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I recently decided to go from layers to dual purpose chickens. My remaining rooster however is a Golden Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben. I saw somewhere that they have a low fertility rate (not sure if they mean the roosters or hatch rate). Anyway, I think I need a new rooster to help my ladies...

I have one hen with a poopy butt, so I caught her this morning to clean it up and found her cochlea <sp> was outside. Is this from starining to get past poopiness or another issue. I cleaned it and tried to gently push back in but I think there is an egg on its way. I have placed her in a cage...

My rooster has developed some weird scabs on his comb. I do not think they are from scratches, etc. Sometimes a hen will peck on it, but it does not seem to bother him. Anyone know what it is and what I can do to help? Antibiotic ointment?

I have a Smokey Pearl hen who is laying eggs with no shells. I had posted concerns a couple of months ago when her comb and wattle suddenly turned from pink to dark grey. I was not sure who was laying these but I saw her do it on Friday! I have 7 layers and their eggs are fine, i have thought...

I found out we have round worms so the only thing I could find was Wazine. It says to give to them till it is gone but their batch is for 100 chickens, I only have 9 grown and 26 chicks older than 6 weeks. Should I just leave it for a day and then take it away? It says when it is gone to give...

I am giving them medicine for it. I know they have not had spaghetti.

The coop and run were one of the features that attracted us to buy. Then the roof started to fall apart. Due to a few varmint issues now solved (knock on wood) the older hens tend to roost on a support beam near the roof across the width of the coop. The original roosts are below that and run...

I am really beginning to wonder if I have the breeds I thought I bought. I have never been able to tell the Isa Browns from the Golden Comets. And the Smokey Pearls are much whiter than I expected. One of them recently went very dark on her comb and wattle, i thought i was going to lose her but...

I am so excited, came home from church and checked the runs nesting boxes. Was really not expecting anything since they prefer to lay in the coop. Surprise! Four eggs. The bottom two I recognize as my olive egger's and my RIR's. The other two are from the first chicks I bought. I had bought 2...

Thinking I was smarter than chickens I bought a nice big feeder to use while transitioning my chicks in with the adult hens. It is in an area of the coop only they can get into. Well, several of them are getting into the hens feeder out in the run. They are scattering the pellets all over...

If you breed a Ayam cermani pullet with a leghorn rooster? What do I need to breed it with to get Ayam cermani? Do I have to have a Ayam cermani roo? Hatch date 6/1. Pictures attached. I originally thought it was a roo but now pretty sure she is pullet. I posted this question somewhere else but...

I went out to let the girls in from ranging and one of them had a dark grey blackish comb and wattle. They have normally been light pink and it made me panic. I noticed because I am waiting for her to come I to lay and to redden. Is there something wrong?

I was out taking care of the adult chickens this morning when a wheezing high pitched cock a doodle do came out of the brooder next door. They are from a 6/1 surprise box from Cackle. Is that normal to crow so early? My brother had one several months old I had pegged for a rooster, he didn't...

New chicken mom here. I originally bought 6 chicks back in March. Shortly after I figured I didn't want to wait 4 months for eggs and bought 2 laying hens and a rooster. Since then I have lost one to a fox and bought 2 more laying hens. The hens seem to be rather sparsly feathered in their...

I have 5 young hens just reaching laying age. I have had 2 eggs i think they may have layed. The first one was smaller than my laying hens eggs with an odd ringed coloration and the shell was kinda rough. I found it on the floor of the chicken house. The second one seems bigger with the same odd...

Is this cross beak and can it occur overnight? Yesterday I moved half of my chicks to an outside cage, and did not see this at all. I kept the smaller ones in the house still and reduced them to one huge bin. I did not see this. Could it be an injury instead? She had escaped the box and chirping...

I started with 6 chicks, but since I wanted eggs sooner I got 3 hens and a rooster. I managed integrating them fine when the girls got old enough. The girls come when I call etc. I still feed them chick starter in a kennel inside the coop. They will take feed and treats feom my hand and I do...

I got this coop with my home and want to replace the ladders with new ones. I would like to make ones similar to the existing ones but there are some parts rotted off etc. Anyone know how close the rungs should be? How steep cam they be? My hen came down from the nesting box and basically slid...

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I have only had the chickens for a week. I do have 6 chicks at 5 weeks but they are still on the porch. Last Friday I got caught up with dinner, etc and failed to close the door to the hen house. (The coop and hen house were here when we bought the place, I felt the henhouse was secure but the...