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I picked up 15 chicks from the farm store and have questions about a few, but perhaps separate threads would be easier? Anyway, this little fluffer is supposed to be a Mystic Majestic Marans from the feed store, sold as a sexed pullet. 8 wks old tomorrow. I have 2 MMM and one is classic black...

Don't have time to explain everything but can't find threads I have seen about this. Short version faces swollen, combs torn off, some beaks torn off. We just got them separated and need to know how to treat... So many quickly. Do we flush the wound and with what? Thanks

Hi, a few weeks back I posted about a predator attack on my chickens. Well, poor Lucky - 1 yr old B.O. - is still healing from her leg injury, but she refuses to get up unless you literally pick her up and plunk her on her good foot. She still has trouble with the other leg and favors it big...

Hi all, our flock had an unfortunate incident with predators night before last, due to an electronic pop-door malfunction. Owl, we think. And maybe some other opportunistic animal like coyotes may have gotten involved, as the birds scattered in a half mile radius like a bomb went off...

Hi, we live in Barry Co. Michigan and have a flock of 21 pullets and 1 cockerel. Rocky, the barred rock cockerel is proving to have an attitude problem, and thats just not something we can tolerate from our free-range flock, especially since we want chicks from him eventually. We honestly...

So I managed to resist the sinister urge to pester you guys about my Orps, but I can't resist. The good news is that we can have a rooster or two out here where we live, and I've grown way too fond of these three to have any intention of them ending up in the freezer. I'm just curious, tbh. Its...

One of our australorp chicks (4wo) has a swollen squinty eye. I only found it about 30min ago. We put a little bit of water and VetRx on it (then I found the most recent eye injury thread about saline and neosporin:barnie) To me, it looks like a swollen injury, but I have literally never dealt...

I have 19 mixed breed chicks at 2+ wks old, and 3 buff orps at 6 wks old. We moved the youngins into the coop in a separate brooder a few days ago. Nights are still chilly, so we have a heat lamp for them. They are thriving. Growing super fast, flying really well, and just have a total 180°...

One of my now 3 day old New Hampshire chicks had a tiny little smudge under her vent yesterday. When I cleaned her up, I noticed that she also had a relatively large scab where her umbilical cord was (I don't know the terminology for chickens on their equivalent). The scab is shaped like a plug...

So, as I said yesterday, I ordered 16 chicks that won't arrive till the last week in April. Today I went down to our local FF&C to get all my brooder needs well in advance, because I am afraid it might be hard to find by late next month. And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just a little excited...

Hi, all! We (finally) got around to getting chickens. Been talking about it since we got married 13 years ago, but it seems like this is a good year to become a bit more self sufficient. My hubby and I (no kids) own 5 acres in Michigan have a 2000ft2 veggie garden + another 1000ft2 of...