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Hello! My name is Ellen. Recently, over the last few weeks, a chicken has been visiting my backyard. I figured she was a free range chicken and went back to her coop at night. I ended up following her one night and found out she was living in a downed tree behind my fence. I started giving her...

Hi everyone! I'm most definitely new to chickens, get 1st chicks in late October. Thanks for the add.

Keep in mind this is our first time raising chickens and up until today things have been going great! I came out to the coop this morning to feed the hens found one of the girls lying dead on the floor of the run. She was not missing any feathers nor did she look like there was any damage to her...

This is Gertrude. About a week old. She was our biggest, healthiest, happiest chick. A couple days ago she started her distress chirp. I went to her and she was not ok. She died within an hour. She was panting, gasping and obviously in distress. She was limp, in and out of consciousness, hard...

A few months ago a bird rescue organization, ASAP, was presenting at Petco when I went for cat food. They had all sorts of birds there, including a duck that my 2 year old fell in love with. Obviously, it was not a good idea to adopt a duck on impulse, so we did not get it. However, we had been...

We just purchased two ducks and are trying to determine if they are male or female. We have one female pekin already who is 3 months old but definitely has the loud, distinctive quack. The 2 we purchased are supposed to be 6 months old and one is a Pekin and one is a Khaki Campbell Runner mix...

Hi! We moved to central NY State last summer and are getting our very first day-old chicks within a week. I have an indoor room set up with the brooder and all necessary supplies and feel like an expectant mother...are the eggs laid yet, etc. Very excited! Also have questions about predator...

I finally signed up! After spending much time reading threads for information, helpful tips and generally enjoying the chicken chat I decided I needed to be a part of it! So hello everyone! I’m from Dorset in the UK and our hens are free range in a large garden, along with 4 cats and 2...