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I bought like 25 from a hatchery hoping there would be a few decent quality birds. This one is the best so far. However, they aren't supposed to be bearded, from this hatchery, and the beard isn't very full. (There were a bunch with single combs and messed up toes and some just aren't very...

Hi, I am wanting to start a good dual purpose flock. The hens will be various dual purpose breeds like australorp, RIR, orpington, barred rock and jersey giant. Now for the rooster.... I want the offspring to be good for meat. I was considering using a jersey giant for the rooster but I don't...

Hi, I am wanting to start a good dual purpose flock. The hens will be various dual purpose breeds like australorp, RIR, orpington, barred rock and jersey giant. Now for the rooster.... I want the offspring to be good for meat. I was considering using a jersey giant for the rooster but I don't...

Hi, I have 4 polish in with about 12 other non-crested breeds. They are all about a month old. The polish have their crest feathers coming in. My son pointed out that one was bleeding a little. I don't see any real damage, just a little tiny dot of blood. I'm assuming the non-crested was curious...

8 week old ayam cemani has been acting sad. She's the runt and always has been. I noticed her keeping to herself more though. My son noticed she didn't run like the other chickens today. He picked her up and she flapped to get away so he set her down but she just laid on her side. He ran to get...

They're about 4 weeks old. One is so tiny compared to the others. My son named it "teeny." It's the 3rd picture.

I have the room at 75 degrees. Is this normal or is there maybe something wrong with the heat plate? They seem to be pretty happy.

Hi, I had 4 eggs make it to lockdown and two pipped last night. They haven't made much more progress and they seem to have slowed down like they're getting tired. Today is day 21. Does this sound normal?

The first to hatch is knocking all the eggs around. It actually cracked one and some yolk drops are coming out. What should I do? This chick isn't completely dry yet and I don't want to shrink-wrap any that may have pipped and got rolled over. 🤦‍♂️

The first to hatch is knocking all the eggs around. It actually cracked one and some yolk drops are coming out. What should I do? This chick isn't completely dry yet and I don't want to shrink-wrap any that may have pipped and got rolled over. 🤦‍♂️

Hi, my family just got home from a 3 day camping trip. My oldest son took care of the chickens while we were gone. He knows how to take care of them. When we got home some of the chickens were trapped in the coop. He probably propped the coop door up instead of completely removing it and it...

This is my first year keeping chickens. I heard they don't molt their first year but my yard is full of feathers and they all look a little scruffy. I got them in February, light brahma and lavender Orpington. One of the brahmas is now missing feathers on her feet and her big tail feathers are...

I have a chicken who is making loud screeching noises while she's trying to eat her scratch this morning. Her whole body shakes and she spits out her food. Like a very violent cough or hiccup. Any idea what could be wrong with her? I feel so bad! My video of it won't upload.

How is this possible? We check for eggs multiple times per day because we had a couple broken open. I didn't check early this morning when I first let them out so idk if maybe one was from last night or early this morning. But altogether there were 8 eggs so far today and I only have 6 chickens...

I've only found a couple that were actually broken open so idk if they're trying to eat them. But it seems like I keep getting more and more that just have little cracks like it got pecked or stepped on. I don't know if they're any good after they get cracked I just cook them right away. Any advice?

2 of 6 chickens walking around with poop on their butts. Is this something bad that I should be treating? I've heard of chickens getting stopped up. These are my first ones.

First time chicken raising. I let them out to roam today and I see THIS giant hard lump on her neck. She isn't acting sick. The rest of the flock is fine. Any tips?

I got my chicks from Tractor Supply on Feb 25th so I think they are around 13-14 weeks now. 3 lavender Orpingtons and 4 Brahmas. I have 1 rooster Brahma who just started crowing this morning pretty loudly. I'm hoping the rest are hens. I have a lavender that has funky feathers. They look all...