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1) he is a barnyard mix silkie and EE. Less than a year (about 8 months) and weighs about 3lbs 2) He came out of the coop this morning and kind of toppled over and couldn’t stand back up. He is panting at times and is lethargic and very wobbly on his feet. 3) Since this morning, he was fine...

I have a few sneezing/gurgling chickens... I asked a breeder around me and she said Denegard. I ordered some and I’ve been reading online-does this medication make it so I can never eat my hens eggs again?!? One place says you can eat them during the dosages and I’ve also seen that the eggs will...

I added two new silver laced polish hen and roo to my flock over the weekend. I have them in their own coop for the time being just to be sure. I got them from a local girl who breeds and has wonderful chickens!! She said that they are right about a year old. I went out yesterday and both...

Help! I have 2 broody hens and yesterday I had 13 eggs under them. They have been sitting on these eggs for a week. I candled them all yesterday and they looked great. I went out this evening to check on them and the two hens had switched best boxes and there are a number of eggs totally gone...

Here’s my article that I posted for DIY chicken tractor hoop house :woot https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-tractor-hoop-house.73374/

This 5 month old fluff has me totally stumped! Acts nothing like my other roo but I just can't tell!?? Any thoughts?

Does a silkie roo have to have a walnut comb?! Some people on fb have stated that Clementine looks like a roo... my other silkie roo had a walnut already at Clementine's current age! Any help or opinions would be great. I won't be able to keep her if it's a him so I'm hoping!!

This is my cute little silkie named Clementine. S/he will be 11 weeks at the end of this week. Since the day I brought this fluff home to the coop I noticed the insanely large beak. As Clementine grows the beak becomes more and more hooked and is now cracked at the tip. My husband wants to just...