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I have a 4 months old Easter Egger Rooster that needs to find another home. He is vaccinated and in great health.

Two days ago I found a 2 year old hen dead. Rigor mortis had not yet set in. There were no signs of injury or illness. She died laying on her stomach with her legs straight out behind her, as if she had just fallen forward while standing. I have had chickens for 11 years. I have never found one...

I have a young Polish rooster that had his crest feathers plucked out by the flock. I tried everything to discourage the pullets from picking at his new feathers (blue coat, pine tar, no pick lotion, higher protein feed). Nothing worked. They love the blood in the new feathers. I separated him...

My 5-day old polish chick is limping. I don't see any obvious injury to her left leg or foot. She can bend her toes around my finger but she appears to not want to put weight on her foot. She is eating and drinking. What should I do?

99% of my hens are molting as expected. One has new feathers but didn't drop her feathers like the rest. This monday I started having a CFL come on in the early AM to get them back into egg prduction (I have 20 hens and I am only getting 4 eggs per day for the past 3 weeks ). Is adding light...

Last night I noticed that my beloved silkie, Miss Perdy, was having some difficulty walking. She fell off the perch while attempting to roost. She regained her composure and made it to the nest box to roost. This AM I was about to leave for work when I noticed that she was lying on her side on...

I am so pleased that BYC included my coop on the coop designs section. Thank you! I do have one reqest... I would love it if you would change the photo used on the coop index for my coop. The photo I believe best displays my coop is the one I used as my first photo on my coop page. If I have to...

The eggs are on day 27. One hatched last night. I did a float test just now. Three eggs sank, the others floated to the top. What does that mean? If it sinks is it still good? What do I do now? As a side note: the chick that hatched has deformed feet.

I am going away tomorrow afternoon and my eggs are still in the incubator (7/13 will be the 27th day!!). Now the person who was supposed to watch my chicks will now have to care for any hatching babies. I have to move the incubator to the "chick sitter's" home. I have a plan, do you think it...

This is the 26th day and my first of 18 eggs has finally hatch. Yet, the OEG chick has deformed toes. To be exact: on both feet the outermost toe is fused to the middle toe. Do you think the chick will be able to walk/have a normal life?

Finally after waiting 26 days my one of my eggs is hatching. I still have 17 eggs left to hatch. I didn't realize it would take THIS long for them to hatch! I am worried because I am leaving tomorrow on a trip. I had made arrangements for someone to care for the chicks but I never expected that...

There is no wiggling of the egg, no pipping, and no sound. They are in a still air incubator. The temp on the rack is 99.5F. Humidity is 80%. When do I candle them? I didn't want to open the incubator if I was not supposed to. Please help me. I am so worried!!

Note: I first posted this in the chicken behavioe and egg laying section. I was not getting any response so I think I put it in the wrong section I put on a pinless peeper on my Silkie hen this afternoon because she is a feather plucker/eater. This is my last hope. I love her dearly so I dont...

I put on a pinless peeper on my Silkie hen this afternoon because she is a feather plucker/eater. This is my last hope. I love her dearly so I dont want to get rid of her but I dont want bare-bottomed chickens either. I noticed that the peeper fills her nostrils. The "skin" on the top of the...

Okay, I have an LG still air incubator w/ an automatic turner. The temp was perfect when I had the eggs in the turner. I removed the turner this morning and put the eggs on the rack, topped off the water resevoir, and put in a wet sponge. The humidity is at 80% (is that too high?). Then I...

As I stated in the title of this post I had to cull 2 hens today due to a chronic illness. It went as well as this kind of thing can go. I felt like a trader though! They trusted me completely and I was the one who took thier life. How long will it take for this heaviness in my heart to...

I have a still-air Little Giant incubator with an automatic egg turner. For 1 week before starting any eggs I maintained 99.5F but when I put in 41 eggs (8:30pm last night) and warm water my temp went up to 101F over night! The incubator is in my basement where the temp is steady at 65F. I am...

Okay so here's the issue: My Silkie roo has been crowing at 2:30am several times a week. I have started to turn off the light that is by my side door since he can see that when he roosts. I make sure that I sleep with my window open at night because if my neighbor (he now has) complains about...

Yippee!! I have intergarted birds before and it has been stressful to say the least. I have been progressivly weeding out the most aggressive birds over the last year. My work has paid off! Yesterday I intergrated 7 young pullets in with my existing flock. It went a lot better than I had...

I want to put out my chciks outside in the coop (seperate from the rest of the flock). Here in Southern Maine it has been in the high 30's to the low 40's at night. During the day it is in the 50's to low 60's. How warm do they need to be? Currently they are in my basement and under the heat...