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How many standard size chicks can I safely give to my bantam size hen? She’s been doing great so far with the 8 she has but I’m worried they won’t fit so well underneath her in a few weeks to be able to keep warm. She’s a bantam cochin for size reference and this is her first hatch. I do also...

I have a bottle baby about 5 days old. I’ve been feeding him lightly warmed kmr (as much as he will willingly eat) around 4-6ml every 2-4 hours. He’s been pooping regularly with stimulation, however today I noticed small streaks of diluted blood on the wet wipe used to stimulate. I’ve read this...

I have a silver laced English Orpington that has an absolutely ginormous crop. It’s empty every morning but she just refills it by the evening with an astronomical amount of food. It’s roughly the size of a softball. My question is, is it unhealthy for her to do this? Is this breed more prone to...

So I currently keep standard Rex and breed for confirmation for show. I send less than exceptional kits to freezer camp. A dual purpose program. So far I’ve only had one litter. My program is in the ‘garage’ phase. My question is, is there a breed I could cross with my standard Rex buck to...

So I’m buying some lavender cuckoo English Orpington hatching eggs, I’m very excited about it. However at the moment I only have a muave rooster. I understand the colors would most likely be split. But I was wondering what colors to expect from muave over lavender cuckoos? Also have a silver...

So my moms friend has a mated pair of sun conures. She recently asked me if I would incubate some eggs. I know nothing about incubating conure eggs, is there anyone that could give me the ins and outs of trying this? I have a NR360. I haven’t given her a yes or no answer yet as I don’t even know...

I’m getting a new rooster for my flock, what I want to know is how long should I wait for the new rooster to have definitively fertilized all the hens, before I try incubating. I currently have a gamefowl rooster as a protector but he recently became aggressive, so we’re rehoming. I definitely...

So I went out to my coop this morning and found this in some poop. I know it’s a roundworm and that I need to treat the whole flock then. Are there any methods someone could recommend for treatment? There isn’t really anything available for chickens at my local feed stores and I really want to...

Any ideas on what color this satin silkie is? Mom was my buff silkie hen and I’m guessing dad is my red calico Cochin. This is the only one that came out this color.

I just hatched this bantam cochin baby this morning. my question is, is she black or mottled? I know typically mottleds have a lot more white, but she has a lot more white than the other solid black babies I hatched. She has white tipped wings and a little white on her legs. As well as really...

Anyone know what I would get from my lavender Orpington roo over chocolate hens? Thank you!

So I’m starting an olive egger project and am considering using a blue copper maran roo to cover Americanas and whiting true blue hens. My question is, I will also have chocolate Orpingtons as well and was curious if I had the blue copper maran roo cover the chocolate Orp girls, wouldn’t the...

Hi y’all! I’m working on starting an olive/ Easter egger project. Would love to see photos of everyone’s blue or green layers and the crosses used create these wonderful birds!! Definitely most interested in trying to find a balance in variety of physical color as well as egg color.

So my friend brought me this three week old chick she had that hurt its leg a few days after hatching and she didn’t know what to do. I told her I would try my hardest to help or humanely euthanize. I figured I would come here first to gather some ideas on what I could try. So say hello to...

So I just hatched a batch of 22 chicks, 19 made it to hatch and then yesterday one of the chicks started acting weird in the brooder. It was in the incubator about 12 hours before I moved it to the brooder. After about an hour in the brooder I noticed it was weak and panting and also seemed to...

Hello, today is day 21 and I haven’t heard any Chirps or seen any eggs moving around. I have a batch of 24 bantam eggs in my NR 360. They were at 50-60% humidity until day 17 and then I bumped it up to about 70%. The temps been steady at 99.8. We had a power outage for no more than 2 hours on...

My silkie hen just decided she wanted to brood some eggs. My question is, will it be too cold once they hatch? Is it too cold for her to even successfully incubate? It’s and 35 degrees Fahrenheit here at night and 50 during the day. On another note I’m not even sure she can brood in the coop...

So I’m sure this has been asked before but I’m struggling with re infestation. For the last 8 months or so I spot small orange lice on my birds, mainly around the vents. I treat them with poultry dust on the vent, up the belly and back, but stay away from their heads. I completely clean out...

Hey, could anyone help me determine the quality of my buff silkie hen? I’m new to judging birds but I think that she has a lot of really nice qualities. Probably not quite show quality but much better than any hatchery stock. On a side note does anyone know what colors I’d get if I breed her to...

Hello, I’ve been growing out this paint silkie rooster for awhile. He’s about 6 months old, just wanted to share and gets some feedback on his type, I’m still learning about the sop and am trying to improve my stock. Can add more photos if needed P.s. Please ignore his eye, he got pecked so...