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I've got a 5 year old BCM hen, i noticed yesterday she is very lethargic and not eating or drinking. She has yellowish white diarrhea around her vent, but pooping very little. Her bottom in between her legs and below her vent is swollen, squishy, hot, and bright red. She is pretty weak but can...

Hello, I have a very weak rapidly declining hen. She's an English Orpington and usually is quite fat and heavy but I picked her up and she's 3lbs if that. I couldn't tell because of the fluff. She's very weak and has green smelly diarrhea. I suspect worms but I don't really know. Yesyerdau was...

Hello, I have 4 5-6 week old chicks. They have been outside since they were born. Their mother was killed yesterday so now they are spending the nights inside and the days outside in a run. I just saw a poop that is clearish pink jelly. I've seen cocci but I've never seen it like this, if that...

My hen just got attacked by something I'm not sure what but. She is bleeding from her mouth gasping for air couging neck outstretched. What do I do??

Saw my rooster mate a hen she jumped up and....he missed :lol: So here's what I assume to be rooster semen if anyone's curious as to what it looks like! Never seen anything like it before. It was VERY shiny in person but it didn't come out on the photo.

Hello all, I have 4 3 week old chicks that live outside with their broody moms. I know that my flock has mites, Imo they're a part of owning chickens and I only treat them when there get to be too many. When I lift the wings of the broodies, I only see 1 or 2 mites, but on the chicks they're...

Today I lost my best, most favorite rooster and my hen which I saved from a fox just 2 days ago. They were accidentally locked in the car. I have an old car that i use to store my feed and bedding in. When I open it to feed feed in the morning the chickens would jump in to try to get the scraps...

Hello, I just bought a new NR360 because I lost the cord to my old one. (And I wanted another incubator lol). I just noticed they're different models, my old one is the one with the mostly covered top vs the new one is the one with just a rectangle at the top and the remaining part clear. Will...

Hello all, I have a rooster who has a very large and bulging eye. I just noticed it today and I was wondering if you all could help me identify the problem. Hes in with 2 other roosters and about 20 hens, I'm working on getting more for them but it's taking a while. They have started fighting in...

Hello, I'm trying to get my egg business up and running, and I am trying to figure out how much I can expect a 6-8 week old chick to eat per day? Can a 6-week old chick be off heat in a 60 degree, draft-free barn? How many square feet do 6-8 week old chicks need in a brooder? Thanks.

Hello, I'm trying to get my egg business up and running, and I am trying to figure out how much I can expect a 6-8 week old chick to eat per day? Can a 6-week old chick be off heat in a 60 degree, draft-free barn? How many square feet do 6-8 week old chicks need in a brooder? Thanks.

Hello! Very excited to get up and running with a large (er) scale pig program. So far I've only had a few Kune Kunes as pets with the occasional litter. I have a few questions for the more experienced pig owners. 1. I plan on getting some (2-3 gilts, 1 boar) American Landrace. These are...

Hello! Does anyone know what color this button would be considered? Hes just so cute :love. Also, is there an accurate color chart for buttons? Thanks!

So I calculated out how much it would cost me to produce a dozen eggs and im almost 100% certain I did it wrong. Does anyone know of a calculator/formula I could follow to get this right? Thanks!!

Hello! I'm considering investing in organic/soy-free/non-gmo feed for my chickens so I can charge more for my eggs. I live near D.C so there is definetly a market :lol:. The only problem is, I don't know how much to charge. How much do you all charge for your organic and/or soy-free and/or...

So I am looking through a local mill's feed catalog and I'm coming across a lot of Wheat-Free and Corn-Free feeds. Is corn/wheat bad for chickens? Why would they be omitting it unless there was something 'wrong' with it? I cant seem to find any info on that. Do any of you know?

I found him laying on his side on the floor of our coop. He can't use his legs and his neck is very stiff. He's got his head leaning back on his back. I took him out and gave him some water (I had to hold it up to his beak). He drank a little. I put him in the shade with his sisters and...

So we had 22 eggs in the incubator. All of them hatched on time and did a great job, except 8. There was one thing that really is confusing to me though. My mother bought a dozen Vorwerk hatching eggs from a breeder near us. All 12 made it to day 3, 11 made it to lockdown. 3 hatched. 3 pipped...

I had 3/5 6 week old chicks get Cocci on the 11th of May, I began treatment on the 11th. I didn't separate the 2 healthy ones and they never got sick. I've been treating for 9 days now (I know it's supposed to be only 5 but they were still showing symptoms), and they are all seemingly better. No...

So I FINALLY got my mean rooster out of the breeding pen and replaced him with a nice one. He just started being evil this spring and I haven't been able to sell any chicks/eggs because I don't like selling people mean birds. Now that I have my nice rooster in, how long will it be before I can...