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  1. MaybeMay

    One of my 7 week old Australorp chicks not feathering.

    I have 5 Australorp chicks 2 pullets and 3 cockerels all feathered out except 1 which is stopping me from having them out overnight. The temp is generally dropping to 5c overnight but they are outside during the day. I bring them inside at night because of the 1 that’s not feathered. Husband is...
    • MaybeMay
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated australorp blue australorp can my chicks go outside chick not feathering first time chicken owner
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  2. KimTatum03

    Hatching Coturnix Quail

    So my quail are hatching today and wanted to know what humidity y’all put yours on during hatching and does anyone know these colors?
    • KimTatum03
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated coturnix hatching humidity quail advice
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Quail
  3. andythescot

    Lone Elderly Chicken -- Advice Needed

    Hi everyone! I need some advice. This past weekend one of the two remaining members of my OG flock passed away very suddenly, and I am now left with one 11 y/o hen, Crabby, who has lost vision in one of her eyes due to glaucoma. I lost two other girls to old age this year, and when there were...
  4. J

    Sexing Welsummer/Cream Legbar chicks

    Hi all, 6 chicks that are all roughly 2 weeks old. First time hatcher and finding it difficult to sex them. Any ideas? Thanks!
  5. G

    Needing bits and bobs of random chick(en) advice!

    Hi there, I'm posting all my motley questions I had this morning here so as to give my poor chicken mentors a break and to hopefully have some guidance from you very helpful folks. I've had my chicks for just 5 days and feel like I've learned a lot already (and trying to balance the...
  6. J

    Introduce new chick/ens to flock issues, and roo trying to breed underage new hen

    Hi so I'm having issues with introducing my 2 new chicks to the flock. For reference my original flock is made of all silkies and has my roo and hen and then they have 5, 14 week old chicks. So since their chicks are 14 weeks already and I can already see some of them are roos I decided that it...
    • Jaymez
    • Thread
    • 5 months advice appreciated help mating new additions to flock problems rooster rooster behavior silkes silkie
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  7. AngelaY

    dumped chicken rescue. advice wanted.

    My great uncle had neighbors who had chickens, who moved away a while ago. When they moved, they left their chickens. Just let them out in the woods to fend for themselves. They tried to catch them but they're not friendly enough for them to even get close. Well, the chickens got picked off by...
    • AngelaY
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated advice wanted broody dumped dumped chicken help
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  8. D

    My new chicken has bald spots… I’m new!

    Hello all! I got two chickens today from a place off of the road in a rural town. The chickens there seemed to have a large pen and it was not over crowded. I got handed two chickens- one with a full set of feathers and another with some bald spots of raw red skin ://. It was pouring so in the...
    • Daniluchau
    • Thread
    • advice advice appreciated bald diet feathers missing hen molting new addiction pecking at each other questions
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  9. Jessduck

    NEWBORN DUCKLING PLEASE HELP!

    I had a ducklings hatch and the last one the mother rejected! She keeps stepping on it and wants nothing to do with it! What do I do?!
    • Jessduck
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated duckling help rejected duck
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. Jessduck

    Broody duck with ducklings

    My Rouen and mallard both went broody and one duckling has hatched! I have no experience with this and would love some tips! They are still sitting on a full nest so I’m guessing there’s more to come. Do I have to do anything special? The Rouen is keeping the other 3 ducks away from the one...
    • Jessduck
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated broody duckling mallard rouen
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. K

    Need some advice for 12 week chickens

    I posted a few days ago concerned one of my new 12 week old chickens had worms. I was informed it was shed intestinal lining in the poop. I've been watching her pretty closely and noticed she poops intestinal lining first thing in the morning and then the rest of the day it's normal poop. I got...
  12. Scrumdidlyump

    6 drakes and 1 girl.

    I have 2 blue swedish, 1 definitely boy 2 buff orpington, 1 definitely boy 2 rouen, definitely 1 boy, 1 girl 1 mystery choclate runner All three months, all have grown up together. Everyone gets along swimmingly. Only one quacks. I feel the ponderous cloud of puberty is right around the...
    • Scrumdidlyump
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated drakes ducks flock additions
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. Chickenwithnobrim

    Does she need feather help? Pin feathers and wax

    My silkie chicken started moulting at the beginning of April, and she's pretty much done now but she has a bunch of feathers on her head with the sheath still on. Almost all the other ones are scratched off but I don't know that she can reach these ones. Will they come off on their own or does...
  14. D

    * HELP NEEDED!! * My hen has a prolapsed vent, please help me out if you can and give out some advice so I can save her!!

    Hi there everyone, My hen who is about a year old has suddenly gotten a prolapsed vent, I'm not sure what caused it but I'm really stressed out about it. I separated her from my other hens because they started pecking at her bloody vent that was hanging out and I didn't want them to pull her...
  15. J

    Chickens acting different?

    So I'm not sure why but recently my chicken have been acting different. For reference I have a roo and a hen who have been together for a year and have been fine, they have 5 chicks together that are over a month old. I first noticed that my roo was mating the hen more and he recently started...
  16. N

    Is it realistic to caponize a pet “illegal” cockerel?

    A couple of days ago I ended up with a cockerel instead of a pullet, and roosters are illegal in my area. This little guy is so sweet I really don’t want to send him back to the farm or have him be slaughtered. He’s 2 - 3 months old. Opinions on if this a humane procedure and if it will keep...
  17. McGuffeyMisfits

    Mama Rouen limping and frequently laying far from the active groups- is it bumblefoot or aggressive Drake or ???

    Hello all, looking for advice in a few areas but most concerned about my ducks poor feet. They have a couple grassy walnut laden acres to roam and are houses under the trampoline at night. It can get muddy but we dry to maintain the front half so that its never saturated and they do always have...
    • McGuffeyMisfits
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated agressive drake bumblefoot limping rouen female
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. deebs

    HELP/Advice with incubating and hatching duck eggs.

    Hello Everyone, I was hoping some of you could help me. We're getting some fertile duck eggs to hatch (Cayuga cross). I bought what I thought was a decent incubator- but there is no visible ventilation in it. From what I understand ventilation is very important. Am I missing something? It has...
  19. ambzmarie

    Single duckling imprinted on us

    My husband & I have Silver Appleyard Ducks and recently our female ducks laid. We had to move their nests (we wouldn’t have if we didn’t need to) and they stopped sitting. We bought an incubator & placed them in. Long story short, only ONE duckling made it from one of the clutches. The other...
    • ambzmarie
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated duckling imprint lonely duckling
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  20. H

    Black Chicken Poop! Normal or Internal Bleeding???

    Hi all. So I saw this poop in my chickens’ coop tonight. I saw a similar one outside in their pen earlier today. It looks really black and I know in people, black poop indicates internal bleeding. Is this the same in chickens? Or is this poop within the realm of normal? Everyone is acting...
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