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Hey folks. So bumblefoot is one ailment I've always struggled to treat within my flock, and I've never been able to find a way to do it successfully after many difficult (and mildly traumatic attempts) but finally, I've discovered the secret. A, dare I say it, EASY way! I've done this on 3 feet...

This is Yoshi, he's an East Indie Bantam drake. I noticed today that he has "teeth" on the sides of his tongue. I have seen that geese have these but didn't know ducks did too! What are they called? What are they for? Just curious!

I just got a new call duck yesterday. Someone gave her away for free... Which is already a bit suspicious. They told me she was 4 months old but she looks only about a month and a half... Anyways. Besides being extremely dirty when I got her, she seemed ok. She was running around and such. But...

This is my 6 week old Splash Ameracauna chick. She has developed a black spot on one of her legs. Is it a bruise? I thought chicken bruises were yellow. Bruise on left leg

Hi there. I have a 2 year old EE frizzle rooster who I love. He's very gentle with people and with his hens, and has been accepting to every new hen I put in his coop. However, I recently added 1 new hen that he doesn't like. The other hens seem to have accepted her, but he has not. She hides on...

Hi there. I've had my flock for a few years now and bumblefoot cases have been far and few between. Today I went and checked my birds, and I probably have like 5-6 with it now! What did I do wrong? I try to keep the coop clean, it's usually not muddy (unless excess rain, and it's very large! I...

I thought this chick was female for a long time, but the tail is starting to arch over which has me worried. I do not see any pointed sickle or saddle feathers yet. What do y'all think? Is it too early for the curved tail to mean anything? Also the colorations look very female to me, and the...

My friend recently bought this mystery hen that was being advertised as a "golden comet" but I know there's no way that's what it is. It's HUGE and orange and almost looks like it's developing mille fluer coloration. It's about 6 months old. What breed is it?? (EE For Scale)

Hey there! I got some new Splash Ameracauna chicks the other day and I'm having a hard time telling if they are male or female. They are approximately 4 weeks old. Their beaks and nostrils look abnormally large to me but maybe that's just the breed. What do you guys think? Chick 1 Chick 2

Hey there! I just bought some splash Ameracaunas chicks! I don't know the exact age, but about 5 weeks I'd say. I'm usually pretty good about telling the gender of chickens at this age, but with this breed I have NO idea! I tried my best to pick 2 girls. What do y'all think? (Note, the one has...

Hey folks. I recently got myself a beautiful new EE hen to add to my flock. Everything seemed to go well at first and my frizzle EE rooster came up to do a mating dance for her almost immediately. However, she had come from a flock without roosters, and apparently mistook this display as...

We found this baby yesterday newly hatched on the coop floor alone. His mother was dead, by a snake it looks like. 😭 I'm posting a picture of what he looked like 11 hrs ago when first found vs now. The mass that we are unsure is intestines, umbilical, yolk sac, or a little bit of everything...

I found the mother dead and a newly hatched chick on the ground. Please help!! I don't know what to do.

This chick is a mixture of an EE and Mosaic. Due to the comb and wattle size I always assumed it was female, but look at it's pointy tail feathers! That means it's gotta be a male right? Note, it's a Fibromelanistic breed so redness of the comb and face is not a factor i can rely on.

Hey there. So I have six, 6-week-old chicks that were hatched by one of my own hens. She's been an excellent first time mother; in fact perhaps a bit too excellent. The babies refuse to roost at night, despite having roosting options that they happily use during the day. Mom, a small bantam mix...

This egg is 13 days old. I checked on it 2 days ago and it was moving. Now the blood ring seems stuck to the shell and I can't see the embryo anymore. Is it dead? Or is this normal for this stage of development?

Hi there. I'm attempting to hatch some chicken eggs currently and I have some questions. I just candled my 8 day old egg and it's looking like it should for that stage of development. Only issue, the veins and embryo in the center are not rotating/floating with the egg when I turn it, they seem...

I have a broody hen trying to hatch eggs. I don't want chicks right now tho so I've been taking away her eggs daily. This egg I think she sat on for about 2 days before I took it. (Note, she didn't lay this egg, it's another hens) I noticed a weird shadow on about 3 eggs when I candled them to...

I have a hen that has a bad limp when she walks and has for some time. The bottom of one of her foot pads is very swollen. We at first thought she must have bumblefoot so several months ago we attempted bumblefoot surgery. However, she never had the signature black scab on the bottom of her...

I have a very old hen. I dont know exactly how old because she belonged to a few different people before me, but enough that she no longer lays eggs, and even has grown spurs despite being female. She's normally quite grumpy but I noticed the other day that she started mimicking what some of the...