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its my first time hatching eggs and I have one egg that pipped on the wrong side of the egg. I just put them into lockdown last night at 18 days and while candling this chick had piped into the air sack and appeared to be on track. This mourning I see the pip through the shell on the wrong...

I have a iso brown girl that is 3 years old. I noticed her the other day she was laying out in their run with one leg and wing outstretched and was really wobbly getting up. she is eating fine but seems lethargic and not very steady on her feet. She was running after food yesterday and fell...

Just trying to pinpoint what several of my girls have. My gold laced has good fluff on her rear but is bald and red on both sides of her vent fluff. You almost dont see it till she moves the right way. I have watched her pick at that area. Her vent fluff area isnt matted with dried poo. I...

Just looking for opinions as to if I had a hawk or fox attack yesterday? Here is the story. I went outside yesterday and saw a fox on the outside of my chicken run looking in at my girls. I chased it off, (saw it last year also) looked over my outside uncovered run. I alot of feathers in...

Does anyone know how high a fox can jump? I went out tonight and saw a fox outside my 5 ft fence. I was able to scare it off. I checked the girls and they were all there but my silverlaced was standing all by herself and now moving around much. I then found her feathers scattered about their...

After reading some and watching some you tube videos I decided not to heat my coop. I am in ohio and it will get cold at times. We have had some single digit temps with several lows near 0 deg. My granddaughter was holding her iso brown (nugget) the other day and I noticed one of it's comb...

I got my flock this spring and the coop I built for them has 2 large windows the can be closed off for the cold weather. We have been having cooler nights and I have started to keep the windows shut. I now have 3 silly chickens laying/roosting right next to the exit door from the coop out to...

Does anyone have any advise to keep my chickens out of my neighbors yard? I love having my chickens free range my 2 acre yard but they have started to get into my neighbors flower beds and tree mulch. I hate to fence them in but looks as if I have no choice. thanks Jeff

I have 7 chickens in my flock and have been letting them free range the 2 acres that I live on this summer. They have recently discovered the neighbors yard and flower beds. I love to watch them roaming my yard but the neighbor doesnt like her mulch and flower beds tore apart. So with much...

I took my new puppy yesterday to the vet I have been going to to trim my cockatoo parrot . I mentioned that I have chickens and he went on a 5 min lecture of how big of a risk they can be. Told me to never take my cockatoo around them and even to have outside shoes and inside shoes as to not...