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Hello everyone! I picked up these two little ladies at an auction but I have no idea what breeds they are. Any insight would be awesome.

Hi. So long story short I assisted hatching for this baby at 24 days (upside down positioning). I saw it still had yoke so I stopped and tried to let it stay in the shell as long as possible. About 24 hrs after I intervened she ruptured the yoke and I had to finish the hatching to stop her...

I went to move my little gals in with the big girls tonight and when I picked up gal 3 she was completely unresponsive. She is breathing and I managed to warm her up a bit so she moved some but she is back to just lying there. All 3 were active and seemed normal yesterday but after handling her...

Hello everyone! I am trying my hand at a special project. True BBS Ameraucana x faverolles. I may add other breeds eventually as my end goal is a EE that has strong blue genetics, feathered legs, faster to develop than true Ameraucana and light blue/green eggs. I have 3 fav pullets, two Am...

Hatched some true Americana eggs and this one is tough to tell. Six weeks old, splash and my son's favorite. Thoughts?

Hi all, I am looking into getting a pair of goats -or sheep?- for my backyard. They would be pets and our official lawn mowers. Our land is flat but there are large rocks everywhere which makes mowing all but impossible. We have half an acre, fully fenced with chainlink. Goats would need to get...

Ok, 3 weeks ago I had an emergency laparoscopic appendectomy. I feel much better now but I still am having a fair amount of pain associated with one of the incision sites. I have mentioned it twice to my doc (really not impressed with him). Both times he examined the incision, had me cough...

This is a Mystery Chick from McMurray Hatchery. I can usually figure these guys out but this one has me stumped. Single comb, clean legged and noticeably smaller than the Barred Rocks and Buff Orphingtons.

Some friends of mine are new to chickens and would like the confirmation on this one's gender. Personality wise this chicken is more aggressive than the others and makes a lot of growly sounds compared to the other's clucking. This last picture is a comparison between the ? chicken (left)...

I just received a shipment of Silkie chicks (I buy from hatcheries to resell locally) and one little black chick has a very obvious leg deformity. It looks like the knee joint is locked in a bent position, probably where it was positioned in the egg. Is there a good treatment for this? Is it...

I have 6 Cornish Roasters from McMurray. They are almost 3 weeks old right now and already getting stinky for their age. Our highs are in the 90s and our lows are in the 60s. When can I move them into the coop? I know with layers it is usually around 5-6 weeks but I am hoping meaties can go...

Hi all. To start, my flock consists of: 2 Easter Eggers, 3 years old and the top two hens 1 Australorp, 2 years old 1 RIR/Orphington cross, 1 year old 1 bantam Cochin, 1 year old I just added the Cochin and her flock mate, a bantam brahma about four months ago. The bantam brahma suffered...

Hi all. I have a 1 week old salmon Favorolles chick that is having issues. He came out of the box seeming a little weaker than the others but overall ok. He developed pasty butt really bad (only one in the shipment to get it at all) and is mostly recovered from that but now has developed an...

I can't figure out how to close this ad. I will not be selling chicks in 2014.

Ok, this little one is a buff brahma. The legs curve inward and almost seem to have a twist to them. The chick cannot really walk but shuffles around using it's whole leg like a foot. The few times I have seen the little tyke stand the legs just look wrong. Toes point mostly forward but have...

Hi all, I am getting off the ground with my business and was looking for a slightly more professional way to deliver chicks. I am selling day olds and, eventually, started pullets. At most swaps I have been to people bring heir own carriers but I am also selling locally via Craigslist and FB...

I lost the first yesterday afternoon (dark Cornish), a second around midnight (jersey giant)and now this one is displaying the same issues. 5 day old Jersey Giant chick, shipped from mcmurray on Monday, arrived Tuesday, seemed perfectly healthy until I found her this morning. she is...

Help!! One of my chicks is gasping and limp! No signs of injury, pooped pure liquid a few seconds after I picked her up.

I bought the Brown Egg layer assortment from McMurray and I have IDed about half the chicks (Light Brahmas, Dark Cornish, Barred Rocks and White Rocks). These are the ones still eluding me. First three pics are of the same chick but I have four others just like her. No spot means not a...

I am just starting up a small scale chick sales business and was wondering if anyone out there had any advise. I am sure I am not the first to try this so... Nutshell, I am hatching one batch of chicks a month and ordering another a month, trying to keep them about two weeks apart to give me...