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Hello! I’m interested in getting into Chukars, however I have chickens who free range when I’m home. I’ve read that they are susceptible to disease the chickens may carry. I live on a small acreage and would have the main bird enclosures separated. However, when my chickens free range they...

I’m a first-time Hatcher”, in the middle of hatching a few eggs from my backyard flock — I have a barred rock rooster and various hen breeds: Cuckoo Maran, Australorp, Buff Orpington, Sussex... Ive read that a BR x BR you can sex by the size and shape of the spot on their head. I also read...

I have a coop of 9 hens and 1 rooster who have been living together for over a year now. Recently, seemingly all the hens are tormenting one of my buffs. I’ve picked out a few instigators who will run her down, and then when she’s laying down in full submissiveness they jump on her and take...

I have an existing small backyard flock that I've gotten from several feed stores over the years (Tractor Supply, Orschlen's, etc.) and I'm looking to purchase more chickens online from a hatchery. At checkout they ask if I want to vaccinate for Marek's... After some research online I read...

Help! I woke up this morning to one of my chicks (a few weeks old) not feeling well. Gladys is not eating, pretty lethargic, has a bit of a “penguin stance”, and doesn’t seem comfortable enough to lay down/roost. When she closes her eyes she just hangs her head. She will peck at food, but just...

I found a few what looks like tiny maggots/worms in and around one of my hen's droppings this morning in the roost. Are these roundworms? I would imagine they would look different. I worm my chickens with Wazine every fall when they molt & slow their laying... and have never had an issue with...

I have a RI red that is ill. What started as slight lethargy quickly escalated to extreme lethargy and a nonexistent appetite. I brought her inside and have been trying to nurse her back to health. Symptoms : • lethargy • will not eat or drink herself • the typically white stuff in droppings is...

I've had chickens for 2 1/2 years, and my first case of an egg bound hen came just last week. I've been soaking her in epsom salt 1-2 times a day as well as squirting an olive oil/salene water mixture into her vent with a syringe. This morning I found an odd mass under where they roost, and I'm...

I have a hen that is showing symptoms of illness. Yesterday evening she didn't go out with the rest of the hens & just sat in a nesting box, I thought she was just being a little broody. Well, she slept there all night & this morning I moved her... No egg just a lot of abnormal looking...

One of my hens, Mobley, started assaulting the other, Hester, a couple weeks ago. She relentlessly chases her around and tears at her comb, so I've had to keep them separated. I looked online for remedies to this aggressive behavior and ordered some pinless peepers. I let Mobley get used to them...

So I have a Buff Orpington hen & an Ameraucana hen, both are approx. 24 weeks old. These are my first pair of chickens, so I'm curious about what to expect. Neither has started laying, and I was wondering if there were ways to coax it along, because based on research I have done, they are...