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  1. classicsredone

    What are these random 4H hatching egg chicks?

    My sister is a K/1 teacher, and every year she does a life science unit that includes hatching chicks. She rents an incubator, and buys eggs brought into the county extension office by 4H members. The eggs are never labeled, so it is always a guessing game to try to figure out what she hatched...
  2. littleprairieheartsfarm

    Week old chick ID needed - Ideal Pullet Surprise

    We ordered nine chicks from Ideal Poultry. They are a week and 3 days old. We purchased 2 New Hampshires, 2 Black Australorps, 2 Barred Rocks, and 2 Easter Eggers, along with 1 pullet surprise. We thought we had figured out the surprise but when they started feathering on their wings, that...
  3. K

    Sick Chicken - Seems to be paralyzed

    About 6 weeks ago, our relatively young Crested Cream Legbar (old enough for the coop but not laying yet) looked like she had an injured wing. She was dragging it on the ground and didn't seem to be able to move it. We tried wrapping it, but she kept managing to get it undone. About a week...
  4. vivaciouswoman

    Murder(?) mystery in Michigan

    We’ve lost a bunch of our girls to foxes, but we’ve ben fencing and slowing that down pretty well by keeping the girls (and 3 roosters—2 Easter Eggers and a massive Black Jersey Giant mix) in their run until after noon. Everything was cool when I checked at 3:00 pm today, but I just went out...
  5. kinkachy000

    What breeds are these two chicks?

    Hello! I have two chicks that I need help identifying. I know one for certain is a bantam, and I have no clue about the other (she came in a "bantam" tub that also had meat birds, barred rocks, and New Hampshires in the mix - all of which I received :idunno). They are approximately 8 weeks old...
  6. Jaylee52

    Dead isbar pullet - no obvious reason

    Hi everyone - I came into my coop today to find one of my favorite pullets dead and I am hoping you can help me figure out why. I had 10 pullets of mixed breed in there, all 4.5 - 5.5 week’s old. I had only just put them in there 3 days ago. Before that, they had been in two separate brooder...
  7. dirtroaddarlin

    Do I have Bantams?

    Hi all. I bought 2 “rare mixed breeds” from the local farm store. Can anyone help me identify what breeds they might be? I’m pretty sure the black one is a bantam but I’m not sure about the yellow one. They were the same size when I bought them but the yellow one has outgrown the black one. The...
  8. P

    Injured Hen

    I found one of our hens this morning underneath their perch. She appeared pooped on and somewhat buried in the shavings. Our girls (and boy) are locked into a secure coop at night, and last night was no different. I am not sure what happened. I have isolated her, cleaned her off, and she is...
  9. Larouxbestfan

    rooster has stopped crowing and keeps his head down

    I have a rooster that I found in my abandoned barn a few weeks ago. He's been acting normally, like all my other chickens, up until very recently, as in the last few days. I'm very concerned about him. Some points to keep in mind: 1.He has lice (not infested, but a lot of nits) 2.I've given him...
  10. Livipedia

    Fleas? Depluming mite?

    I'm starting to get super frustrated as this issue is one I feel I have been battling for over a year and nothing has been effective. Two of my hens have bald patches with crusty skin, one on her neck and the other on her belly. I determined it was not cannibalism after lots of careful...
  11. ChurroBurro

    Both hens dead within hours - no previous symptoms

    Hey y'all, I had a tragic weekend where both my hens died unexpectedly and without symptoms. My brother let them out of the coop in the morning and they were fine. Pecking at the worms he brought them and by the time he got home from work they were both dead. Nothing physically wrong with them...
  12. L

    Who can identify?

    At the end of the school year a student gave me 6 chicks as a gift. They were supposed to be all pullets, 3 polish and 3 silkies, but at this point it's clear there is more going on. Can anyone help identifying the breeds? I see 2 polish, 2 maybe? Silkies and 2 mystery chickens. I'm worried the...
  13. MageofMist

    Quail suddenly laying down puffed up and breathing fast.

    I have a Chinese painted quail who is about 4 weeks old who suddenly fell ill without any sign of being sick beforehand, I heard it doing the "Whee" chirps quite loud and when I checked I saw it flopping along the cage floor trying to keep up with it's siblings and parents. I took it out and it...
  14. MewMewMichelle

    Runnings Mystery Chickens

    I recently got chicks, in the start of May, and I was supposed to have three golden laced wyandottes and three plymouth rock chickens... Well two of them are accurate, but the rest.. Well I made speculations but It'd be great to have some help figuring out their breed! These two are...
  15. ToriMclgal

    4H Showing--What Breed do I call my Pullets?

    So I have two four month-old mixed-breed bantam pullets. I am entered in a 4H show, where they do mock poultry breed judging, but I can't figure out what breed I should call them. They look like this: What breed should I label them as? It doesn't have to be their real breed at all (they are...
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