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So background, late last year I lost half my flock to a wet fowl pox outbreak. Hence I planned to get more chicks this year and vaccinate them ASAP. The label on the vaccine recommends giving it to birds 8 weeks or older so when my current batch of chicks turned 8 weeks old 2 weeks ago, I...

So I got 3 lakeside eggers from Meyer about 2 months ago and saw there wasn't much info on here about them, so I figured I'd share my experiences with the hybrid so far. Lakeside eggers are a type of easter egger exclusive to Meyer hatchery that are blue or black with white barring. They also...

So I have 3 gorgeous easter egger chicks and I was wondering what the proper term for the colors/patterns they have First up, we have Ginkgo Next, Ginger And finally, Vanilla

So I have 7 chicks who are currently on chick starter crumbles. I also have 2 laying hens and since it'll only be a matter of weeks before I start integrating the new chicks and I obviously very well can't let the chicks eat layer pellets I decided to buy a bag of flock maker pellets. My...

So earlier today I went out to check on the girls and I saw a brown egg on the ground. It was one of the fake eggs I put in the nest box. I don't know who did it but Rosemary was in the nest box at the time so she's looking fairly suspicious. Or Parsley could have done it when she was in there...

I noticed yesterday that one of my pullets, Sage was gasping and sneezing. I separated her last night andthis morning she is still gasping and isn't really eating or drinking. Her crop was empty this morning and I didn't see anything obvious when I looked down her throat yesterday. Her comb is...