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Hello all- my white hen named “Sketch” is 6 months old and is one of the first of my “new” flock to lay eggs. Any idea on breed? By the way she is laying GREEN eggs !

Hi all- My black australourp has a ton of bumps/bites on his comb/wattles. I thought it could be mosquito bites being that I live on a bayou, but if that were the case why don’t any of my other hens & Roos in the flock have them? Is this something to be concerned with or is it just mosquitoes...

Hello all- Today I cracked open my Easter Egger “Lavie’s” first 2 eggs (laid today and Monday). I see 2 black/brown dots in them. Is this normal ? Are they safe to eat? I have a flock of different breeds (15 hens) and this is the first time I encountered this. Any info would be great , thank you !

Hello all- Today I cracked open my Easter Egger “Lavie’s” first 2 eggs (laid today and Monday). I see 2 black/brown dots in them. Is this normal ? Are they safe to eat? I have a flock of different breeds (15 hens) and this is the first time I encountered this. Any info would be great , thank you !

The one in question is the black one. Would greatly appreciate if you can tell me ! Thanks.

Hello all- I was given this chicken as a baby and was told she would be a welsummer , clearly that is not the case. All of the other spring chicks have doubled & tripled in size and even the bantams are larger. She is so pretty and very friendly, but I would love to know if anyone knows what...

Hello- Recently I have noticed one of my chicks has a growth on its beak. It is hard and feels the same as its beak. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? Any info will help, thank you !

Hello- I have a flock of all different breeds, I would like to separate my silkie hens and roosters to hatch silkie eggs. Since the hen has the potential of laying mixed breed eggs at this moment, how long should I wait to know that she will certainly lay only silkie eggs? Hope it makes sense...

Mixed bantam?

Male or female? Breed? Thanks 🙏

Male or female? Type of chicken? Thanks 😊

Please help! This is my first time going through this so I am not sure what I am looking at. 1 hen is loosing a lot of feathers a lot in back/tail and neck area. Another one is fluffy above her tail. Is this mites or molting? Any advice would be great. Thank you.

Hello all, my silkie (surprise!) is broody again. This is her second time ever and it was only 3 months ago that she hatched her first single baby chick. The baby chick is not integrating well with the rest of the flock. Mom went broody 6 days ago and the chick has been sitting in the box with...

Please help, my 2 week old silkie chick has a mass/tumor on back of neck / chest. I am not familiar with this and any advice will be helpful. Thank you.

My silkie hen is about 7 months old now and for the first time ever she is broody. My concern is that we are in mid October. We live in central Louisiana , it does get cold in the winter (40s in the day, 30s at night during the January-February months) I know it isn’t the coldest environment by...

Please help! My Easter egger rooster is 5+ months now. We had him since 3 days old and he has been handled by our family ever since we brought him home. He was always regularly handled by our family including our young children. Never did he show aggressive behavior, in fact he still comes...

My rooster is suddenly coughing/choking making a loud noise when it happens. I have a link to video, any advice please would be great thank you.

Hi all, first time poster here I am new to BYC and a first time chicken owner. My 3 year old daughter has always loved chickens , so after a year of asking and me doing a lot of research I decided to go all in and start a backyard family flock! We have 6 chicks , 3 pullets (sapphire gems) and...