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Hello! I took a chick in on April 18th that had been hatched on April 16th. It wasn’t doing well with the other chicks so they had it separated. I’ve had chickens for a few years, so offered to take it and try to save it. Our 5-year old has named it T-Rex. It took a few days but she (🤞🏼) was...

Good morning! I took a newly hatched chick from our son’s daycare that was separated from the rest of their hatched chicks. My son named “him” T-Rex (black one). He wasn’t standing and was found being walked on, so he wasn’t doing great when we took him in last Thursday (18th). I was told they...

Hello all! I have a 4 day old chick that I’m attempting to nurse back to good health. My son’s daycare hatched some eggs and when I went to pick him up yesterday I saw they had this little one separated and “he” didn’t look too good. Our youngest has named him T-Rex, so that’s who I’m referring...

I’ve read articles and watched YouTube videos but it’s difficult to see when the peeper is on already. I just want to make sure we place it in the correct location. Inside the nostril, right?! I suppose if we don’t get it on correctly it won’t stay on, but I don’t want to cause any discomfort if...

“Composting is only as hard as you make it, if you mess up it just takes longer to turn into dirt.” I’m trying to remind myself of this, but as much as I’ve already read I still don’t know what to do. I have a small backyard flock of six, ranging in age from 1-3 years. I want to start...

I just can’t get over the size of this comb and wattles! I picked up three chicks from three different bins at our local fleet supply store. I know different breeds mature at different rates and given the color of this chick “she” by all rights is a pullet…if in fact she was labeled correctly as...

Does anyone know what this is and if it’s harmful to chickens? I want to build our new run in this area and these are all over. Our three year old thinks they’re dinosaur eggs and if that’s the case we have a really big problem 😅

I’ve noticed over the last two days one of my orps, Goldie Hawn, isn’t acting herself. I think the flock knows it too. Yesterday morning I witnessed one of the other hens mounting her and biting the back of her neck. I’ve never seen anything like that amongst my flock although I’m sure they’ve...

Whelp, the title says it all 🙊 I just couldn’t resist, darn hormones!!

I was hoping I wouldn’t have one go broody, but my suspicions were confirmed this morning. I have a small flock of five hens, and as much as I would love to add, my responsibilities as a flock owner needs to trump my heart. It’s supposed to warm up in the next week so I’m hoping we can get...

I’ve googled, and googled some more and can’t decide what breed my hen Ace is. The lady who gave me the fertilized eggs just said she “has a hodge podge” that makes up her flock. She has green/blue coloring accenting her black feathers depending how the sun hits her and black legs. Very laid...

Trying to get some good looks of the black one pictured BEHIND 😅 my extremely curious buffs. Next to impossible!

TREATS! 😬 I don’t know why I didn’t cover their run when I knew this latest storm was coming. We’re in a little lull now out of a forecasted 18”-22”+ so I went out to try and entice them out with extra scratch/mealworms.

What are some of your favorite cold weather treats to give your flock? It’s not unusual for our low (with windchill) to stay around -30 to -40, so I like to occasionally give my girls a little warm treat. Usually I just go with plain oatmeal and throw in some mealworms, they seem to like it...

BYC members I again look to you for guidance! This forum is my idea of social media and I can’t thank you all enough for all the information and amusement you’ve brought me over the last 1.5 years! With that being said, my next obstacle is this...We just purchased more land directly behind our...

I had one of my hens hatch some eggs and we only have one chick from that hatch, she’s currently 6 weeks old. Just found momma hen dead and I don’t know what to do with the one chick. I’m worried about adding her to the existing flock (2 speckled Sussex, 1.5 years old) because one the the hens...

I have three speckled sussex hens, all just over a year. Two of them went broody at the same time and managed to happily hatch their clutch together. However the third hen killed two of the 4 day old chicks. I have them separated now. Do I keep her or get rid of her? I’m all about giving her...

I had to separate one of my chicks as “he” has splay leg and curled toes. We got a band on him now and I’m supplementing B12. He was tossed from the nest after he was born 😞 I’m going to the store and wondering if I should pick up one or two more chicks to be with him in the brooder? I know...

I want to be prepared when I go to the store, is there a certain type of Vitamin B I need to get for my chick? I’m fairly certain Forest (my husband named him that after Forest Gump) has curled toes AND spraddle leg. I’m headed to the feed store in a bit to get some chick starter and supplies...

He just hatched a couple hours ago under a hen, found him by the door of my coop and there’s no way he could have gotten out himself. Wondering if one of my two broodies that are sharing the same clutch tossed him out knowing he won’t make it? what can I do to try helping him? Tried some warm...