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1st 3 pics are 1 bird, last 2 pics are a second bird. Both males. 5 month old. They share living quarters but free range during the day with 6 hens/pullets. The girls seem unaffected. A friend with silkies said that’s just how her silkies feet look. So scaly leg mites? Or just normal silkie...

I know I know I know silkies are notoriously hard to sex and I have to wait 6-9 months for a crow or an egg 😉 This 6 week old silkie (darker color)is already starting to grow wattles…would that be a strong indicator for male? The lady I got it from said she has mamas that grew similarly though...

I’m not sure which chicken this came from. We have 3 hens (3 years old) and 3 pullets (16ish weeks?) all seem to be fine. However I saw this dropping on the deck this morning and it caught me off guard. Is the red thing in it a worm? Or is it intestinal shedding? Or? I did move it with a stick...

After my husband said no new birds (to my daughter) this year…I ended up getting 3 EEs about 12 weeks ago (sexed pullets, I’ve had questions about that and mixed guesses from others, but for now assuming they’re pullets). Our existing flock has 2 white Leghorns and 1 BR hen (3 years old this...

I got 3 sexed pullets from TSC on the 12th. 2 have grown at the same rate and 1 is half the size of the other 2. I know TSC is notorious for getting things wrong. They were listed as Americana so I assume they are EE. On this one the coloring is coming in more splotchy and I can’t tell if this...

Scared the crap out of me tonight as I was doing my evening rounds. I had already locked the ducks and chickens up for the night and was walking into the shop to put their feeders away. I was started by a sound and then saw Obi jump out of the feed container and semi run off (well he started to...

I’m wondering if I separate males and females before they get to mating age if the males will do fine. So we got 6 ducks last year and ended up 50/50, we lost 2 to predators but we’re still 2 males and 2 females. They did alright last year because they were young but obviously it’s not a good...

Thanks Target 🤣 Found this yesterday and of course had to have it.

Ok I’ve searched and read a lot of the how to assist and when to assist. Today is Day 27 (so yes I know it is early). All 4 of my eggs externally pipped yesterday Day 26 (really 25 since they had been set in the evening). One of the ducks externally pipped on the underside-away from the air...

This egg looks a bit different than the others. Signs it is quitting or is it just different? Can someone explain what I’m seeing. I’ve had issues with humidity dropping overnight and we did have a power outage the other day (but I got the generator out fairly quickly). I tried to take pics from...

Assuming there’s no hidden nest (it’s possible I haven’t found it yet), and the hen is not egg bound (haven’t been able to feel anything/she’s acting fine-eating/drinking is normal and she’s living her best chicken life running around the yard), and the others aren’t eating it (no sign of yolk...

I picked up our Asian Black (they are just about 1 year old) today and noticed her breast area felt funny, upon further inspection they seemed to be waxy, her skin had some yellow crusty stuff that wipes away easily. It has been very hot lately (real feel 109 most days). I checked our other 3...

Ok yes I know they should be easy to voice sex. I have been torn with this one since the get go. We started with 6 ducks total. 2 I knew for sure were girls. We’re down to 4 ducks. Of which I know 1 is definitely female. The other one has stumped me from the getgo. It will quack but doesn’t as...

Hey all! My husband built a 4x8 chicken tractor last fall (that has a 4x4 2nd floor “coop” area where our 4 chickens sleep at night). We didn’t know a whole lot when we built it so the entire thing is wrapped in chicken wire (bottom included). So far nothing has bothered our chickens. But we...

Around 8pm Central time I mentioned to my husband that the animals all needed to be locked up but it wasn’t dark yet so they weren’t quite ready and could he take care of them in a little while. Less than an hour later and it’s dark and they weren’t put up yet. So he’s rounding them up as I’m...

About 2.5 weeks ago we took in a “foster” puppy. My friend’s husband found a bag with 6 puppies in it in the middle of the road and we took one in. She will be going to live with my mom next month. She’s the tiniest little thing and I just wanted to share some cute pics of her with some of our...

Ok so I have searched and read other threads about ducks not going into a pond. From what I can tell most of those were ones that didn’t go in the pond previously. We have 6 8 week old ducks. They had gone in the pond about 4 or 5 times and loved it. Then my husband and I went out of town for 5...

Ok ok I know it’s a waiting game and I can’t rush it and I know I am looking for any and every sign. But do these 3 look like they’re developing drake feathers? (They’re almost 6 weeks old). They don’t sound like our other ducks (KC/ERouen) and I’m thinking maybe it’s just too early to quack for...

My daughter comes running in “mom, Chirpy is on top of the LH in the box.” I go out to see, sure enough, one AB on top of the LH. I try to move the AB and her egg goes rolling into the coop, guess she just couldn’t hold it in any longer. Then said daughter comes in, “mom, the other LH is on top...

One of our (5 week old) (Pekin?) has what I think looks like a blister on the top of its bill near where it meets its head. When I touched it it seemed like that at least. I was inspecting it today bc it had been hanging out in their house by itself today and thought it odd it wasn’t with the...