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Are all Orpingtons breeds equally as friendly as the Buff Orpington? I want to add Jubilee and Blue Gold Orpingtons to my flock but am wondering is they are as friendly as the Buff Orps? Temperament is very important to me.

My 1 year old Welsummer hen began what I thought was crowing. She is the leader of the flock. She comes to me ent out to feed them she went to my front door, still crowing as if to tell me she was sick. She was. Last week she had a day of sneezing but I did not see watery eyes or nose. This...

I have a 6 week old Swedish Flower Hen that I noticed was sitting next to the waterer. She seems to 'vomit' a lot of water and is acting very lethargic and tired. She can't stay awake and is very limp.She sis falling to her side. They always have access to fresh cool water. It has also been hot...

This chick hatched at day 23. It is having trouble breathing even after 3 hours it is still gasping for air. I ha have had 2 other chicks this past year die just after hatching breathing just like this. What can I do? What went wrong?

So many of us have problems with shipped eggs. They are crushed, broken, lost, late etc. I took action against the post office with this regulatory government agency and they ARE taking action. If you have had or having problems here is an easy way to file a complaint. Contacting the...

MY welsummer hen has had a swollen eye which is totally closed. I bought human eye solution to rinse it...then bought Vetericyn ophthalmic gel which I have been using unsuccessfully for days. It looks terrible when i open it to put the gel in. I have no idea what to do next? Please any ideas...

I have non-stop endless problems whenever I get shipped eggs. I am in Western Northern Carolina but our state's sorting center is in Eastern NC. EVERYTIME I get eggs they sit in the Charlotte sorting center for 2-3 days. I am so sick and tired of hearing my local post office say "Priority mail...

I will be moving from North Carolina to Napa Valley and want to take my flock of 20 hens. I can't bare to leave them behind as I hatched them and they are all pets. Does anyone know of an animal transport service?

12 Welsummers in lockdown, temp good and humidity ay 70%. It's day 21 1/2 and not any movement, peeps or pips. The temps seemed quite steady during the incubation although I had 2 Brinsea digitals that were 2 degrees apart. The Wellies all formed and filled out the egg so I thought it would be a...

I have 41 eggs in the incubator. Since they are all blue, green or dark brown it is very difficult to see inside. They all look like the spaces are being filled and growing inside the shell but one egg seems to have a slight sulpher (sp?) odor. I have been trying to find a blood ring and did see...

I have 4 therms, 3 of which are $30 each and all are giving me a different temp reading. I posted this last night but now my question is ....I know so many sites are sponsored by Brinsea and I have read the same comments over and over about it's accuracy which are usually the marketing words...

This is my third incubation. I am SO frustrated. Placed 12 eggs in today. I have four thermometers and 2 humidity gauges and all have different readings. The Brinsea digital is lower than the other two by 3 degrees. The two others are from Petsmart. One if a $29. combo therm/humidity and the...

I planned my two hatching egg shipments together but one breeder isn't shipping till one week later. Since one of my Lil Giants has a turner I am wondering if I can just add the week late eggs to the incubator until lock down. I have another incubator with no tuner that I can transfer the first...

I planned my two hatching egg shipments together but one breeder isn't shipping till one week later. Since one of my Lil Giants has a turner I am wondering if I can just add the week late eggs to the incubator until lock down. I have another incubator with no tuner that I can transfer the first...

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I hope someone can help. This is my first year with my chickens. They are all healthy with the excpetion of this problem. One of my French Copper Marans has this thick white gunk in her eye. At first I thought it was plain yougurt as I had given the girls a bowl of it which they devoured and...

My standard birds have 2x2's so they curl their toes around the perch. My new little bantams are so much smaller . What size is good for them? Thanks

grrrrrr, I hatched these sweet birds and still cannot tell of they are male or female. They are 17 weeks. They do not have any pointy saddle or hackle feathers yet. They are submissive to the chickens that are only 3 weeks older and bully them. Their combs are pink but have not protruded. First...

I have 2 lavender and 1 blue Ameraucanas. None have saddle feathers or pointy neck feathers. Is it too early to tell or do those feathers come in later?

I hatched a gorgeous French Copper Black Maran rooster which had to be given to a friend on a farm as I am in the city. I would like to breed him back with my 2 females Marans and 3 of my Lavender Ameraucanas for olive eggers. Is it possible to breed them if I take my hens to his farm? Will...