identification

I tried toe-punching for the first time this year on my five hatched chicks at one week old. Today I noticed two of the cockerels, now nine weeks old, have a split where the hole should be. They are bound for the pot so it won't mess up my system any, but any advice on how to prevent this? I...

Hello! I am super new to owning chickens and I bought four chicks and raised them. I have a black polish, a red frizzle, a puff Orpington and an Americana. I’m not sure what to expect regarding either hen or rooster behavior but my three, other than my red frizzle, always run up on one another...

Hi, so I recently hatched seven ducklings from some eggs I received, and they’re adorable but I have no idea what they are. I received the eggs from a friend, who’s neighbor’s flock was laying them on her side of the lake, and she asked them if they wanted them and they said no, so they were...

Hi! I’m new to this forum! I’m searching assistants on identifying my 3 young ducks. I got them as duckling from a feed store but they were unsure of the breed. They are 8 weeks old now. I need help identifying their gender and breed. Thanks! I attached some pictures I took today (8 weeks old)...

Hi, this is my first post here so hello! I Have 3 chicks that I’m having trouble identifying. They all came from a store, so I know they could have different parents and be different ages, etc. There are 2 Starlight Green Egger and 1 Welsummer, I can’t tell which are which! :barnie Here’s what...

Evening everyone, I’ve been on here getting some well needed advice from many of you seasoned chicken keepers, this is my first and probably last hatch. I sincerely don’t know how you guys do it. My hat goes off. I have a few eggs we decided to hatch from a farm but we haven’t any idea what they...

Any ideas what kind of duckybaby this is….?? (gifted from a lady in Magnolia, TX) Thanks!

Please help identify this duckybaby…any thoughts? Thank you!!

Looking for an app to determine identity of chickens. I recently bought colored egg layers from tsc and wanted to know what they are I’ve now got them to 7 weeks

This is Fabio. A friend of ours has a flock of these, free ranging on her property. One of her hens hatched 7 chicks in an Alabama snow "storm", not a storm, just more snow than we usually get... Only 3 made it and the hen disappeared. She asked us if we would take these chicks and of course, we...

I got 4 bantam today from tractor supply. What breed are these? We are obsessed with all of our bantams 🥰. ThAnk you in advance! Melissa Ps. They got into the water trough.

Hi everyone, We just got our big chicks to their chicken mansion and this is our second set of chicks, but our first Bantams. They were from the Bantam bin at Tractor supply. I was told the bigger ones are silkies, but they have clean legs. There are two of the tiny striped ones and one tiny...

Hi everyone! This swan randomly showed up in our field the other day. I know it’s a juvenile so it might be hard to tell, but I was wondering if anyone could identify what kind of swan it is? Thanks!! So beautiful.

Someone posted the picture below on Reddit, asking if they should try to catch the Pekin in the photo, as it is clearly not going to fare well in the wild. The obviously answer is yes, but I’m questioning the drake in the background. If the white one is truly a Pekin, that would make the other...

One of our old hens is having trouble walking today. Her left leg will stumble and collapse when she tries to walk. I checked her for bumblefoot, but her feet were fine. She used to have a problem with leg mites, but they were taken care of and she recovered. We found her today sitting in a pile...

Good morning! Just got my mixed ducklings from metzer this morning and I was hoping for help identifying the ones with the black spots on their head and dark tails. I think I have one pekin and the rest might be Rouen? Thanks in advance!!

Hello everyone! I bought this chicken as a baby from Ideal Poultry in Texas, it is 4.5 months old now. I bought this chicken as a Blue star, a cross between a blue Australorp and barred Plymouth Rock. This chicken does not look anything like the other blue star I received. This chicken is much...

Hi y'all. I currently have a lice/mite infestation but I'm having a really hard time deciphering what critters I actually have. It is winter here. Two weeks ago, I discovered some small brown to black things crawling on my chickens' vent areas (they had just arrived since I check their vents...

I can identify all of my ducklings aside one. Here are some *low quality* pictures. Please let me know if you have an idea what it is. I think we know what it could be bc of what we ordered but we received extra ducklings and lost 2 one of which we are unsure what it was. But wanted to see if...

I think one is a lavender cochin bantam and the other might be some kind of orpington? I was under the impression both were hens. Thoughts?? I can try and get better pics in the light tomorrow. We are just going home from the auction.