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  1. F

    Please any insight is appreciated!! Eye infection or something more serious?

    Hello everyone, I could use some guidance/advice. I have one hen, about 9 months old, that isn’t doing great. A few weeks ago, I noticed her one eye was super swollen/crusty and looked severely infected. She also had diarrhea. I took her to the vet, they prescribed an antibiotic, an...
  2. ChickChic00

    Easter Egger x Barred Rock, Blue Bell Egger x Barred Rock

    I have a EE Rooster I believe, I'd like to know if I bred him with one of my barred rock hens, what would the offspring look like? Like a general guess would be helpful. I would like to know if they are gonna all be barred in some way? Thanks so much!! Also would like to know if crossing my Blue...
  3. Crazy chickn lady

    Need help diagnosing potential illness

    One of my Australorps, Molly, recently had bumble foot. We thought we had cured it, but turns out it hadnt fully healed and she also had it on her other foot. We have now successfully removed the core. I dont know if it's related, but she stopped laying awhile ago even though she's about 2 yrs...
  4. paradisepentacoop

    5 week old Australorp with issues

    Good day everyone, I spend a bunch of time observing my chicks to get a feel for their personalities. I have a mixed flock of two Silver Sebrights, three Golden Sebrights, and two Australorps. They have been moved from their dog crate brooder to a much larger temporary coop and have been loving...
  5. Mattie15

    Rooster Overbreeding Hens/ Raw-Backs :(

    My rooster Andy is a big sweetheart. He was 'not to often' with his ladies when it came to topping them. There were no injuries or feather issues. Well, then I had to move back in with my dad. He has a pen with a rooster and hens, and then a separate but connected pen for a pair of game chickens...
    • Mattie15
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    • #rooster damage easter egger help help appreciated help asap overbreeding rooster
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  6. KathiQuacks

    My ducklings keep needing assistance, because they don’t have an egg tooth. Why??

    Hello BYC :frow So, I’ve been doing a staggered hatch over the past couple weeks, and during that time, I’ve had 7 eggs make it to lockdown. Out of the 7 eggs, 3 of them have had NO egg tooth. One of them didn’t make it, because they covered the safety hole I put in and couldn’t pip a new hole...
  7. chloeg001

    Bumble foot and more?…

    Hi all please be gentle with judgement as this has been a very stressful and anxious situation. This has been going on since summer 2023 and I have been trying my absolute hardest to deal with this. My silkie rooster has had swollen feet for quite awhile now. At the time, I thought it would go...
  8. BuffBrahmaBantams

    Polish cock with wry neck, suggestions and help wanted!!

    My 1 year old silver laced polish rooster got wry neck in early december, not long after his brother died on Pneumonia. He tuckes his head under his body and only on his right side. He is eating and drinking on his own, and will ge up to walk from one end of his temperary housing to the other to...
  9. Sunbonnets

    Help with male or female please 🙏🏼

    Aloha from Hawaii! I’m new to all of this and have been raising 3 chicks that were supposed to be female. They are doing great but I’m concerned that one might be a cockerel. They are all approx. 16-18 weeks old and this one is much bigger than the others. She/he is also the boss of the other...
  10. R

    Hen's eye has been injured

    Hello all! I'm a first time chicken owner and I arrived back from school and discovered my splash-Australorp, Tincel, with an eye injury, she was just standing underneath some shelter not being very active (it was raining at the time). I checked on her and discovered her eye was swollen up as...
  11. Quail_

    Chicken Temperature

    Winter is coming and fast for New York. I have a heater and water heater getting set up but i want to know when i should generally take my chickens inside because their health and safety are at risk Of course i will be taking them in if there is a blizzard, or sudden freeze. But what chickens...
  12. Hen Pecked Wolves

    Any help is appreciated! I’m adding a video to explain my problem!

    I’m sorry I realize that I can’t out of it was just a picture so I posted a video on YouTube and share the link. I would’ve just posted a video if I could have.
  13. Nervously Sweating

    Lonely Coturnix Quail Chick!

    I had a really really small batch of Coturnix Quail eggs in my incubator and fully believed none of them would hatch. However, yesterday morning, I walked into my room to find a single chick running around the incubator. The baby is healthy, but so so alone. There are 3 more eggs sitting in the...
    • Nervously Sweating
    • Thread
    • chick 1 day coturnix quail chick help appreciated lonely chick raising chick
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
  14. A

    Help please. Duck with egg broken inside

    It look like one of my duck my have a broken egg inside of her. I walked outside and noticed she had just pooped and it looks like there yolk around it and coming out of her bottom. She pooped again after and looked like egg white dripping. I don’t see any shell at all. When I let her out this...
  15. Sir Clucks-A-Lot

    Tips for Making Sure Your Chicken Goes to a Good Home?

    Hey Everyone, we have a 10 month old Easter Egger hen who we need to rehome. I was going to put up an ad for her on Craigslist but I want to make sure she goes to a good home. Any tips?
  16. Average Flock

    Chicken Can't Stand

    I have a four year old Golden Comet hen who my brother took to the county fair a few weeks ago. While she was there she collapsed and since has not been able to stand up. She has lost a lot of weight. During the first few days after bringing her home she refused to eat or drink, however since...
  17. Fangeddeer

    Why do my ducks have peeling bills?

    My ducks beaks are peaking n it’s getting worse it seems. Is this normal? I feed them regular duck pellets but they don’t seem interested in eating much anymore. I blame myself because I ran out of food for a month so I had to feed them stuff like lettuce, carrots, rice, etc so they didn’t...
  18. F

    Lone baby chick

    My little brother recently went to a farm house with my dad. It’s owned by a friend of my dad’s. While there, he saw them killing runt baby chicks. (know it’s runt because he asked why are u kill killing them and they said it’s because the chicks were too small.) My brother originally picked...
    • Falooda
    • Thread
    • confused help help ! help anyone😰😰😰😭😭 help appreciated help asap lone baby chick rescue runt
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  19. Ravenbird

    What’s wrong with my Royal Palm?!

    There’s nothing physically wrong with her feet or legs. No bumble foot or wounds. Bought her recently, and noticed strange behavior. Walks off balance, stiff like. Appetite is good. Otherwise healthy bird.
    • Ravenbird
    • Thread
    • help appreciated royal palm sick bird? turkey
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Turkeys
  20. S

    Help please 🥺

    Can anyone help me, these were given to me a couple months ago but Ive never known what breed or gender they might be. Can someone help me identify some?
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