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We have had and integrated multiple chickens for 6 years. But, have come across 2 problems that I'm at an unknown solution crossroad. We have 4 adult hens. One, a Barred Rock, has been with us the full 6 years, one Brahma that's about 3 yrs old and 2 hybrid reds that are two yrs old. In March we...

We bought two chicks in March that, I believe, are Giant Austrolorps. They are growing rapidly and seem healthy but there is one that has a very small blackish comb and her head has white patches on it. The other one has a good red comb and her whole head is black. I'm curious if one is sick or...

We've got a Rhode Island Red 3 yrs old that has developed a strange condition. We have 5 other chickens eating the same diet (pellet layer food, some sunflower seeds, limited amount of meal worms, occasional cabbage) and are doing fine. I also must mention that we supply oyster shells and grit...

Getting ready to get a new coop 4' x 8'. We have two now but would like to get our 6 chickens into just one. Four of the chickens are 2 yrs old with the other 2 1 yr old. The Rhode Island Red and New Hampshire Red are aggressive to the youngsters when out loose. I have been reading about getting...

In May we brought two Brahma chicks into our chicken world. We have four others (a RI red, a NH red, a Barred Rock and an Americana) that are now 2 yrs old. We kept the babies apart from the rest of the flock but they could see each other through chicken fencing. We integrated about 3 months ago...

We have had our older chickens for two years. One Rhode Island Red, one New Hampshire Red, one Barred Rock and one Americana (we think). Notice picture on my account for the chickens. When we first got them we had bought a coop from a farm store then added a run area that's enclosed with chicken...

Hi, we have an Americana that is over a year old and has only laid two eggs which were very small. Have threatened her with putting her on the dinner table but since she is a 'pet' can't bring ourselves to that. Anyway, found her yesterday sitting on eggs the others have laid. We're only a...

We recently winterized our chicken coop and the small run that we had built prior to giving them more room. Decided we would add a roof on the run portion and wrapped construction plastic 6 mil around the walls. We left a four inch opening on the back of the run for ventilation. The chickens...

We recently winterized our chicken coop and the small run that we had built prior to giving them more room. Decided we would add a roof on the run portion and wrapped construction plastic 6 mil around the walls. We left a four inch opening on the back of the run for ventilation. The chickens...

Good morning fellow BYC folks! I once again turn to you all for some advice. I need to see if there is something we can do to 'break' one of our hens from brooding. She is a BR and the head of the pecking order. We only have four chickens. We went on a trip Thursday the 17th and were gone till...

Hello all. We got into being Chicken Chicks in February. We got two chicks who are now 21 weeks old. One is a Barred Rock and is the one laying eggs. She has now for about two weeks daily. The other one is, we think, an Americauna. She is a relatively smaller bird than the BR. The other two we...

We are new to the chicken raising hobby. We have two that are about 2 months old which appear to be perfectly normal. They are growing and looking good. However, we got two more two weeks ago, a Rhode Island Red and a New Hampshire Red, that seem to be losing "peach fuzz" around the tops of...