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Due to spring and because I have a rooster, my hens have been going broody back to back. I’ve been using a wire dog cage and leaving the hen in the run during the day, but during the night I bring her into the barn. I’m kind of getting fed up with doing this every morning and night because with...

Hello. I have several old English bantam chicks that are 6 weeks old. They are fully off of heat. They are pretty much fully feathered except for a bit of down on their heads. I heard they are more fragile than other chicks but I’d like to put them out. My average temps right now are 70 with...

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, it’s not really an emergency or illness so I wasn’t sure where else to ask. I have a pullet and cockerel that both have slipped primaries. They’ve been like that since they started getting their adult feathers, they always stick out and don’t go...

Has anyone ever had chicks arrive at their post office later in the day? I’m getting a little nervous. My chicks from cackle shipped Monday, and this morning I did not receive a call early in the AM like previous times. So I went over there to check in person and they weren’t there. My shipping...

I just wanted to take a moment to brag on my wonderful rooster, Mr. Wes Anderson. But also I’d like to open this thread to anyone who would like to share a story and pictures of their own wonderful rooster. Wes came to me, along with his 14 Columbian rock bantam siblings, on the morning of...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Ive had chickens for a year now, I got into bantams to help with a seasonal locust issue that arises every summer (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9 chickens and adding 14 chicks this week (3) What breeds do you have...

On Friday I picked up two bantam frizzle chicks. I got them at delivery so they were only 2-3 days old. Everything was fine and they were both active and eating until Saturday night where I noticed my yellow chick was having watery diarrhea. Since then she has not improved and is sleeping a lot...

I have a 4 month old rooster that has had a chronic crop issue. A month ago I picked him up and realized he had a ginormous crop, it was almost taking up his entire chest. I quarantined him and withheld food for 36 hours and during that time he continued to poop. Leading me to realize that he...