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    Breed and gender?

    I am new to owning chickens and need help identifying this one! 😅 I bought what was supposed to be Starlight Green Egger pullets from TS, and this one they gave me is definitely not that (at least doesn’t look anything like the others)! Wondering what breed it may be and if it’s looking like hen...
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    Sick chicks

    I bought 9 new chicks (approx 4 weeks -6 weeks old) from a local farm. 2 of the 9 didn’t make it after the first and second night. One I tried treating but then noticed a little dab of blood in the stool. Contacted the farm and they provided me with Corid. (New chickens are in my inside...
  3. Quackersdelight

    New Member! Hello

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens, we got our first four a few days ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 (3) What breeds do you have? I believe they are Black sex link but I am unsure (4) What are your favorite aspects of...
  4. Quacking ducks

    Cross beak chicken

    A friend of mine has a chicken with cross beak. I there any way to fix cross beak? Thanks
  5. ChickenFriends234

    Hey what is the best chick feed for a baby chick that is one week old??

    Last week I have hatched a baby chick from the incubator and I have been feeding the baby chick mullet and mealworms plus grubs. I am planning to buy feed and I don’t know where to start. Does anyone have suggestions? Thanks!
  6. flock 603

    Got my coop back!!!

    Hey, all. Cool little story, picked up this coop back in 2014 on Craigslist in New Hampshire. Got my first chicks, stumbled through building a run, had a great flock for a few years in the New Hampshire winters. Pics attached. Moved to New Jersey in 2017 and left the coop to the new owner...
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    Baby chick bit by dog.

    my dog bit my new baby chick I've never had a problem with it but today 6/15/24 it bit it and now the baby chick seemed fine nothing wrong but later on I noticed its gut seem to becoming out from it behind and my dad told me to leave alone but i still called ever vet i could but they seem to...
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    Dead egg?

    All the rest have hatched while we were on vacation )we had someone watching them.) except this one. We figured it’d hatch out by now we collected these all about the same time. But to me it kinda looks like it stoped growing but I’m not too sure how to tell and the dark kinda blood spot on...
  9. crunchygranola

    What are some things YOU guys love about your chicken breed?

    I have 5 Starlight Green Egger hens, and while I feel like there isn’t too much information about them, here is what I absolutely love about them as a first time chicken owner. - I have never had aggression come from these chickens. Not even my rooster (who went to a farm). I’ve never felt like...
  10. crunchygranola

    SGE with weird tail feather?

    I have a SGE with what looks like a weird, Lightning McQueen looking dual tail feather thing going on. None of her other flock members have this. Normal or no?
  11. chickenmom22

    What killed my hen 😭

    Warning: dead chicken photos. Can anyone help me with what could have happened. I need to know if it looks anyone like it could have been something contagious that spread to the rest of the flock. Details: Older 7 year old cuckoo Maran hen acting fine in the morning, suddenly I heard wing...
  12. edgy6ellie

    Black spot in hens eye

    So today i noticed my hen being alot quieter than usual, so Ive had a look at her and the only things i can find wrong is this black spot coming out of her pupil, it seems like its irritating her as she has this eye shut most of the time, its dilating but only very slightly. She also seems to...
  13. Barnette

    Test your chicken breed knowledge and try to guess this one 😉

    Hey guys, I'm curious to see if you can guess this breed. I know what she is but I thought it would be fun for you to try and figure it out. P. S. Her name is Gail
  14. HansElvis4ever

    Lost 2 roosters within 2 days...HELP!

    Hi! First time chicken owner here - however; we have been just that for over a year and a half now. Everything has been great thus far. It all started when Drew (my fiancé) finding a Cornish Cross (meat bird) that had fallen off a truck. Long story short, we decided to take him in and care for...
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    Chickens face smells really bad, never normally this bad.

    I've got this silkie chicken that I've had for almost 5 years now, I've recently noticed(while picking her up) that her face absolutely stinks, at first I thought that maybe she needed a bath, but the rest of her body smells fine, its just her head, as I said I've had her for almost five years...
  16. Butt_Nugget_Hut092

    Crazy Chicken Lady in Florida

    Hi everyone, My name is Amanda and I hatched my first chickens last October from eggs that were given to me. It's been quite the learning curve. I currently have 6 laying hens in my coop on my property. Then another 16 chicks in a brooder... chicken math is real... As far as breeds go I have a...
  17. pigeongirl

    Droopy and cloudy eye of chicken

    Hi This old hen we got recently..its eye are drooping and cloudy.I have had zero experience with chicken..is it age related normal change or some sort of disease?And if it is disease how to treat this?Pls help out.Tnx in adv.
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    what breed is this rooster?

    what breed is this rooster?
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    Cystic fibrosis help!

    Hi, My neighbour has seen our new chicken coop go up, as our girls are almost ready to go outside. She has come knocking as they have a child with cystic fibrosis and are worried about our chickens. She says she will be phoning the hospital to seek advice as she was told birds are a big no so...
  20. LittleCottageChick

    Help! Eggs are overdue

    Hello! It’s a long one so buckle up. My husband and I are hobby chicken owners, we have a small flock and one of our chesire blues suddenly went very bloody (rare, I know)! A friend had fertile cream crested legbar eggs so we set 5 under her (she has since laid 3 of her own which we have left...
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