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Hello! By amazement one of our hens hatched an egg, its been 3 summers now and it finally happened. We got so used to it not happening that we didn't prepare. Do we seperate them from the other chickens? And she is still sitting on eggs, will that take away from her caring for the chick? Any...

we have never had any kinds of bantams before and my son boght this and never asked what it was. an ideas?

We have a hen with big sharp spurs. Is this common? We have around 40 hens and she is the only one with spurs. Im very confused

I have googled fancy birds but I would like some hands on experience advice. My kids have recently joined 4H and I was told they would need fancy birds. I have no idea what breeds this includes. And what kind would be the easiest for children? THANKS

I have one hen that lays an egg with no shell. Everyday like clock work, she sits does her thing and hoots and hollars so proud but when I reach my hand to get it, goo is all I get. There is plenty of layer, corn, oyster shells, meat scraps,greens, even a loaf of multi grain bread given...

mites, lice, molting???? some chickens are just fine while others are almost bald. they r laying fine......any ideas?

My BF had the dates wrong on some chicks he put in the incubator and went to dispose of them and found some that had a few baby chicks in them. He brought them back in and put them back in the incubator, is there any chance they could still be alive after being taken outside and being moved so...

Our chickens have been going on an egg eating frenzie!!! nothing has changed in their diet, they have plenty of food and water, and we have NEVER had this problem before. the laying box is a milk crate on the ground, but this is were it has always been and like i said they have never messed with...

we got all of our chickens at one time last spring/summer, we thought we knew how many roosters and hens we had b4 winter hit, but this guy was a later bloomer. we are sure we got him in with some golden comet hens, but we are not totally sure as to what he is. he is much smaller than our...

i have a chick that was born sat and doesnt do anything but lay there and it almost looks like its gasping for air... there is something around his vent that is hard and he peeps up a storm if i try to touch it, i am scared i am hurting him. should i clean it off anyways??

I have a few questions about the lockdown period. we have had chicks hatching at all different times of day and night. most with several days inbetween. i understand you are not suppose to open the incubator during this time but because of the egg turner, which i have grown to very much dislike...

I had a little one hatch on saturday, and one hatched in the middle of the night last night. The one that hatched last night is pushing the other one around, not being mean, but just litterally pushing him over. anything i can do for the little chick???

OK..... i had a chick this morning that was peeping so loud in the egg, it woke me up this morning, and now its silent. The egg is cracked but not enough for its beak to come out, i put a wet sponge in there as recomended by others. i am nervous bc our first hatch only produced 1 out of 5. 3...

I was wondering, how long do i keep eggs in the incubator after the 21 day? i did have one completely hatch, and one that didn't make it on the 22 day. I don't want to get to anxous and take them out if there is a possibility they could still hatch. I have not heard any peeps or seen any...

for some reason all of the other chickens have taken to pecking all of the meat chicks butts. i kept them clean and cant figure it out. i have sperated them and they seem to be doing better but what would cause this?

Our first chick just hatched and i don't know if i did everything right. i know once i comes out i am suppose to leave it in there for awhile but it was running all over the place and messing with the other eggs, so i took it out and put it in a brooder. it is still active, but how long till...

We have had a buff hen that has laid pretty regular the hole time we have had her. she never had a rooster with her, that was of age. we recently got one and two other layers, they were suppose to be great layers. we have had them for almost 3 weeks and not one has layed, nor our buff. I knew...

I have a weazing hen, everytime she breathes in it sounds like a squeak toy. could it be bc its hot and humid? she is not nearly one of our biggest birds, only 6-8 wks. can they develope problems this young??

our CornishX are ready to be processed and we want to start advertising but, since this is out first go around with chickens, we were wondering if we could get what you all thought would be a fair price to sell them at? do we go by the pound? They are very BIG birds. We are not processing them...

I got a new pet today. I got her and the kitten for free, and she is so fun to play with!!! [/img] I thought this was to cute! she always wants to put the cat in the carrier and she gets mad when it doesn't stay. well today i was vaccuming she disappeared and i couldn't find her. i freaked for a...