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  1. CloneFly

    HELP PLEASE! Sexing 1 month old chicks

    Hello everyone! I need some help sexing or just general guessing as the the genders of my little, 5wk old flock. The chooks in question are: 2 Lavender Orpingtons, 2 Jersey Giants & 3 Easter Eggers. The feed store we brought them home from said they were likely females (they were only 3days...
  2. ChickaChickaChooCho000

    Something Crazy With My Hen’s Vent

    Hello, so I really don’t know what else to do at this point. My Sapphire Gem Hen has been isolated for a few days from the flock because her vent was bloody a few days ago and I thought she had been pecked because another hen was pecked by my brother’s Muscovy Duck, but it wasn’t that. It had to...
  3. Goosey Girl

    Please help!!! Don't want to do something wrong!

    Runner duck eggs started internally pipping yesterday...2 days early. They are in lockdown. Has been 18 hours, no external pips. Have found 2 very different guidance info. Do I intervene this afternoon and try to put in safety holes?Or, do I wait until tomorrow or next day? I have never...
  4. Backyard chaos

    Chick leg trouble

    Hello! Me and mom raise chicks and are currently taking care of 10;however, one the chicks got attacked by our dog. She is alive but got wounds on her leg and back. Her right leg is strong and works fine but her left leg isn’t working, she can’t even move it. It’s not broken so could it be nerve...
  5. Skylights

    A little help for a noobie please??

    Good morning chicken friends. My fiancé went out to the barn to find that our polish girl was laying on a whole clutch of eggs!! I saw her getting covered by our only rooster, a large black Sumatra, just a few days ago. Is it possible for her to have fertilized eggs that will hatch chicks, since...
  6. R

    Duck in Respiratory Distress, Vet not available until tonight, Help!

    Hi All, we have a 6 month old Cayuga that since earlier this morning is breathing open-mouth and sitting down. She normally lays an egg every morning, but today I don't believe she did. I checked to see if she was obviously egg bound but there is no sign of a stuck egg. She is drinking water and...
    • RebbyB80
    • Thread
    • help appreciated respiratory distress sick duck
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. C

    2 week old chick with joint swelling please help!

    I got a chick about a week ago and noticed she was limping. There’s not a ton of stuff I could find on it other then if she can get to food and water she’ll be fine so I left it. She does kind of get stepped on but nothing bad she doesn’t really walk more of a hop around. I was looking at it...
  8. ChickChic00

    Partridge and Black Breasted Chickens

    What type of chickens are of a partridge or black breasted color/pattern? Is a Black Copper Marans Black Breasted?? I know there are Partridge Cochin and Partridge Rock, are there more? Thanks very much for the help!! Also, any other chicken besides the white leghorn that has dominate white...
  9. emmabellybutton

    Bumble foot? Mysterious scab, help!!

    Hi everyone, I have a little mule baby girl (half muscovy, half magpie duck) named Eagle who had a scab develop on her big foot pad. I'll post some photos. Last night I gave her a warm epsom salt soak for 30 mins and the scab popped off with some effort, only a tiny pin prick of blood that...
  10. ChickaChickaChooCho000

    My Pullets are nearly 7 months old and haven’t begun laying yet, weather or diet maybe?

    Heyo hope everyone’s doing well. Just curious as to why my 3 pullets and also other pullets from the flock haven’t been laying at all but they’ve already reached 6-7 months old? Understandably my older hens have taken a break especially due to cold weather lately and just overall egg productive...
  11. H

    Need to thin my roosters, but who should stay?!

    I hatched these roosters this spring in a large hatch of a mix of black copper maran, Americauna, black silkie, leghorn and Brahma from hatching eggs I bought from someone else. I’m wanting to keep the roosters that’ll help color up my egg basket! If you have any ideas on who would be best or...
  12. 6

    Can I place a galvanized waterer on a heater base?

    Hey chicken lovers! Can I place a galvanized poultry waterer on a heater base? Will it rust, break down, or otherwise contaminate my chicken's water? Are there any other concerns for using a heater with this waterer? Thanks!
    • 628990
    • Thread
    • heater help appreciated water water advice water heater waterer waterers
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
  13. SaumChicks

    Name that Chicken.. Please :)

    Hi Chicken Lovers! I am brand new to the chicken world and our girls just started laying eggs. We just found today a blue, green, and brown eggs. I keep thinking I have our breed types down but now with egg colors I am even more confused. Can anyone help? I think I have Starlight Green Egger...
  14. M

    Is this wry/crook neck?

    This hen is about a year and a half old and was acting completely normally until I just went out to lock my chickens up for the night… I thought she was dead because she was laying down and had her neck and head twisted on upside down. However, a quick search of crook neck said that it’s...
  15. P

    Hard solid lump in hens ear?

    I just noticed today one of my girls has this lump showing in her ear. It’s solid, not soft at all and takes up her whole ear. I’ve previously noticed in the last few months her face has always seemed a little bit pale, and the area where the ears were on both sides has seemed to stick out a...
  16. Jaimes09

    Baby chick behavior

    I have 2 chicks and i have this little guy that i found with a bald spot. I’ve seen him scratch at his head rapidly plenty of times and today i seen this. Maybe that’s what caused it but should i be worried?and could i do anything to get him to stop.
  17. Alex998

    Chicken Trying to Escape

    Hello! New chicken owner here, and I have 17 chickens (1 Rooster 16 Hens). One of them is pretty old and is very small, and the other hens (never the rooster) will peck her head and pick on her. There is no visible damage on her head, and no missing feathers. However, whenever I open the egg...
  18. LostTesseract

    26 week old Rhode Island Red won't lay eggs

    Hey folks, I'm getting a little bit concerned about the 26 week old RIR hen who hasn't laid a single egg. 2 of her roommates are leghorns who've been laying for at least a month. They started around 18 weeks. Maybe it's nothing to be concerned about but the whole flock is in great health, they...
  19. ChickChic00

    Button or Coturnix?

    I got some quail eggs from the Amish and I incubated them, only one has hatched so far. I believe it said coturnix but this is the first time hatching quail, and it's super tiny. I have raised quail from a couple days old but never hatched them myself. Any idea on what color of quail it is also...
    • ChickChic00
    • Thread
    • button or coturnix chick color? help help appreciated quail
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Quail
  20. April and Andy

    Preparing for new babies

    Hello everyone, Devestating news. This last week, my two babies April and Andy were attacked by an eagle while I was changing their hay in their hutch. I am absolutley devestated and reeling from this loss. My partner and I have talked it over, and we are just duck owners at heart. So, next...
    • April and Andy
    • Thread
    • baby duck duck coop duck coop plans duck help duck run help ! help appreciated loss
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
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