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I let my flock out to free range. My hen, Stevie Nicks, was fine. Less than an hour later her face looks like this. Her left side is really swollen. The right side isn’t swollen but she has 2 red bumps. This happened so quickly that I’m sure it’s a reaction to something environmental, and...

My broody hen hatched 2 happy healthy babies today (day 22). That’s all the eggs she had. So now what… My nest boxes are about 2’ off the ground. This is my set up. She hatched in the box with the cardboard at the bottom, but in this pic she’s in the next box over with no curtain. There is a...

If this egg has a crack and has bacteria in it, can it contaminate the other eggs on the incubator? I cannot feel the crack. I kind of think it may have cracked and resealed before it was laid. It’s not my egg, it’s one I purchased. It’s been sitting for a week on the counter, waiting for...

Got home from work to find another hen slipped in the nest box with my broody and laid a soft shell egg. I think this egg must have gotten yolky and then pecked. I saw movement 2 days ago when I candled on day 12. It’s now on 14. I threw it in the incubator with other eggs (on day 6). I...

I’m trying to figure out what color Barnevelder chicks I might get, and can’t figure out how to do it in the calculator. Presently I have (I think) a silver laced cockerel. If I cross him on standard gold Barnies, what colors should I expect? What about silver cock over gold laced blue hens (I...

I hatched 2 Welsummer chicks. One is 1 week old, and the other hatched yesterday. The first one, named Emmit, I'm pretty confident is a male as there is nothing distinct about his head stripe or eyeliner. But the newer one I'm unsure about. This one's color is more distinct than Emmit, but I'm...

My experience with broodies has been limited to two different experiences with 1 terrible broody who hatched eggs but wouldn’t raise babies. Two of my young hens just went broody. The younger hen, Garrison, is daughter of the above terrible broody. I’m a little leery about how good of a broody...

I have 2 Bielefelder mix chicks. Mom is Biele. Dad is a black mix of mostly orpington. I believe this means the chicks’ colors are sex linked since Bieles have barring? Am I correct in my thinking and can anyone tell me what traits I should be looking for to tell the difference? I have 2 this...

Just cracked the first 2 eggs laid by a young pullet. Her 2nd egg had a large blood spot- not overly worried about that. But her 1st egg had what looked like maybe shed intestinal lining inside the egg. I’m thinking this is just her body figuring out how to make eggs, but wanted to ask for...

Kookaburra is a mixed chick. His dad is a Black Copper Marans. Mom is a Red Orpington roo over a Speckled Sussex hen. She was orangey red colored (she looked orange next to my RIR). This is mom as a pullet. I’ll find a better pics and update. Kookaburra was a surprise hatch. He was supposed to...

So I did my first necropsies today on two hens we had to euthanise. I have a few questions about some of my findings. For a little background- I have butchered a few birds, but not enough to be entirely comfortable with how everything is supposed to look. I'm very long-winded, so I put my...

A month or 2 ago, my rooster cut his foot just above his rear toe (this toe has always been a little “limp” since he was a chick). It was a deep incision but by the time I noticed it, it had already started to heal over. Now there appears to be something protruding from it. It is hard to the...

This is my straight run Ayem Cemani chick from a local breeder. It’s my first AC. Her name is Lenore, and I’m currently leaning toward pullet. She was hatched 2/27. She’s a shy and chill chick, quiet, not very adventurous. Her only joy in life is dust bathing. (She doesn’t even like snacks!)...

My chocolate Orp, Molé, had an impacted crop that I believe then soured and became pendulous. We did coconut oil & Colase for the impaction, then Miconozole for the sour. I can’t get her crop to empty, and it’s been at least 3 weeks now. I’ve tried 3 different crop bras, and none seem to...

This is Ronnie, a silver double laced barnevelder. Purchased straight run from a local breeder. Any guess on gender? I know it’s early, but you know me I love guessing! Truthfully though, I’m on the fence with this one.

I have integrated young chickens into an established flock many times, but never adult chickens. I had a well-laid plan, which just blew up a couple days ago compliments of our no longer neighborly fox. My main flock of chickens is comprised of 21 mature chickens (including 2 roosters) and 8...

This is Berkeley, a Swedish Flower Hen hatched 2/21. It is my first and only SFH, and the oldest of my chicks (all others hatched 2/27 or later) so I can’t compare apples to apples. Berkely was purchased straight-run from a local breeder. I know it’s early, but I’m guessing Berkeley is a...

It’s still pouring (figuratively anyway) over here at the aptly named Fluster Cluck Acres… long post warning… We have respiratory infection. Several symptomatic chickens, so I intend to treat the entire flock. I have Tylosin powder on order, supposed to arrive Thursday. Is there anything I can...

When it rains it pours. I'm starting a new thread because this is a new issue with a new hen. This started 2-weeks ago with my chocolate orpington. Initially I posted about her crop issues here. While in the process of medicating & monitoring this hen's crop, I found 3 other hens whose crops...

The answer is probably “leave it be.” But since I’m a worrier and an over thinker… this guy pipped on the bottom of the egg. It appears it might be zipping in the direction of going under the egg. Im wondering if I should roll it a little to give the hatching chick more space to zip. t’s...