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I have a flock of 7 chicks who are all about 1 week old (1 died in the mail ). They are: easter eggers, a golden laced wyandotte, a lavender and a buff orpington, the leghorn, and a black australorp. All except the Leghorn have just about doubled in size. My Leghorn seems to eat and drink, but...

I bought some chicks from Atwoods and one started to curl out. As I've read more into this (fairly new to the chicken world), I'm worried it may be a frazzle. Could anyone help me identify this sweet guy and if it is a frazzle, any tips for care? I see quite a but of bare spots. Wasnt sure if it...

So my darling Henny (Easter Egger) has been acting quite strange the past couple of days. She hasn't be grazing like the others and she has been laying down most of the day in one spot. I go to pick her up and she pretty much allows me without any restraint. She used to go running around with...

Hello friends! I am a new home owner and am lucky enough to have a beautiful big yard here in Portland, Oregon. I am excited to get a small flock (3-4) of hens for egg supply + new family pets, most likely Orphington, Austrolorp, maybe an Americaunah, maybe a Sussex? We are settled and have a...

Hey guys! I’ve been reading on this site for a couple months trying to get as much info as I can because I’m getting three 18weeks old chicken end of april! :) do you have any tips for me? Every advice is welcome! I live in quebec so winter is really harsh. Right now there’s about 5 feet of snow...

Just here for some tips on adding about 12 baby chicks that are very close to being big enough to join the big girls outside! About a month ago, I added 2 Easter eggers & 2 barred rocks to my flock and it went well but not to well..as they are okay now and get along. I also have 2 turkens that...

Hopefully this is the right spot to post this.. After I get NPIP certified, I plan on selling hatching eggs and chicks. I don't know a whole lot about selling poultry so I thought I'd ask here. The only reason I'm going to be getting NPIP certified, is so I can prove that our birds are healthy...

I recently bought an emu egg and a $65.00 chicken egg incubator to incubate one emu egg and i have it perfectly set to 98.1 degress and 35% humidity and i hand turn the egg 3-2 times a day! I have weighed it and it has already lost 2 grams in the last 24 hours! Im so excited!!!! I really hope...

I've been keeping hens since March of this year. They're rescue ex-batts and I have already lost 2 of the 5 I started with, been to the vets with another and now one of the others is unwell. I've dealt with a lot since keeping them - the first prolapsed after one week so I had to learn things...

hi there, first time incubating and hatching. about 3 maybe 4 hours ago i had to hatch a chick, he was on day 23 and the membrane had turned yellow/brown so it started to dry out and also stick to him. Hes now fluffed up but still has some goo on him here and there. He was very exhausted, i was...

I've done some reading and from what I've heard, sneezing isn't a good sign. I believe my chick is occasionally sneezing, but other than that is completely normal. It just sounds like a small burst of air. Should I be worried?

Hi everyone! Three days ago we lost our sweet Pie to a heart attack. We are absolutely devastated, but since Pepper is now alone and seemingly very confused and/or bored, we started looking at adopting another hen. (We got Pie and Pepper back in February as baby chicks and they were...

Hi I ordered 20 mixed cheaper crossbred eggs for a shipped egg test run before I buy the dearer variety! I read up on shipped eggs and ended up putting them fat end up in cartons, didn't turn for 7 days and then began tilting with a large book under the incubator 3x a day, incubator is an Rcom...

Hi everyone :) My 1 y.o. Buff Orpington hen has been broody every 8-10 days since this spring. Over and over and over:barnie I've made a broody breaker with a dog kennel, raised up on blocks so her belly is exposed, and she has spent SO much time in it this summer-I hate it for her when all she...

I have a new jersey giant 3 years old been having on and off walking difficulties, but now has been completely unable to stand or walk for a week. I digitally inspected the vent and cannot find egg binding, comb and wattles look pale, she eats and drinks what I place in front of her and flaps...

I have my first ever brooding hen in my flock, she's a 2-year-old Barred Rock and she has 7 healthy and alive 12-day old eggs. She's had no problem with me taking the eggs out to candle them (though, I've only done this twice so not to upset her much) and she's still doing well eating and...

I bought broilers along with my egg chickens just to see if the amount of time and feed was worth growing my own food. Well it's been about 4 months now and they look no bigger than a 4 week old broiler. I'm not sure what happened along the way that caused this but at this point I'm not sure...

Hey! So, I have three button quails that I keep in a 5 gallon temporary enclosure (will be upgraded next Wednesday), two younger individuals, male and female, and an older laying female, as I've been told by the breeder. Sadly, the older female still hasn't laid any eggs :( in addition to that...

Hey all! I’ve got two ganders that I raised since they were three days old. They’re now a little over two years old, and for about a year I’ve been really struggling with them. They’re just so mean! It’s hard to even give them food and water because they’re constantly lunging at me. I used to...

Now that summer is here, we have a horrible mosquito problem. They are all over the ducks coop, pen, pools, and everywhere in the yard. They are following my ducks around! Is it safe to smoke the yard that the ducks wander around in? What should I do?