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  1. B

    100% dry hatch or partial dry hatch?

    ive been having problems with chicks both making it to hatching but drowning in the egg and also chicks dying after about day 7-10. i suspect the latter is because i have to open the incubator once a day to refill the humidity since i cant do it from outside. im looking into trying a dry hatch...
  2. H

    Help! Supplement ratios!

    Hi all! I am looking to start supplementing my chickens with chilli, oregano, parsley and mint. I’m buying in 1kg bags. My feed comes in 20kg bags, how many bags of feed should I expect to mix with my 4kg of herbs and spices to be an appropriate ratio to feed to my flock?
  3. Raisin_The_Chicken

    Frostbitten combs on my roosters!

    I have a RIR Jersey Giant and a Barred Rock x Jersey Giant. and since it's been so cold their combs are frostbitten, the combs look kinda yellow and black in some spots. what should I do? and how do I prevent it? (Lol, the jersey...
  4. 6-Hens-and-Me

    What temperature do you set your incubator at for different eggs? I’m curious!

    What temp and RH do you set your incubators at for chicken eggs Is it different for quail, and duck eggs? Let me know what stats you find work best!
  5. K

    Chicken breed identification

  6. C

    Liquamycin la-200 Smell?

    I have a chicken who has a respiratory infection and refuses to keep down liquid or tablet meds (vomits it out), so I was preparing to give her Liquamycin 200, but noticed a rotten egg (sulfur?) or maybe fishy smell coming from it when some of the liquid came out as I was pushing out some air...
  7. Mariskaklap

    Swollen neck and head thanks to wound

    hi all! A while back we discovered a tiny scab on the neck of my chicken. We treated it with aluspray but she kept scratching at it. Now it looks like this. Her neck and face is all swollen and she keeps scratching. We put bandages on it and that seemed to help a little bit. We decided to air...
  8. orgainsect

    chicken-raising Guide

    ### Some Ramblings Before We Start### I originally got several chickens with the intention of having them for food. But as I raised them, they ended up becoming pets. I'm starting an "Urban Chicken - Keeping" series, hoping it can help one or two bewildered chicken - keepers. Hahaha.:p:p...
  9. C

    Sneezing/honking with open mouth Araucana

    She’s 27 weeks old, hasn’t started laying yet. Video attached because I have no idea what she is going through. She’s eating and drinking. She’s pooping. I’m in New Zealand where it’s summer at the moment and gapeworm is rare. Regardless I’ll worm her today anyway but I wondered if anyone has...
  10. APA Silkie Chicken Colors

    APA Silkie Chicken Colors

    Silkie chickens are the sweet fluff balls of chickens. Their docile personality and stunning looks, capture the hearts of many people around the world. However, as chicks, the colors can be extremely hard to figure out. The eight APA-approved colors are: blue, self-blue (lavender), black, buff...
  11. kakky88

    Issues Last minute Hatching Updated Info 2025

    Been experimenting raising my own chickens with a kijiji level breeder mixed with a professional- mixed breeds. Started having issues in December with hatching- looks like they will break open the shell and get trapped, and found with carefulness it was possibly shrink wrapping? There's an...
  12. S

    Sick chicken

    Hi, I posted a thread about my chicken and I’m so thankful for people who responded to that one. I’m hoping to reach more people. My one year old chicken is not seeing properly, keeping her one eye shut and yesterday she managed to eat lots if I keep my hand close to her eye. She can’t aim and...
  13. S

    Chicken pecking at food and missing.

    Hi there, I have a one year old buff Orpington hen who seems to be feeling unwell. I noticed a couple days ago she started looking sick. Her tail down, pale face and generally not as happy to see me as she normally is. I firstly suspected that she was just going through a rough moult but im not...
  14. ebisu

    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    My previous post. To preface, I'm not trained, this is the first time I'm dealing with this situation, and there are no vets near me and/or willing to help. I have a single EE in isolation since New Years for canker and started treating her 01/05/25 as soon as I got the Metronidazole powder...
  15. G

    10 Year Old Chickens In Need of Loving Home

    Hello everyone! I was sent to this website through Brigyn Farm and hope someone can help me. I took over my Grandmother's elderly chickens when she couldn't care for them anymore, but now that she needs care I cannot keep caring for them. Since I am moving to the city in FL to help my...
  16. ebisu

    Wet Mash and Tube Feeding: Storage questions

    I work in healthcare so some days I'll have to work 10-12hr shifts. I'm currently tube feeding one of my girls who may have canker with no vet around to help (I've already made a thread for it). I have some questions to help me readily feed her with the aforementioned work hours: If I pre-make...
  17. S

    Silkie and Polish hens free BAY AREA SF

    I have one pure white silkie, one brown silkie cross, a lavender Orpington, a Polish hen and a Polish rooster (doesn’t identify as a rooster, makes zero sound and lays on eggs) who are 1.5 years old and need a new home. They lay well besides in winter, and come with a free 1.5 year old coop and...
  18. Greaner_pastures

    Questions about care.

    So my mighty girl started molting, her friends decided to take advantage of her and bully her. I’ve got her quarantined and she’s being cared for but my question here is…do I turn the lights off at sunset for her or will it not matter? The room she is in if I turn off the light will be pitch...
  19. Paz

    Getting coturnixes (old world quail)

    So my brother wants to get some coturnixes, and we were wondering : 1) is it possible to place them with the hens or with the pigeons. Or should we build a different coop just for them. 2) They seem to be able to fly, are they homing like pigeons or do they actually stay where they are? Or do...
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  20. ebisu

    What is this under my chicken's tongue?

    Lately one of my EEs has been sneezing with her whole body kind of like a small dog would and I also noticed that she tends to drop food when trying to eat. So I opened her mouth after noticing some brown drool and her neck all wet and I find this stuff under her tongue. Me being an idiot, I...
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