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Question. So my older hen I've noticed she's been laying down a lot more away from the group on some occasions but often also lays down with them so I know she isn't an outcast at all. I noticed just today as I went to go fill up all their waters that's she's opening her beak to like take in...

Quick question. My girl just turned a year old and has had her first molt like maybe 1 or 2 months ago. It's somewhat chili still but after her molt she went right back into laying eggs. However I want to say she's stopped laying for a whole 2 weeks now or just about. I've been feeding...

Alright so here's an update on things. I'll say I don't think it's gotten any better and really it almost looks like it's gotten worse? At the least in swelling and coloration. My last post I'd say it was maybe just a few days into this injury and I treated it the same as bumblefood...

I feel as if this roosters causing me more medical scares then anything. See this rooster he's a big guy. I honestly couldn't tell you what type he is. But he's big maybe like 8 or 9 pounds of just bulk. He's always limped I've noticed since keeping him out. Even as a chick he's never been...

okay so this just happened. Rooster broke his nail almost completely off. I dont know how but i did head out. cleaned it off and put a gauze pad on. it was still bleeding but i applied pressure and wrapped it with tape around his toe. Do i do anything else? it was bleeding but not profusely...

Currently it is 2/11/2024 , i realized my main head hancho hen is going through a moult. If i remember correctly she started this moult around possibly 1/25/2024 or later i cant fully recall i just recall it was when we got the much warmer days back, but still not so much sun. As far as im...

My last post was a jumble mess so im kind of reasking? I have a rooster just so happens he's a naked neck one. He's pretty big actually and fat so his weight i think is perfect. This week on we are in the single digits to just bellow zero. We have been getting high winds and it makes it that...

So i have one rooster who just happens to be a turkey. He doesn't have any feathers on his neck his chest including his crop, his bottom and his vent area is also bare. Now as of now its not known if its going to be bellow zero at any point but it is chili and today we have our first snow...

I first want to start to say that i dont have a big big flock. Unfortunately in August i was just left with my one Rooster and my one laying hen. So i only have an existing flock of Two. I Have however 7 six week old chicks right now. I know i have about 2 or 3 more weeks to get them into the...

Hello This is only my second batch of chicks that i had to raise. For my previous Batch all of them were Delaware's so i had no issue identifying the roo almost immediately. However this is my second Batch of chicks. I had purchased them as pullets. However There is a problem. My smallest...

I don't know if this happened at night or while I just wasn't looking but one of my hens face is swollen on one side. She as far as I am able to tell has eaten and drank normally I've still have to see her poops. It does look like she is gasping but so are my other hens in this heat. She's...

So While incubating my batch of Chicks. I incubated a family members eggs. Long story short. Two of those eggs were Guinea Fowl eggs. Well she completely backed out and only took her Rhode island reds, and left my family with the fowls. There has been no problem up to this point. They started to...

Alright so the dumbest thing happened on my part. I hadn't ordered the chick feed in time and I completely ran out yesterday I ran to the store to see if by chance they had any, which they never do, and I got some scratch. My order will be here Tuesday, today is Thursday so I guess I'm asking...

One of my chicks had developed a new issue. Tomorrow they will be exactly 3 weeks old. I noticed my largest girl stretch her neck out and gape. This started Yesterday evening. I also noticed that She shakes her head and sneezes. Now luckily none of my other chicks have this issue its just her...

Today Our outside Temprature is in the 80s. Inside it is 85 and it is still a little hot. I noticed one of my chicks has began limping. Now i noticed that this happened in their first week (they are two weeks old now) because they ran too hot. She still eats and she has drank once i came back...

Now i do Have another set of Chicks that i hatched the same time as these ones. There are Three but we have decided to keep them in separate brooders that way we can monitor them separately (i dont know why but this is how my parents decided it) We use Pinewood Shavings for both and i do clean...

I am a new Chick owner. Really i only did this because my parents wanted to see if by chance we could actually hatch chicks. I have four Chicks now all a week old. The weather here has been in the 90s and the temperature inside is at 88. I have turned off the heat lamp during the day due to...