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I have been having trouble with mosquitos here and now have my first chicken with fowl pox. I am going to vaccinate the rest of the flock but when I bought the vaccine from the feed store they were out of the applicators. I went to every feed store vet around here but no one had the...

today our one year old orpington is lethargic, not eating on her on, not walking around. She is usually a hyper girl all over the yard, one of the first ones out, and the least submissive of all the hens so she is not easy to catch unless you catch her on the roost. This afternoon we let the...

I use sand in my house and run and I am very happy with it but am considering making a 4 x 4 box in the covered run with bedding in it to a) sprinkle scratch into for entertainment and b) have a deep litter area to attract some fly predators. We had a pretty bad time last summer with flies and...

I have my first little roos. They are only 13 weeks now. I know they go through a wacky hormonal period and are not so gentle with the girls or each other. How old are they when they're personality is pretty well set and you can tell who is going to be mellow vs aggressive, good with the...

I just went out to open the coop and realized one pullet did not come out. She is a 21 week old barred rock of healthy weight who is normally one of the first out. I opened the coop and found her still coming down the ramp or really just standing on the ramp. Her comb which had been bright...

I've read in posts that people brush their silkies. What do you brush them with and how often do you brush them?

In the handmade section it would be neat if you offered the chicken saddle and chicken diaper or maybe a pattern with instructions so you could make your own:fl

I saw an assortment of feather footed bantam chicks today and some had blue beaks. A pretty kind of light blue beak. Just wondering what they could be. I was thinking silkie because their feathers didn't seem to have a pattern to them. They were white or very light colored chicks. I didn't...

We were away from home today and stopped in at a feed store to look around. They had several brooders filled with chicks from a couple of days old to a couple of weeks old. In one brooder with older chicks they were pecking on each other and there was fresh blood drawn on their backs. There...

We were given a mature hen, three - four years old, and right after she came to us she started molting. It looks to me like most of her molting is done. She has lost and regained her hackle feathers, tail feathers, some body feathers, and is now regaining the longest feathers on her wings...

I realize that a production red is a RIR but that they are in some way different. Is it that they do not meet the standard set for RIRs? I've read posts where people are able to pick out a production red from a standard red and I've been trying to figure out what it is that gives them away...

Just sitting here thinking about how much I love all the girls and was wondering how long can a chicken live if well taken care of? and maybe what breed was/is your oldest one?

I recently got an adult RIR hen and she almost immediately started going through a molt. Now two months later she has her feathers back but I see that she now has a few solid white feathers up near her hackle feathers on her back. She didn't have any white feathers before. Can a chicken...

I just got 2 hens from a neighbor. They are both about 2 years old. Have been fed only corn their entire lives with no calcium supplements. They did live uncaged in a small yard. We examined them and found their breast bones stick out about 2 inches if you put your hands into the feathers...

A neighbor is moving and wants to give me his two 2 year old hens. I went by his house to see the birds today and saw that they both have white poop residue sticking to the feathers around their vents. I did not get a chance to pick them up and check them out. They stayed out of his reach...

I'm putting up flyers tomorrow to find new homes for my cockerels. This is the one I'm still unsure of. My dominique at 5 weeks and a closer view at 6 weeks Is this a cockerel or pullet?

Anyone ever see pullets raise their hackle feathers when having a stand off with another chick or do only roosters do that?

Here are the other three chicks that I am wondering about the gender on. The side view is at 5 weeks and the face view is at 6 weeks. Thanks again. I have hope that one of these may be a girl First is Annabelle the BO. This one was slow to feather but has the smallest comb and it hasn't...

I'm thinking that all of my chicks are roos so, give me your opinion. Are they all roos? I'm including a side view at 5 weeks old and a face shot of 6weeks. So far I haven't been able to get a good top view. If you need a different view let me know and I'll get it. Thanks Dot my BR surely...

Hi everyone. I just love this site, well... I guess you could say I am addicted and my DH finally made the mistake of saying I could have chickens I researched and researched and brought all my chicken books and junk on vacation to read while he drove. Of course I couldn't resist looking in...