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Considering getting a couple Guineas too protect my flock from predators. Reading about how they can fly has me worried about them getting out of run area and meeting up with my German Shorthair. Can I clip their wings so they can't fly?

I came home today to find one of my girl's dead and pretty well eaten up. Only thing I think is that a hawk may have swooped in and injured her. Is it possible that my other gal's would have eaten her? She was really messed up bad. I don't see any signs of a predator getting in the run so it...

Another egg hatched! Do I need to give my babies a vacination?

So it's been a week since my first hatched. I have 5 left that my Hen has been sitting on. I did the float test last week and again today. They are all sinking. I put one up to my ear and I believe I hear pecking going on. Is it possible? Do I let Mother Nature take it's course? I'm so...

I've had my first chick hatch the old fashion way! My Sicilian Buttercup has been sitting on about 9 eggs for over 21 days in one of the nesting boxes. Sunday I thought maybe I should get rid of them because nothing was happening. Well good thing I procrastinated. Last night I found one had...

It's my 2nd year raising Turkey's for holiday dinner's. I have a few questions and hope someone could help me out. 1. Last year we waited 20 wks before processing. I had them on a Starter, 20% then switched to 22% I believe about 8 wks. Towards September I gave them cracked corn because I...

I have my Duck's and Chicken's living together and on the most part get along very well, until recently. My Male Kaki Campbell constantly is trying to have relations with my Hen's. Any suggestions on how to correct his behavior?

Eggcessive, Well unfortunately Glitzy lasted about a couple more hours after I posted this, I could get him to stand up but then he'd plop back down and he did seem a bit puffy. I had given him electrolytes and put him under a heat lamp but no luck. How would I be able to detect frost bite ...

As you may all know, it's been very cold here in Michigan. My flock has been doing well except this morning I went to the coop and my Polish Buff was just laying there. There seems to be no injuries to him. I've brought him up to the house and have a heat lamp on him and have been giving him...

aart, I found it today and picked up 2 bag's! I think they are enjoying the dry soft sand! I also added some of the Sweet PDZ under it so hopefully that will help with the smell in there. Now to figure out what to put in the nesting boxes that they will leave in the nesting boxes! Filled them...

I think the problem is when I added some sand it was still wet and never had the chance to dry out before we got our crazy Michigan weather. I prefer the sand but there isn't any available until the Spring (play sand). Why is it play sand is so wet ? Thanks for the input. Going to try the...

Here is a picture of our nesting boxes. On top of that we have a plastic "poop" tray. At the end of summer I filled the tray with sand. The sand has never really dried out completely and with the cold weather it's become frozen which in turn makes it difficult for me to clean out. I thought of...

Glitzy is about 4 mths. I do have another Rooster in the flock. Have not seen and mating relations going on. I'm new to this so I'm not sure about saddle feathers. Her is a side picture.

I've been pretty confident that my Polish Buff Glitzy is a Hen but, the last couple days I've caught her crowing !! Would like other opinions as to what I've got here, Hen or Roo.

Really, a Rooster? I didn't see the little v thingy when I checked under the hood. I have an Polish Buff that was a mystery and I've been calling her Glitzy, may have to change it to Uncle Glitzy. So they tend to send Cockerel's as the mystery bird? Has any one else figured this out?

She (I hope) is 7 weeks. I guessed a Silver Laced Wyandotte but just wasn't really sure. I had that breed on my "to get" list !

Can anyone help identify the breed of this chicken. It was my "Mystery Bird" in my recent shipment from Murray McMurray. Please tell me it's a Hen and not a Roo !!!

NanaKat, Think my lil guy has another issue. His right wing is drooping and I'm thinking it could be sprain. I don't feel any bones sticking out. Should I wrap it with an ace bandage for a few days?

Ridgerunner, Confirming that they don't need water in the coop is all I needed to hear! By Winter I'll have a system in place and not have all this watery mess. The definition of "normal water can", the grey metal ones that you turn to lock on that little peg, ha ha my version anyway.

I'm still a newbie and learning from my mistakes as well as from this forum. I am NOT liking my water situation in my coop. I spend more time cleaning the coop area from all the water that is getting spilled from the water containers I'm using. Here is my set up. I have about 23 Hen's, 4...