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Help !!I have my first sick pullet and could use your help input. She is a 10 weeks old Buff Orpington. When I went out this afternoon, she looked like she was squinting a lot, holding her eyes closed. I sat and watched her for awhile and her one eye is bubbly. I separated her from her best...

Hi all - looking forward to Chickenfest and meeting all of you! Here is a place to collect info specific to Chickenfest. Chickcrazed - I also like the idea of a public Google doc to compile any info that it shared. So I will start by sharing what I plan on bringing again, Gluten Free...

We are about to head to Greenwood to look at a play house for free that would make a great coop. It was listed on Craiglist and is It stands about 12 - 15 ft high. It is roughly 9ft by 7ft. - according to the listing: http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/zip/4554188852.html We will know more...

I have a Breed Question for you experts! - what is the difference between a Production Red and a Red Sexlink? Eventually I will get some picks taken and ask "What are we?" but I am so worn out from coop making that I am very unmotivated to do that right now!

One of our lovely BYCers (LonelyPageTurner) has been told she has a week to "get rid of" her babies. She is in Lawrence Township, In Marion County (Indianapolis). Marion County allows chickens, but Lawrence Township has decided to have their own rules. Here is her original post...

I have a question - do chicks imitate other bird sounds they hear? My 4 weeks old birds are spending lots of time outside during the day now that it is toasty warm. They are making a new sound, and I realized today that it sounds like one of the birds in our trees. Just coincidence are are they...

Okay, so our six chicks are 4 weeks old today and we do not have a coop and I am in a little bit of a panic b/c 2 weeks form now we leave for a week and our neighbors will take care of our chicks and I am 99% sure they will need to be in the coop by then or they will be stuck in the brooder all...

Wondering if anyone can help. I have one of those red waterer lids that goes on a quart size jar. I raised it up on a brick so they would stop buying it, but now I keep finding it dry. It is like the bubble that needs to release to let more water out doesn't release. During the day it is no big...

Hi there. We are just beginning our chicken journey. We have 6 chicks and are starting out with a small playhouse upcycle coop, but planning to expand our flock over the next few years (to probably around 30). So hubbie and son are planning on building a bigger coop this summer. Hubbie has...

We had some milestones today - first dust bath by my one older chick. I had just cleaned the brooder and dumped the remaining of the bedding in and there was sawdust at the bottom and she went to town! I think she is about 4 weeks old (the rest are 3 weeks old). She also walked right up into my...

We just had our first emergency and I am so upset! Our chicks will be 3 days old tomorrow. We had the chicks outside and as we always do brought the dog in the run to say hello - one was running by him as he stepped and he caught her leg as he stepped and stepped on her leg - it was pulled...

Hoping you all can help - I am wondering if there is something up with one of my chicks. Nina was 2 weeks old on Tuesday. She is an unknown breed (Black Australorp, Jersey Giant or Back Orpington are the top guesses right now). When I woke up this morning I actually was wondering if she was...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can help -at what age range will Barred Rocks start to look like Barred Rocks? I ask b/c 4 of my chicks were supposedly Barred Rocks. 2 most definitely are, no doubt. But the other two's feathers have not changed yet. They are 2 weeks old tomorrow. Queen...

Wow, I had no idea how completely addicting these little ladies (I hope) would be. But no, not just mine, everyone elses too - I am sitting here falling asleep at the computer reading posts, looking at pictures. I think I am need of a serious chicken intervention (not that I actually want...

Hi there, I am shaking all over and in tears. I think there is something wrong with my heat lamp. Yesterday afternoon the bulb burnt out after only 3 days. Then today as I was sitting watching my chicks antics, the bulb literally exploded! My poor babies! It looks Iike they are all okay. A...

Hi there. We just got our chicks today. I am not sure what to do with the brooder temp. All but one is 3-4 days old - Now that I am looking at her Queen Elizabeth (who is already ruling the roost) I think is older, maybe a week from what I am reading. We were so excited when we got them that...

Hi all! Tomorrow we will go buy our chicks. Very excited, a little nervous. After a couple years of talking about it we are finally doing it! I have been eating, sleeping and dreaming chickens - chicken books surround me. Last night I told my daughter to go get the Chicken coops from the van...