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Pretty sure these both are male but wanted to double check. Two 2 week old salmon faverolles.

Got some chicks and we're brooding them with the bigger girls. They're in the covered part of the run and out of wind and rain. Ran around like crazy for a while when I put them in 😂 it's only hardware cloth halfway up the side since they're on a secure run but I may go ahead and put it all the...

We didn't get any chicks last year because, let's face it, sometimes you gotta let the bigger girls start to die off before adding more 😂. Well, we unfortunately lost a few from age mixed with our horrible west Texas heat last summer. Tractor supply got some new babies in today, and I couldn't...

I posted on here last year about rescuing a little male boxer that was dying in the breeders backyard. I thankfully got her to release him to me and $1500 and a complete prolapse later, he's alive. Since that surgery he hadn't had any more issues (until recently, a yeast infection on his face)...

Ok, so I posted a couple weeks ago asking for help because we have been super hot and my girls look like they're struggling. I provide cold water, deep shade, fans, frozen water bottles, and frozen treats daily. I also have been wetting the ground. Most said they'll be ok, the panting is ok...

Guys, it's so hot in Texas right now. So far we are at 117. My poor chickens are struggling. They have deep shade, a pool filled with fresh ice water, 2 fans (one is the makeshift ac cooler). I'm going out there every hour having to put cool water under their wings. They're panting heavily and...

Guys, it's so hot in Texas right now. So far we are at 117. My poor chickens are struggling. They have deep shade, a pool filled with fresh ice water, 2 fans (one is the makeshift ac cooler). I'm going out there every hour having to put cool water under their wings. They're panting heavily and...

So I posted on here when we first got our boxer puppy at 11 weeks old. He was having tons of trouble having water diarrhea and prolapsed twice. The vet finally did an x-ray at 15 weeks old, and we found out he had intussusception and had to have part of his small intestine removed. Many people...

Ok, so that dar polar vortex is hitting us again after this week. Joy. I need ideas on how to help the girls adjust. We are going to be in the high 50s then that night dropping down to 8. What do I need to do? Their coop is already draft free. Wind chill is supposed to make it around -11 real feel.

So we've been working on a new run for the girls and accidentally created a hole that 1 of my hens found. I was in the kitchen this morning preparing Thanksgiving food when I heard her scream. Before I could even get out the door my little 7 month old boxer puppy Mateo was out his doggy door and...

We are expanding our run and doing so with pallets. I'm not sure on the exact measurements. Around 50x30ish on this side (there's more run space on the other side of the coop). I'm planning on doing the bottom 4-5ft in hardware cloth but was wondering if it would be OK to do the rest with...

We had a horrible storm last night and somehow this hen got out of the run and coop. I just found her this morning like this. What do it do???help!!

My 18 week old boxer got into some.chicken feed. He didn't get a ton. I saw him right away and stopped him but he did get some. This morning he threw up his kibble and has pooped in the house 3x since. The poop is firm but he hasn't had an accident in the house in weeks. Could the feed have...

We rescued an 11 week old boxer 2 weeks ago. Found out he had coccidia and treated him with Albon for 10 days. He's gotten so much better but is still having horrible diarrhea. Today he prolapsed. He's at the vet now, they got the prolapse back in, are starting him on another anti diarrhea and...

I have a hen who's gone broody. She's been sitting on her nest of 4 ceramic eggs for 20 days. Maybe a little longer but I didn't start counting until she was sitting most of the day. I have 4 chicks that I just picked up that are 1 day old. Plan is to slip them under her tonight in the dark...

I have an older production hen that was still sitting in the nesting box when I just went to close up. I knew she wasn't broody as she's never gone broody and wasn't puffed up or screeching. Thought maybe she was just getting old and was more comfortable there. I picked her up just to check her...

I noticed today that one of my older EEs has some sort of growth in both corners of her mouth. They look kind of like pus. I couldn't get a picture as I'm the only one home tonight but will have my husband help me tomorrow. From my research, canker is spread through wide infected birds drinking...

I have 2 sapphire hens who will not break! I've had them in broody jail for 14 days. Every 4 days I let them out and they run straight to the nesting boxes so I put them back in, rinse and repeat. I just dunked them in cold water today but if that doesn't work then what do I do???

In your experience, which breeds tolerate heat well? I live in west texas where we get up to 120 most summers. I have a fan, give ice blocks,have deep shade and give frozen treats that help but they stil seem miserable. Our winters don't get too cold,the lowest is usually in the high teens. One...

I have 5 and 4 week old chicks currently. Today I decided to open up their brooder so they can start to mingle with the bigger girls. Only big enough for the chicks to fit but not the big ones. All but 1 hen are doing fine. They were a little interested when the chicks started coming out but...