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Can anyone point me in the direction of some good articles about ALV. I am aware that this virus mimics Marek’s but can be transmitted through the egg. I hatched a bunch of chicks from 4 well known breeders in the Spring of 2021. After some mysterious deaths last summer, I sent a hen off to get...

I’ve had 3 mysterious deaths in my young flock in the past month or so. I sent the 3rd bird off to my state lab to get necropsied, and while histopathology results are pending, it appears most likely that my flock is infected with Mareks. The necropsied pullet has “gross lesions along her...

I hatched some faverolles this spring from two different breeders. The one breeder’s birds are not doing so well. I have had two mysterious faverolles death and a mysterious silkie death in the past three months. I am highly suspicious that mareks is destroying my flock. Currently, I have a...

Hi. I’m about a week or two away from moving my growouts into their new coop. I painted the floor, but I’m wondering if I need to fill those gaps with caulking? I’m moving in mostly silkies, so they’ll be on the floor in the evenings. They don’t roost. Is caulking really necessary or a waste of...

I received my package yesterday of 5 four-week old silkie chicks yesterday. However, I had ordered 10. The breeder is a very well-known silkie breeder and has I’m sure shipped thousands of chicks throughout her chicken days. The 5 that did arrive were stunning and healthy and looked great...

I am getting very worried about my 10 four week old silkie chicks that were shipped express from Florida on Monday evening at 5pm. The breeder is a very reputable and experienced breeder. I contacted her yesterday to let her know that they hadn’t arrived and was worried they would spend another...

I’ve got some excellent breeders’ lines (silkies, faverolles and legbars) that were hatched a week or so ago. The eggs (now chicks)!all came from show breeders. I’ve read that there are really only 1/10 chicks hatched from good lines that are even good enough to show. I’m not sure what the...

I’m scrambling to setup a brooder for ten 4 week old silkie chicks that should be arriving today via USPS. I was notified late afternoon yesterday that they had shipped. My 3 heat plates are currently being occupied by my 2 week old faverolles and silkies (brooder 1) and my 3 day old silkies...

We just got a new 12 x 22 coop built, so we’re pretty excited about getting the interior setup. I was going to put in some pen panels, but before I do that, I am wondering about the floor. Is it okay to just put wood chips over top of the floor or would you suggest to paint it? I’ve read about...

I’d really like to give my girls access to “free-range” within my premier 1 electric poultry netting area. However, I feel like I live in a bird of prey sanctuary, and I had two losses over the winter from hawks. The first time was my fault for giving my birds a day of reprieve during a...

I’ve recently introduced crushed oyster shell into my 20 week old chickens’ diet. I keep hens with roosters, so I switched over to an all-flock feed a couple of weeks ago. Without any extra calcium supplement, like in layer feed, I thought that this would work for me. BUT then I started reading...

I just started with chickens a few months back. My hens have all hit 19 weeks this week and there is not an egg in sight. I have Marans, legbars and leghorns. I only have 7, but I do keep a gorgeous legbar cockerel in with them most days. Could they be stressed from him? They don’t seem to be...

New chicken person here, so I could use some help! I recently rehomed my 3 1/2 month FBCM Marans rooster. In the two days since he’s been gone, my same-aged White legbar rooster has assumed his role as top roo. I only have 7 pullets for him and have no plans on getting more. I have silkies as...

I posted a while back on determining the sex of my FBCM chicks. I’m fairly certain I have one female, one male and one still YTBD. My suspicion is cockerel. What do you think? ...Here is an updated pic of Penny, one of my FBCM. She has me thrown for a loop with whether she is a female or a...

my 5 week old BCM’s poop has been consistently runny. This is a picture of another bird’s Poop because I didn’t have a chance to take a pic of this particular bird’s droppings. Her poop is runnier but the same color and does have white in there. I don’t think it is a cecal poop because she...

I hatched white legbar, Black Copper Marans and silkie cockerels. I am planning on keeping 3 silkies, one BCM and the white legbar in a separate coop/run from the girls. They were hatched together and brooded together for a couple of weeks. However, they are now in separate brooders (silkies in...

This is my first go around with chickens (but I now have 23 chicks in 3 brooders in my family room and 40 more eggs in incubators in my dining room. Lol) Anyway, I have an almost 4 week old Black Copper Maran chick who I am suspicious to be a cockerel. I ❤️ This bird! It is the only one that...

I just bought some electric poultry netting from premier 1. My plan is to place the coop and run inside the electric fence area (so that the chickens have a bit more room to roam when I’m home). But then I started to think about rats and snakes. Does anyone know if the fence would protect...

I have no idea about the BCM’s but i’m Guessing cockerel for the legbar. What do you all think? They’re just a bit over a week old, so it is probably too early. Pic 1: BCM1 Pic 2: BCM1&2 Pic 3: BCM1&2 Pic 4: BCM 1&2 Pic 5: BCM 3 Pic 6: BCM 3 Pic 7: legbar 1 Pic 8: legbar 1

i’m in desperate need of help. I bought a MagicFly (Janoel 12) incubator to help out with extra eggs that I received. I have a filled incuview currently running also. Anyway, the magicfly Janoel 12 instructions were so confusing, I messed around with something I should not have... the HU and HD...