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4 chicks - almost 6 weeks old - Barnyard Mixes 1st one 2nd one 3rd One 4th One

JUDGING RULE! - The People Judge! - On 04/01/2023 I will check how many likes each photo has and whoever gets the most likes WINS! Read through the thread and give a BIG THUMBS UP to the girls you think deserve it and scroll past the ones that you don't like. "LIKES" MATTER! THAT IS HOW WE...

I have 4 black Australorp hens up for rehoming. I got them from TSC in early october as Jersey Giants, which they are not. They just started laying early this week. They have been raised free range and fed New Country Organics. They do not like snow, they will not leave the coop if they decide...

Hi, last night I noticed 1 of my hen’s eyelid is swollen some and it looks like she has some peck marks around her eye. Do you think another chicken is picking on her or is it an infection? Thank you

I got a hen from someone and they didn't give me the breed. She is gray with a few white specks on her and lays WHITE eggs. I have another hen that is a prairie bluebell egger but she's inbred and most likely related to the hen who lays white eggs. I will get a picture later on but I keep...

My 2yr old silkie girl isn't looking very good this morning and I assume it's an impacted crop? She's usually always on the move scavenging and gorging herself on food... Actually 2 days ago I felt her crop and it was huuuge like a tennis ball coz she really likes seeds... yesterday I noticed...

So a few days ago we unfortunately lost our rooster. We are not quite sure what happened as he was acting perfectly fine, when checking in the afternoon, we found him dead on top of the eggs. He was the best rooster we’ve ever had and we are not quite sure what happened. Well I would love to...

Here’s another silkie I got today. Any guesses on gender? I’m not sure how old they are, I think maybe 8-10weeks old.

Hi there, Since joining things have changed here and there! My rooster adventure lasted a month. He just wasn't a good fit and found a good home that he currently loves with 40 girls! My six girls have all started laying and I am getting eggs daily and I absolutely love hanging out with them...

Hello so I had gotten two “roosters” at 6 months old and now they are at least 10 months old and getting red combs. They are bantam frizzles and I have NEVER taken care of frizzles so I don’t know how to determine their gender. The black one is definitely a rooster since he crows and try’s...

I have one hen that keeps developing sour crop, but I can’t figure out why I have 6 other hens, and they have never gotten it and this is the second time my chicken “Snuggles” has gotten it. Why is it only Snuggle getting it? How do I prevent it? Thank you

Hi, first time chicken owner here. We got 8 chickens right now and this is the only one that has a red coloring to it’s comb already. It’s also supposed to be an olive Egger. About 5 weeks old. Any guesses?

I can’t say for sure… but I think my roo may have ripped my girl’s comb. We currently have her separated and spraying vetericyn on it. We tried to do supervised time outside with the others and the other hens are fine around her, but my roo goes right to attack this spot, so we immediately...

Hi! I have an almost 6 month old polish chicken and want to know if it is a Rooster or Hen. It has a red wattle and it crowed the other day— though I’ve read Hens will sometimes do that if there are no roosters around. Any help would be amazing as I have her/him in with my other 3 hens...

Hello so ill keep it short, so its been almost two days and my hen seems to be egg bound. First day she seemed egg bound but after a few hours seemed okay, turns out the egg hasn't passed yet and she is straining again. I tried to let her naturally pass it but it doesn’t seem like she will...

Location: Central Valley near Fresno or Modesto Area. Looking for a few black or white Araucana point of lay pullet/hens. Not looking for Ameraucanas (muff and beard) or hatchery stock Easter Eggers from feedstore labeled as Americana, Ameracana, Ameraucina, etc. Must be fully rumpless and...

whole story: i brought my chicken up to the house last night since she was laying on the ground in the coop in her own poo, she couldn’t get up. i cut some of the feathers off near her bum since they were covered in faeces and noticed a dark spot. i didn’t have time to do anything, so i put her...

I have a 6(ish) month old Australorp hen whose comb/wattles/ears keeps changing from healthy red to an extremely pale, almost white. This seems to happen mostly while she’s out and about, foraging in the yard. I first noticed this happening last weekend, and I thought it was frostbite so I...

Hello, Earlier this month I had a very sick hen (3 1/2 year old Rhode Island Red). I spent a week giving her antibiotics and feeding her recovery food and yogurt with a syringe. She recovered beautifully at the beginning of last week and appeared to return to her normal, active self. She was...

I've posted about this hen before here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/does-separation-help-with-bullying.1555989/#post-26344480. Midge is one of our 8-month-old pullets who is towards the top of the pecking order. She's very pushy around food, but out in the run or free-ranging...