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One of my little chicks seems to be walking on his legs instead of his toes, what could that mean? Otherwise its doing fine, eating, drinking etc. It is three days old. i checked the legs, there doesnt seem to be any deformity, just looks like the legs are weak, not standing all the way up...

My broody hen is sitting on five eggs, they are due to hatch on 9/2. Went to check on her today and one egg is missing. There was brownish stuff smeared around and on the other eggs, no smell, no sign of the egg. I put clean straw in there, but I am puzzled. First time having a broody hen.

I have two hens that evidently are broody. My first experience with this. They both like the same nest box and stuff themselves together in it. Is this normal? We don’t have a rooster, so no fertile eggs. How long before they get over this? And lastly, how long before the eggs go bad with them...

So I sent the girls out to turn over my garden beds and compost pile, but being a nice warm sunny day… I have to admit, the sun made me sleepy, too 😂

This morning when i opened my coop, my rooster was huddled in the back corner on the floor. Yesterday he was absolutely fine. I brought him inside to warm up, but he never recovered, and died within an hour. What could possibly have happened? No signs of injury or anything else. All my hens seem...

Last night a bear, probably a young one, tried to get into our coop. Thank goodness he was not successful. He did tear down part of the fence around the day run outside, but the hardware cloth on the coop run held 🙂

I live in the Appalachian foothills in western North Carolina. My woods are full of crows foot club moss. Is this safe for chickens?

Should i be worried? Do they know what is safe and isn’t? Before i could stop him he gulped down a small brown mushroom, we’ve had so much rain lately.

I have 2 roosters and not enough hens. Fred is not aggresive, 6 months old. We are in western North Carolina.

I have a small flock of Barnevelder chicks around four weeks. One splash, one blue and the rest silver laced. I think two of them are cockerels due to their combs being a little bigger and have red. The feather patterns on them don’t look like what they should be as adults. Is the first batch...

I’m new to chickens, finally able to have some. I have seven now three week old Barnevelders. Hoping to get at least 4 pullets 🤞 We re building a nice coop between rainstorms and are brooding them in a walk-in shower with glass doors. Working out quite well.

Just wanted to join in the fun, my hubby is building a nice coop . Meanwhile, the chicklets are using one of our showers as a brooder. It’s working out great, no drafts, safe from our dog, run the ceiling fan for odor control. We have a heat lamp and a box with a heating pad on it. When they are...