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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...