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I have an almost 3 year old white leghorn who I found this morning walking like a penguin and a bit puffed up but still eating. The last 2 nights she has been in the nest box when I went to close up the coop but has not laid an egg. She was still acting normally until this morning however. I...

We are going to be moving and taking our girls with us. What do you think is reasonable as far as how I leave the coop for the new owners? I have no idea if they have or plan to have chickens in the immediate future. I was planning on just shoveling out all the bedding and emptying out the nest...

We processed our 16 meat birds! We had 8 Cornish x and 8 freedom rangers. Pro’s and con’s to both for sure. We learned a lot and can’t wait to do it again next year!

Can these 3 week old meaties go outside? Cornish X and red rangers some have more feathers than others. Please tell me yes because oh gosh do they stink! They will be going into a chicken tractor. I have pics of said tractor and what they currently look like and my weather forecast. First...

These guys are about 5 weeks old. Are they all pullets? They are barnyard mixes

I have 16 meat bird chicks - 8 Cornish x and 8 red rangers. They are doing great but gosh are they scared! Every move I make causes a big stampede, poor things. Are they always so flighty?

I had posted the other day about one of my hens acting strange and noticed a peck injury near her eye which was starting to look infected I had separated her and put triple antibiotic eye ointment which seemed to help she perked up starting eating/ drinking ect so I put her back with the flock...

I have a 1,5 year old leghorn who this morning I found in the corner staring off in a daze like state not moving. She’s usually very skittish but did not move when I approached and let me pick her up. While holding her she shuts her eyes and head drops but when I put her down she seems to go...

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I am unfortunately rehoming my beautiful rooster who I love as his aggression has become unmanageable for me. I am being more than up front about his behavior as I don’t want anyone to be injured or have him regimes again My question is will my hens react poorly? I know another hen will step...

We are a building a Joel Salatin style chicken tractor and had initially planned on putting metal roofing for 1/2 but then thought we could possibly use a tarp instead to keep the weight down. Does anyone see an issue with that plan? The tractor is 8x8 the roof will be about 1/2 of that with...

I had a broody hatch out 4 chicks, 1 was I think crushed within a day but we have 3 healthy chicks who are now 9 days old. Momma and chicks are in the coop in a separate enclosure. I want to reintroduce them into the flock as I have pullets I want to put in that same space to introduce them. I...

I have a growing flock of 9 hens and 1 rooster I have a broody with 4 chicks and 2 pulleys who will be introduced soon. My rooster is about 1.5 Wyandotte. I never had any issue with him until probably around late spring when he started attacking my husband and now has started going after me. I...

I just had my first broody hen successfully hatch 4 chicks. They are in a sequestered pen in the coop with their own food and water. All the flock can see them through the chicken wire. How long should she stay in there with the chicks? Im pretty confident she will protect them from the other...

Almost 5 week old Wyandotte/ Easter egger mix Hoping for hen!

I think I should have posted in this section as I’ll give these two away to a good home! Will be 4 weeks on 5/31/23. 1 I believe is a cockerel other unsure. Wyandotte/ copper maran & Wyandotte/ Easter egger mixes. Happy & healthy!

I have two chicks 1 is a cockerel the other I am still unsure of. They are Wyandotte/ BCM mix for cockerel the other is a Wyandotte/ Easter egger mix. They are happy and healthy started on medicated feed. I still have in the brooder but barely using heat plate anymore, Would like them to go...

My little friends I hatched out are already two weeks old! First time attempting to incubate eggs and got 4 out of 6 hatched/healthy. I already suspect the one in the foreground is a cockerel..

I hatched out 4 chicks in an incubator who are a week old today. They are doing great as far as eating drinking very active. Today, however, I noticed they are sneezing. Pretty sure it’s all four of them and it’s pretty frequent. I am using puppy pads for bedding still so nothing dusty is in the...

This is my 4th chick to hatch today all previous with no issues. This one has liquid bubbles around beak I’m afraid it’s aspirating not sure what to do