chickens

So I have three 4 week old chicks (exactly 28 days today), one barred rock (Owl), one sapphire gem (Cinder), and one buff orpington (Daisy). The orpington I'm not concerned about, as I'm about 99% certain she's a pullet. The barred rock I vacillated on for a while due to temperament and a more...

Hello all! Firstly thank you for your time! Can you all tell me the best internal parasite treatment you guys have used? I’m looking for the safest and that obviously works! Any thoughts on Panacur? My vet recommended this but as the bottle doesn’t say for chickens I wanted to see if anyone...

I am using a Brinsea Octagon 20 Advance with the auto cradle, and when I had lifted the lid a few times to add water my incubator for some reason has fallen from the cradle 2-3 times :/ I know this can hurt the chick and I only checked one egg right now and it has a blood ring. I’m going to...

So I will be adding ducks to my existing chicken flock. I plan on building them their own coops, and adapting the feeders to accommodate the ducks (and get a whole flock feed). As I think about what I'll need to change the thing that concerns me at the moment is having something for the ducks...

Hi all! So, my runners and chickens started to lay again back in late January/early February, but it's been a week now with no eggs and I'm worried in case there's something wrong. They are all eating well, drinking fine and acting perfectly normal. We have had some snow this week and I thought...

So I want to get y’all take on this… I have several duck hens and 1 duck drake and I also have several chicken hens in with my ducks but I have no rooster…. I was using some of my chicken eggs in baking today and 1 one the chicken eggs looked fertilized. Is it possible that my drake is mating...

Who has a mixed flock? Ducks and chickens. I have had chickens for over 3yrs but have ducks coming in June. Now I am reading it is bad to have a mixed flock do to disease. Do need to be concerned? Who is more at risk?, ducks or chickens? Which diseases ?

Hi, all. I have a nearly one year old Sapphire Gem hen. I noticed today that she’s limping. It doesn’t seem that bad, she’s moving around, kicking up dirt and leaves in the yard, but it’s noticeable enough that she’s limping. I wasn’t able to spend much time out there with them yesterday, but...

Chickens are a laying!!! Got 8 Chickens on Saturday. Saturday evening 1 egg laid. Today while at work 3 eggs laid. Stepped out for a bit, and when I got home I found another egg for picking up. 5 eggs laid by at least 3 different chickens in 2 days. For a beginner I'd say that's decent...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens and ducks as of May of 2022 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 12 chickens, 22 ducks… and counting (3) What breeds do you have? chickens: Rhode Island Red, lavender Orpingtons, Ameraucanas...

Hello everyone, Introducing myself. Bought a house Oct. '21 homesteaded it and Nov. '22 registered it as a farm with the Farm Service Agency. Wasn't going to have Chickens until an opportunity fell into my lap. 2 chicken coops and 8 chickens for $200.00. Couldn't turn it down, so as of...

I have a pair of cockerels about 12 weeks old. They are mixed with easter eggers, australorps and black marans…but they look more like black marans...very attractive. They have been handled regularly. They get along well and have been together since birth. They are even a bit comical...

Lord’s Willing, how many weeks do y’all usually give before being able to guess genders on chickens? Our babies are all mixes, so no auto sexing. (I don’t think so anyways, from what I understood if they aren’t specific breeds, there’s not autosexing traits, right?) They are a little over 3 weeks!

Hey all, I’m sure we have all gone through the pain of losing a beloved bird. I created this thread in memory of my BO hen named Camacho. She passed 2 years ago today. She truly was quirky, and had the sweetest personality I’ve ever seen in a chicken. She was sneaky, and always managed to sneak...

Would like to buy 4-6 Welsummer pullets or hens. Will be using them for a breeding program. Please be willing to ship, I am located in Southern California. I will pay to offset shipping. Photo's appreciated, let me know what you have.

My chickens and ducks quit laying eggs early summer of 2022, but they were under stress, molting, and on a cheap feed. So I didn't think anything of it. For months now they've all been in new spacious pens, on a layer diet, they're all young and they are all in good health. I've had no predator...

My chicken is having trouble breathing, stretching out her neck, mouth wide open, strange sound. Wasn’t eating and drinking. I went to Facebook and many people thought gapeworm or respiratory. I gave her .25ml of duramycin as someone has recommended, 1x every other day, for 5 days. She got the...

I am looking to increase my flock once again, We restructured our housing/coop and run after a bear family had destroyed our other one. If anyone wants to rehome their chickens, ducks and guinea fowl please contact me. Roosters and drakes are welcome I will consider others as well 😊. We have 24...