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I found these worms frozen on the ground outside my chicken’s shed in the bitter cold (5 degrees F today here in Tennessee). What are they, what harm do they do and how do I get rid of them? They are about 3 inches long.

Pullet or cockerel? 16 weeks old. Mixed breed. RIRed + EE

one of my chicks collapsed. It’s been very hot. The chick can not stand. Any ideas what might be wrong?. It eats and drinks a little but has to be hand fed.

Early this morning our chickens began to alert to some kind of danger. My wife and I went out to check. We thought it was another hawk alert but everything seemed OK there. Then my wife looked into the chicken nest boxes and saw this four-foot long snake curled up in one of the nest boxes...

Age is 12 weeks approximately. Male or female? #1 #2 #3 #4

Here is a hypothetical survival question: A single chicken represents how many days of food for an adult human? I know there are many variables like size/weight of the bird and the number of people eating it, but based on my personal observations, a single chicken will feed a single adult...

One of my older hens (5 years old Delaware) started to stagger and have problems with mobility. It got worse until she could barely walk. She also seems to make unusual darting motions with her head, over her back and to the side. She also seems to either have vision problems or problems with...

How do I keep hens from spilling/wasting food? I feed them via bowls on the ground and some days there is more food on the ground than in their crops. How do I correct this? Any suggestions are appreciated.

We have 5 roosters and 35 hens, with plenty of room. The 4 large roosters are our original roosters and all have a hierarchy and it works well, they coexist without any big problems. They keep separate from each other and watch for hawks overhead, our dominate rooster even fought off a...

We bought 15 female “Lakeside Eggers” from Meyer Hatchery. Lakeside Eggers are a hybrid that lay blue eggs. They are 12 weeks old now, and I am noticing cockerel-like behaivior in the one in the photos posted below. Plus spur buds starting to show on his legs. Do you all agree this one...

My “barnyard mix”cockerel started out 100% black and gray, but at about 8 weeks, started showing a single red spot which has grown at 12 weeks to many red spots. Do you think he will be red as an adult? The red color looks the same as my Rhode Island Red hens, of which I have 5 of. Perhaps...

My younger birds roost up in a Douglas Fir tree. Will an owl try to take one at night? There was a loud commotion (chicken alarm calls) at 9 p.m. and when I hurried out I heard wings flapping away( I think…). Do owls pick off roosting chickens at night?

They were hatched 7/4/2022 so they are now 11 weeks old. Chick 1 has black feet, no tail, gray body and black head with a small peacomb. Chick 2 had black feet, a long gray tail, gray body with reddish feathers starting to appear, black head, pea comb and small wattles. Are they pullet or...

These two are siblings, of mixed heritage (maybe Black Australorp and Easter egger). They started out all gray. One has turned dark, while the other is still gray. One seems fully feathered and the other not so much. They are almost 8 weeks old. They are being raised by a broody hen so it was...

These two are siblings, of mixed heritage (maybe Black Australorp and Easter egger). They started out all gray. One has turned dark, while the other is still gray. One seems fully feathered and the other not so much. They are almost 6 weeks old. They are being raised by a broody hen so it...

I saw one of my older Rhode Island Reds with an egg stuck half-in, half-out of her butt. She was moving around just fine and acted like it wasn't even there. Is there a concern with this or will it drop out in time? Has anyone seen this before?

Lately I've notice some of my birds yawning and flexing their diaphragm and it looks like gapeworm. Is gapeworm a dangerous threat to life or just an annoyance? Last year I saw the same thing and gave them fenbendazole in their water for a week, but I noticed it settled to the bottom of their...

These two gray chicks are about a week old. Its amazing they survived since they hatched with two broody hens in attendance, and both hens have been vying for the honor of raising these chicks. Can anyone tell if these two chicks' are going to be roosters or hens at this young age? Also, they...

Last year my eggs hatched with a 75% hatch rate. All were hatched under a broody hen. This year none of my eggs are hatching thus far. All of the 9 eggs under the first broody hen did not hatch. The next 9 were due to hatch Sunday the 26th and here it is the 28th with no chicks to be seen...

We have a 3 year old rooster who is the alpha and his two sons, who are 1 year old roosters. How long will the Daddy Rooster stay alpha over his sons? It seems to me he is slowly allowing them to mate more than he was and he doesn't always chase them off the hens. We have 3 roosters and 26...