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Just wanted to come on here and share a bit about one of my chicks, “Bella” (Italian for “beautiful”). We rescued her from a friend back in the beginning of April. She was only a few days old and born a runt so the other chicks were really beating her up. We took her home (as our first chicken...

Hi, I have a (roughly) 6/7-week-old mixed-breed chick and I’m pretty sure she’s a hen but I just wanted to check. She’s around the same size as all my other female chicks and her comb is practically non-existent although I’m not sure if that’s just because she was picked on during her first...

Any idea what breeds these 2 roosters are?

I have 6 young chicks (ages ranging from a few days old to about 1 week) and this is my first flock. I noticed that in the brooder, they’re all digging around the edge almost like they’re trying to escape (I know that this is just their instinct to look for bugs, etc.) What can I give them at...

I have a chick that’s a few days old, pretty small but otherwise her energy seems normal. She is eating and drinking. I wanted to know what “normal” chick poop looks like, because hers seems a bit runny. It’s not completely liquid or anything, but not firm. Should I be concerned, or is this...

I just adopted a “runt” chick from a friend because all their other chicks were attacking it (pulling out feathers, pecking to the point of bleeding, stepping on it). We aren’t supposed to get the rest of our chicks for 3 days, but I had to rescue this poor girl/guy and save it from being killed...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens. I have worked at a farm with chickens for the past 1.5 yrs, but I am just now getting my first backyard flock (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 1 chick (soon to be 5-6) (3) What breeds do you have...