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I'm setting 21 eggs from my backyard flock in my modified toaster oven incubator I have successfully hatched eggs in this incubator before my last run had about a 50% hatch rate with several fully developed chicks dead in the shell I have made some improvements to the incubator and plan to run...

I feel like it’s probably just a mouse but I would like the option of some more experienced people

Every time I open the outside storage on my coop my girl olive assumes it’s to give her a treat. If you turn the volume up you’ll hear the latch open then see olive run from the nest box to come receive her treat.

Does this look like early molt or something more serious? A couple of my 8 month old girls stopped laying about a month ago. Now their combs and wattles are getting smaller and lighter in color and feathers are getting shaggy with new pin feathers coming in around their necks. I’m pretty sure...

I’ve always thought it might be neat to have a camera inside my coop but never wanted to spend the money. My wife found one at Walmart on Black Friday for $30...

Today was the first time I had to change out the bedding in the coop. I’m doing the deep litter method and it has been great. Today I did the fall cleaning only took an hour or so. Just backed the trailer up to the door. Then raked out the bulk of it. Followed it up with a broom. The pulled the...

I made the upgrade my old iPhone 11 battery was getting worn out. My phone plan offered a trade in for the new iPhone 15 pro. Pictures attached

I have a mixed flock of 7 month old pullets. All three of the Wyandottes always seem to get poop stuck in their feathers under there vents. The vent itself looks clean. No odor. They eat, drink, and lay eggs. Nobody picks on them. If anything they boss the other girls around a little but not...

I’m still new to chickens only had them about 6 months. Today I noticed some noises I have never heard before and I’m afraid I might have my first sick chick. Video attached because it’s easier than trying to explain. As the barred rock walks toward the nesting box she make a funny noise a few...

I have 9 pullets and one cockerel that are 5 months old all the pullets are laying and most of them are using the nest boxes. I still have one that just started last week and is laying eggs all around but I think she will figure it out the rest of them did. Anyway I also have eight 9 week old...

What would you call this comb type? I believe he is a leghorn x ISA brown mix.

I have 4 remaining black copper marans chicks that I hatched from purchased eggs. At 4 weeks old my brooder became overcrowded and the chicks started pulling each other’s feathers out. So I re homed 6 birds to give the ones I was keeping more room. I kept what I thought was 2 pullets and 2...

I purchased this barred rock as a pullet from a local farm store. It came from Hoover hatchery. I got it 4 weeks ago yesterday so it should be 4 weeks and a couple days old. These wattles are making me a little nervous.this is my only barred rock so I don’t have any other birds to compare. I can...

Hello new still pretty new to chickens and seeking help. One of my black copper marans has developed a large lump in his neck. The lump feels somewhat firm not really hard but not squishy. He is running around and seems to be feeling ok. Yesterday they did get their first treat. My wife was...

I know 3 weeks is still really early to make an accurate guess on gender but a member offered to take his best guess over in the marans thread. I figured that since I already took the pictures I might as well share them here as well. They were hatched inside my modified toaster oven incubator...

Hello I’m still pretty new at chickens and I have a batch that I hatched out 3 weeks ago. They are currently in a stock tank in my enclosed back porch/laundry room. They are getting pretty smelly and folding clean laundry in a room that smells like a chicken coop is not working. I did build a...

My girls are 18 weeks old and I haven’t seen the first egg yet. A friend got chicks at the same time as us and hers have been laying for 2 weeks. I know that lots of things can come into play and the rage of what is normal can vary a lot. The girls have matured a lot in the past few weeks with...

I just hatched a clutch of eggs containing 4 olive eggers(BCM X EE) I have read various articles that seem to conflict on how to sex them. Some say spot on head some say pin feather length, tail development, down color, etc. I imagine that the answer is it depends on the parent stock since it’s...

I’m pretty new to incubation and chickens in general. Today is hatch day and I have 5 out so far and at least 4 pips that I can see. One of the pips has blood coming out. Not like running out but it’s definitely red around the hole. I can see the chicks beek and it’s still moving and continuing...

A few months ago I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole watching diy incubators and threw one together real quick and put a dozen eggs in it that I got from a friend. Only one chick hatched. I determined that my temperature was off and I had a lot of cold spots in it. So I do a lot more research and...