticed a very distended belly. When we cut her open a massive amount of yellow fluid squirted out. There were 3 yolks and her intestines looked like the picture below. She did...

Would anyone like to venture a guess on these 5. When I bought them I was told they were all hens and were Americana's. The one is very scraggly looking...I call her (if indeed it is a her) my ugly chicklet. Anyone know why she looks that way?? I hope she is a she and will turn into a beautiful...

We were told these were hens and they are supposed to be ameraucanas. But I'm not so sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We recently dressed three of our RIR 3 yr old chickens and my question is one of them had 4 ping pong ball size yolks with no shell and at least 7 other smaller yolks with no shell ...is this normal? Could it be that she was egg bound? She always acted healthy and ate and drank normal. She was...

We recently aquired 4 chicks about two months old. 3 freedom ranger hens and one chick that was found wounded in a pasture. She was an all white chick who leaned to one side and had a limp. She was named ilean buy the former owners. She was doing quite well eating like a horse and getting...

Hi I have three 2 year old RIR hens. We have six 8 week old mixed RIR and Americana. I think but am not sure that 3 of the 8 week olds are roos and 3 are hens. They have been in the same coop with the 2 year old hens with a divided wall for 3 weeks. We would like to put them all together if we...

My Mother in law has a parakeet that his beak just keeps growing. She has a cutter bone in the cage but she has had to cut his beak 2 times in the last 8 months because his beak grows down to his chest. Is this normal?

These are a mix between americana and RIR. They are 7 weeks old. I'm am sure that one is a roo since I've heard some really sad sounding crows. I'm thinking there might be 4 hens and 2 roos. I'm hoping for 5 hens 1 roo LOL. Thanks for taking time to help.

We purchased 6 chicks on May 15. They were born May 12. They are a cross between RIR and Americana. They were straight run so we don't know yet how many hens there may be. From reading the forums they won't start laying until 25 weeks. If that holds true they won't begin until early November...

I have 3 RIR that I feed dried mealworms to and they go nuts over them. I have 1 week old peeps and from what I have been reading here on the forum is that you can give peeps treats. So far they have only been getting medicated chick start crumbles. They are very skittish and I have been...

I was wondering if you guys can give me some input on what sex my new peeps might be? Was also wondering about the light brown ones wings? They don't look normal like the other ones. Thanks for all your help in advance. They are a mix breed of Americauna and RIR and are 1 week and 2 days old...

We just put a cam in our coop so we can see what the chickens are doing. In the mornings the one chicken stands in the middle of the coop clucking like crazy. I thought at first this was the sign of her getting ready to lay an egg...but I thought they only did this when they were on the nest...

I've read several posts here that say people put ACV in their chickens water. I read somewhere else that it shouldn't be the store bought apple cider. I've been to several feed shops in my area and no one has ever heard of this. If it shouldn't be store bought then where would I go to get...