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  1. R

    Help! 22/23 week old Chickens! Breed/gender?!

    Hi everyone, This is my first post, however I'm a long time lurker! I've only been keeping chickens for a year or so and could really do with some help identifying the breed and gender of these two! Hatched mid January from dark dark eggs. They were in a mixed batch and I've not a clue what...
  2. remicuties

    eBay egg arrived with deceased chick inside.

    So the title explains things nicely but a few days ago I got three emu hatching eggs from someone on eBay, today my second egg went bad of the three meaning I have just one left, I was going to clean this egg out and upon opening I realized there was a fully formed emu chick inside! It was...
  3. E

    🙏 Please help! baby serama with leg issues 🙏

    Hi, This baby was born 5 days ago. I thought it was straddle leg so I did the standard glass therapy, splint, selenium B it's etc. Unfortunately, no improvement. Her legs actually point out to the sides in an l shape, perhaps from the hip. She is otherwise thriving, but I am worried for her...
  4. PeepingK

    Incubator experts please help!

    This is going to be a long question but I’d be very grateful if you stuck around to the end and offered your advice. Where do I even start? I purchased 3 dozen BCM Marans hatching eggs for $200 from a fantastic breeder a couple weeks ago. They are currently on day 17 and doing pretty good...
    • PeepingK
    • Thread
    • farm innovators gqf-still-air-hovabator hatching help hova-bator 1588 incubator advice lockdown advice temp drop
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  5. remicuties

    Is this normal for humidity to do this?

    So I have a govee and I like watching my temperature and humidity with it and I noticed this trend of “spikes” going on.. I have a humidikit and have it set where under 30% humidity it will turn on, when it does the humidity goes up to the 40s and drops back down creating these spikes. Really I...
  6. bumblychicken

    This isn’t coccidiosis right? 🙏

    I took two photos of the same stool, one is how I found it and the other is opening it a bit. I am hoping this is just pigmentation and it’s the only one I’ve found like this It’s about 8am and it looks somewhat fresh so it might just be a weird poop from waking up, I know those can look funky...
  7. bumblychicken

    Is this bumblefoot or just a scab?

    9 and a half week old pullet, she isn’t limping or anything but would like to take care of this if I need to It looks like a scab that reopened almost but if you have an idea please let me know ❤️
  8. PeeppeepXO

    help! outside coop built… please see pic &read description!

    i’ve attached a pic of what it looks like now. partner is just planning on getting a metal roof and covering the sides with tarp….. he’s not going to do it i’ve been with this idiottttt for 13 years. i know for a fact he won’t. can’t i get on a ladder and just screw thick waterproof tarps on the...
  9. N

    Rooster or Hen? 6 Week old Silkie

    Trying to determine if this is a male or female. It’s a 6 week old (born april 28th) silkie mix. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!
  10. K

    Chicken closing eyes

    Hi, I’ve only had my chickens for 3 weeks so could do with some help/advise with one of them 🙏🏻 One of my chickens ( an emerald) closes her eyes A LOT, even when she’s held. she’s the bottom of the pecking order. She’s very nervous, but will stand still and close her eyes even sometimes peck...
  11. Chicken_Trainer2007

    Help does my chick need to be culled

    he Piped on the side over the egg, all of the other chicks of his breed hatched two days before him. I fed candle his egg he was moving but still had so much vains and twelve hours later he didn’t break the shell but was in the right spot so I helped him. When he was out his head was wobbly and...
  12. adriane5798

    Bumble foot or something else?

    This is my 2 year old free range rooster..I noticed him limping about 5 days ago just managed to catch him this evening. His toe appears to be broken also has the black spots at an injured toe nail. I don’t know if he fell and injured his foot/feet or what is going on. I did isolate him and...
  13. ElGoose

    Devastating bird flu culling

    I’m uk based and live in a beautiful area where I was lucky to be able to watch and interact with many wild geese for years living here. I’ve watched many of them grow up from goslings - however just today I realise that there isn’t a wild goose in sight, I’ve come to find out that they have...
    • ElGoose
    • Thread
    • avian influenza bird flu help
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: Geese
  14. M

    The naked hen and the one who might be confused.

    Hello! I wasn’t sure where to put this thread. So here it is. I have a little Frizzle hen she is sebright frizzle mix so she is teeny. And she is loosing her feathers. Molting? Maybe. however this has been a slow and steady process and she is still laying. I’m posting this to get to the...
    • Maka
    • Thread
    • chicken acting like a rooster chicken acting strangely chicken behavior chicken help help hen help losing feathers what is going on
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  15. G

    Sick Chick

    One of my thirty 8 week old chicks has diarrhea and has for the past 5-6weeks. I started giving it electrolytes as soon as I noticed it was sick but it hasn’t improved. It doesn’t seem to be lethargic and eats and drinks regularly as far as I can tell. Any diagnosis or suggested treatment...
  16. K

    SOS SICK 14 WEEK OLD CHICKEN

    I walked out to the coop to see one of my cream leg bars just nestled up on the coop floor. They like to do that sometimes so I didn’t think much of it until she didn’t get up when I came next to her and touched her. I tried to get her to stand and she was weak and wobbly. She just seems SO...
  17. R

    HELP!!! Gasping Chicken with Foamy Mouth

    I suddenly noticed my teenage bantam gasping with vomit looking foam coming from her mouth. She’s now rocking back a fourth open mouth breathing. She was healthy yesterday. It’s summer. No one else appears to have issues. I’m thinking she’s got a large food pellet lodged in her throat… should I...
  18. N

    Question about Incubating Bantam Eggs

    Hey I have a maticcoopx (20 egg) incubator, I have currently been using it just as a backup for if a broody hen abandons the nest (or leaves some eggs after the first chicks hatch). I want to attempt to incubate my bantam eggs in it now but before I do I wanted to get some information on what...
  19. M

    9 already dead not sure why

    Hello, I will start this off by saying this is NOT my flock, but a friends. I told her I would reach out here to get some opinions. She started off by telling me that she had a hen that she thought had sour crop and she gave it ACV and it died in the process. A few days later she was...
    • Maka
    • Thread
    • chicken help dying birds emercency emergencies emergencies / diseases / injuries and cures help ill chicken sickness droopy wings sickness help sos
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  20. N

    HELP Chick Not Absorbing Veins and Yolk

    I found this chick pipped under the broody hen 26 hours ago. His beak was not at the pip location so I picked the egg up to investigate and the membrane was dry, there was no movement, and I didn’t hear any pips. I placed him in the incubator for a few hours while I did some research. I read...
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