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  1. Chicken-Haven-Homestead

    Chicken Haven Homestead Questions and Answers

    I've had chickens for about a year now. I have 6 hens, 2 roosters, 3 and counting chicks, and 8 hens Black Australorp, Sapphire Sky (Or Sapphire gem), Light Brahma, Golden laced Wyandotte, Mixed breeds as well. I honestly LOVE hatching out chicks. Just the way the yoke turns into a fully living...
  2. BubbaBubbles

    Mama hen just hatched babies, but still has 4 eggs.

    Hi! Been a while since I've been here lol. So, I have a flock, still of course. One of which is a mama, Bambi, and her new chicks. She had been disappearing for a few days, and we finally found out where she was going. Lo and behold, I found her in our abandoned garden outside the backyard...
  3. S

    Baby chicks pecking walls and breaking ends off beaks

    So we have 9 2-week old isa brown chicks (we've had them for 1 week). The brooder is a large cardboard box (900x600mm ish) just for a few weeks while they are young and very small. We noticed a couple of days ago that two of the chicks had broken the ends off their beaks. The chicks all love to...
  4. S

    New Chicks with Existing Flock

    We have 12 new 8 week old chicks being introduced to our 6 month old existing flock of (1 rooster, 5 hens). We moved them into the coop brooder for one week then let them into the flock, they are treated nicely but they tend to stay far from the other chickens, will this eventually end and they...
  5. S

    Crops and Grit…11 days old

    Update: I didn’t set up food for the morning because I suspected (as one of you fine folks suggested) that she was refilling her crop before I got up. I checked her this morning and it was pretty empty. Thank you everyone for the advice! I know this is a mostly repeated question BUUUT…I have...
  6. niazai_thechickenlife

    Hello and Salaam from Belgium!

    My name is Aylin. we bought 5 silkie babies in april 2025. One has died from an unknown cause, the rest are thriving. They're free ranging all day every day, with our 3 cats protecting them from predators. It turns out -> they're all hens (what are the odds??). We're currently looking for a...
  7. Luke Lemmons

    One of my baby roosters has a hole in it’s foot.

    I’ve noticed a hole in the webbing of their foot. They can walk and run like normal, but what could’ve caused this? He might have got hurt outside or it may have been another chick.
  8. ChickenMommy83

    What colors are these quail babies?

    New to quail, just hatched these babies yesterday. Can anyone tell me what their colors are? They hatched from both Celadon and Jumbo Coturnix eggs (although not sure which came from which) 😅 Thanks!
    • ChickenMommy83
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    • breed celadon chicks color coturnix gender quail
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    • Forum: Quail
  9. I

    Help with baby chicks blood in poop

    Hello, I’m new to the forum. I have raised a medium flock of chickens since 2016 (40 was our highest number) and now have a small flock of female ducks, 5. We recently added 24 assorted baby chicks, which live in their own seperated part of our coop. Since our older chickens egg production has...
  10. KCward

    Chicks with bloody wing tips with mama hen

    My hen hatched out 9 chicks 5 days ago and they all seem to be doing well. The first day I noticed she would peck at them, but I realized she was just trying to get them to go under her and she was fine after that. But today I noticed she does this a lot, even when they are trying to eat. I...
  11. D

    Npip and CLEAN hatcheries

    Hi I'm looking for Hatcheries in the US that ship either hatching eggs or chicks that are MG & MS clean if anyone has any suggestions? Thank you
  12. M

    Baby chicks brooding in garage

    Hello, I live in the San Joaquin valley area of California and am brooding my chicks in a playpen in the garage. The temp is 90-95 outside and inside just a little warmer. The temperature will be 105 outside the next couple days, so it might get a little warmer inside as well. Do you all think...
  13. Y

    Roos or Hens?

    Can you guys help me sex some of my chickens that im confused about? First one is an ameraucana, 6 months old. Second one is a silkie buff Orpington mix, 3 months old. Third one is the same as the second one, also 3 months old.
  14. Ashley The Crzy Chkn Lady

    Mixed Bantams Bin help!

    I got all 11 left of the straight run bantam bin from tractor supply last week they were already 2 weeks old so they were on sale! They have pea combs and yellow legs and are white/light loght buff base color with reddish brown stripes/spots? No feathers on feet. 4 toes. From Hoover Hatchery...
  15. Happygocluckee

    Thoughts

    Anyone have any experience with a pullet maturing faster than the rest. She or at least I think it's a she has no wattles, no shanks, and no crowing but her comb is definitely more than a pale pink, especially compared to the others. The comb started changing about a week and a half ago. For...
  16. T

    hatching eggs and rehoming roosters?

    i want hatching eggs and i have the incubator already, but i'm afraid of having to rehome roosters. there's a few animal sanctuaries near me, but it depends on their capacity whether or not they can take them. but there's also just no sexed chicks near me at this time. i also don't want to...
  17. S

    Rescued eggs and chicks still hatching??? (Please help)

    Hi everyone! So I have an issue. Yesterday we got a message about someone's eggs that they bought hatching. There were 7 already hatched but one was stuck in the egg. Theyre having some issues. I've hatched chickens before so when I got home I used some steam and warm water to help free the lil...
  18. M

    New member here and new (well sort of new) to having chickens

    I am new to laying hen breeds and picked up 4 chicks from TSC! I know that's my first mistake. They had these chicks labeled as buff orpingtons. I picked them because of the characteristics the store had posted. After leaving the store I did a quick search and quickly realized that they are not...
  19. A

    Forever a broody hen

    My girly Ramona has been broody 3 times in the last year. The last time she was broody (end of May) I gave her day olds on June 2nd. She happily raised them and at about week 5 ish she was done with them and they have intergrated the flock wonderfully. Welp fast forward to a few days ago… she is...
  20. The Sniper

    Genetics question

    How do you know the genetic makeup of your birds If I buy 5 buff orps from each of the 3 major hatcheries in the area, Cackle, Hoover, and Murray, and buy 5 buff orps from a random breeder guy in Texas, how do I know what are the recessive traits in the birds Will they all be the same...
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