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A friend of mine had just got baby chicks, as of today they are between 3 days and a week old. A couple of them had abnormal stuff on their vents including dry crusty skin above their vents, a white liquid coming out of their vents, under their vents seemed to be swollen and bare (could be...

I have an almost 2 year old Cinnamon Queen hen and an Easter Egger hen of the same age. The Easter Egger is still laying good eggs almost daily, but the Cinnamon Queen has stopped. I noticed it about a month and a half ago because I lost most of my flock in a possum attack. At first the CQ was...

I have two broody hens. They have, together, hatched 15 eggs with 11 chicks surviving. Throughout the whole process, they have switched clutches and they both seem like good mothers. Currently I have them in a brooder coop together with their 11 chicks. Today I went out to the coop to do my...

I got week old chicks on Sunday, and today I went to check on them and found this guy. The feathers are not wet in the area that his skin is visable, and I am not sure what to do. It looks very swollen/full. Could he have an impacted crop, or may it be something else?

I am getting day old chicks from farm n fleet hopefully today, but my dad has made it clear that they cant come inside. I have a small coop that is very predator proof that I plan to put them in. In it is a heat pad and a shoe box with some old shirts in it that they can sleep in, as well as...

I have a 9 month old Production Red rooster and he has gotten frost bite on his comb and wattles. When I was checking up on him, I noticed mucus coming out of him mouth and nose. I brought him into a heated garage and his wattles and chin area started to swell a lot. I couldn't notice any...

I have a 6 month old easter egger hen who is acting weird. When I came home from school, she was laying in her nesting box sleeping with her head over her wing, but beak tucked into her wing. She has not layed an egg today, and I tried to check her vent but I could not see anything abnormal. She...

Im back again with more questions. I had only one chick hatch, and she (I dont know what it is yet but to make it simple) is still a little damp from hatching, like her head, back, and tummy look wet. Should I change the humidity level so she dries quicker? How much is it ok for the humidity to...

I have an egg that started hatching yesterday, right at the top part of the egg. It has broken about 1/4th the way around the egg, but now there is yellowish liquid that spilled from the egg. The paper towel soaked up the liquid, so there is not a puddle, but is this normal? My guess is that it...

I have a male Pekin duck that I need to rehome. I do not have any other ducks, and he isnt lonely right now, my fear is he will become lonely later on or when winter comes freeze (he mounted a hen so he free ranges during the day, then is locked up safely at night). He is nice, but a bit shy. If...

Good evening, I just have a few questions before I start my incubation adventure. How many eggs should I at least have? And how often do you guys check the incubator and humidity levels and stuff when you incubate? I have only five fertile eggs right now, and am working to get more soon. And I...

Hello all, I am still kinda new to ducks, and I have a pekin drake. He tried mounting one of my hens so I split them up, and now I have him as free range. I am working on getting him a few friends, but need to know first, what types of predators will mess with pekin ducks? I don't know if hawks...

Hello everyone, I was locking my chickens in for the night and found a shelless egg. Only one hen is laying, and she layed an egg this morning, and the shelless egg was right behind her. She is on layer feed, and has oyster shells (although it does not seem she likes the pyster shells that...

Hello fellow people, I am getting a 5 month old male duck through my dads friends, as well as a 5 month old pullet. I currently have a flock of two 4 month old cockerels and seven 4 month old pullets, and would like to know what to expect. What kind of things should I expect from the duck, and...

I am looking to buy a couple very young pullets (a few days old, if possible) in Northern Illinois, near Woodstock and Marango, or by the Elk Grove Village Area. I am looking for Polish pullets, but am open to buying other breeds if none are avalible. I am also open to picking them up, I am...

Hello! I am having trouble figuring out if my Production Red is a pullet or cockerel. I bought her (I am just gonna call her a 'her' for now) from a store that ordered from cackle hatchery, and on the order it says she would be a pullet, but my dad insists that she is a cockerel. She will be 9...