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I have 3 free drakes 4 months old. 2 pekin and 1 rouen. Ross County, Ohio.

SO I've been raising showgirls for about a year and a half and it seems I have a lot of showgirl deaths and little silkie deaths! I have one of 5 from my original left. I have had several several chick deaths since getting the original. I bought two beautiful blue cockrels at 6 months old last...

So, in November lost a cockrel, two weeks later another, and two weeks later a pullet. All with symptoms of marek's disease. I'm not sure if that's what they had or something with similar symptoms. Anyways, I just lost the three until now. Now I have a two month old that started limping last...

I have been having allergy symptoms to everything so bad that now take allergy med nightly and flonase every morning if I dont my throat swells and is very painful. I was told that ducks were different than chickens as they have oil glands but need to know about cleaning after them in a coop...

Just wondering how corn works to keep chickens warm?

So while I'm at home really sick in bed I have been reading something interesting. The History of Animals by Aristotle 350 b.c.e. He says that pointed eggs are girls and round are boys. And that wind eggs can become fertilized and that fertile eggs can change breed with another male romantic...

I started out using pdz for my chicken coop and run to decrease odors and moisture in bedding about 3 years ago. The last two winters I used it very sparingly because of cost. That first winter was very warm in the coop! I used to tell my husband it was warmer in the coop than our house. However...

A chick punched it's beak through the egg while I was watching. It turned red fast. I put cornstarch on it and it stopped bleeding I think! But chick has been quiet ever since. It's been a few hours now and nothing.

My mama hen is attacking another mama hen and her 2 babies. She was so vicious that I put her in chicken jail til I could figure out what to do about it. She is a year old. What can I do?

i just got an ssd to upgrade my laptop and have a problem. i installed the new ssd, but couldn't get onto my account here. i seem to have forgot my password. this site has the most unforgiving password retrieval of any i've seen. i've requested a password change through the 'forgot password'...

Sickened by what one of my last year's babies did to one of my buckeye babies recently. Not sure if I want to have chickens if there this mean. I have two barred rock hens and a oegb gs rooster and I'm not sure which one attacked a baby buckeye but they put a large wound on her head. The barred...

What breeds are there with hen feathered roosters?

I have what some say is a old english game bantham gold laced with a single come. And, I am having difficulty understanding the definitions of crosses, mutts, true to breed, true breed, line crossing, and new breeds. I guess because I believe that every breed came from a cross of at least two...

Hello, Just got 8 Buckeyes from Springboro last Saturday. I have only had chickens for one year, but these chicks are different. They are noisy like guinea, fast, and energetic like hummingbird. They are always on the move. I'm afraid that their care would be different and I don't know what to...

Does anyone know when the 2013 Lucasville, Ohio swap is?

I have my rooster trained to hop on the perch in the corner with his back to me in there outdoor run. I tap on the fence and he jumps up on the perch while I open the door and feed them. He stays on the perch until I'm done. But, I know that he will continue with progressive aggression and I...

Hi, I was wandering if the pecking order starts in the clutch before chickens hatch? If the top of the order hatch first? Just thinking that if peeps in the eggs and eggs rolling around, they probably are socializing with each other in the eggs. And when situation changes, so does the order..

Hello, Same story, increasing aggression in a rooster that was a sweetie. However, since having chickens first time this past spring, I don't think of them as pets and believe me I could make a pet out of anything. They never layed their head in my lap or rubbed their bodies on me. Frankly...

Hello, Cornmeal is used on ponds and lawns to kill fungus. People are even using it for toenail fungus. Why wouldn't this work for sour crop? Can you mix it with grit and give small amount daily for sour crop prevention? I just lost a young hen to sour crop. Unfortunately, I'm an inexperienced...

Hello, Just wanted to know if dubbing my rooster will decrease his aggression? I have to consider it anyway for frostbite prevention. Keep in mind, I didn't grow up on a farm, I'm not a breeder/shower, and I don't raise for meat. Just a country gal who loves animals and eats eggs. Advice would...