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I've got 2 roosters and 8 hens currently, mixed breeds. Both roosters are great and get along fine, however one of them started singling out one of my 2 lavender amerecaunas over the winter and constantly chased her off and swatted at her. I found her dead with no sign of illness or physical...

I did a search and most topics on pastey butt are with baby chicks, however I have a 10 month old pullet that I think just started laying (it's either her and her sister or just one of them starting to lay). She has the classic build up of poop all around her vent and the area looks slightly...

I have one hen with a very bare lower back and during the winter months when the birds are more confined, all of the hens seem to love taking turns pecking at the 2 rooster's lower backs as well, causing bleeding and broken feathers. It drives me absolutely nuts. I purchased saddles and have...

Made this thread earlier today and was advised to remove the remaining 2 eggs which have started to hatch...

Not sure what to do here. I noticed the first egg hatched an hour ago and she was sitting on the baby and I heard it chirp a couple of times. I checked on her 20 min later and she's not sitting on it and it's laying on it's back, barely breathing, with a bloody head like this. Anything I can do...

I am trying to decide between coop and run sizes. I live in New England and I have several acres of free ranging available to the birds, with a 2 acre field surrounded by woods on all sides. I typically let my birds out of their run 3-5 times a week, in the afternoons for a few hours, mostly...

Noticed my rooster was being chased around the run by my 5 hens this afternoon and each one was taking turns lapping up blood coming from the top of his back near the base of his tail feathers. They wouldnt leave him alone and kept pecking at the bloody area. I was able to grab him and it...

I've got 5 hens - 2 barred rocks, 2 olive eggers and 1 sebright. I'm looking at an Appenzellar Spitzhauben rooster to add to the flock for protection when free ranging. Is this ok? Just worried about having a larger rooster (really only a medium sized breed) with a tiny bantam...hoping he just...

I thought I had a male and female BR for the longest time but now they look so similar I am not so sure. Both 9-10 weeks old - What say you? BR #1 BR #2 BR#1 in foreground BR#2 in back BR#1 on left BR#2 on right and a bum shot if that helps. BR#1 on left and BR#2 on right (90% sure)...

I have 6 chicks at 6 weeks old and I'm almost certain 2 of them are roosters - 1 barred rock and 1 bantam. The BR rooster seems to take charge when I let them run around the yard. The bantam roo likes to puff up and act tough in the brooder some times but he's a little baby and follows the...

Hello, this is my first time having chickens and I'm curious about what you guys think. I got 6 chicks, 3 different breeds - barred rocks, olive eggers, and bantams. I'd like to know what breeds you all think the OE's are mixed from as well as the breed of bantams. The OEs were sexed as females...