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This cuckoo marans is about 10 weeks old. Over the past week her wing feathers have been getting progressively more twisted. Can I wrap them like you do angel wing on ducks?

I have a two year old speckled sussex hen. Every egg she's ever laid had been soft shelled. I have tried giving her extra calcium supplements. Otherwise she appears healthy. Does she just have a defective shell gland?

I started a bantam flock this year and have three silkies. I have three birds and wondered if they are old enough to tell genders yet. #1 #2 #3 (this is the one I'm really wondering if cockerel) I believe it's a partridge, looked chipmunk-y as a chick.

He's a pretty guy, but I have too many cockerels.

I have a broody whose eggs are due to hatch Friday. This morning I found an egg that is mostly crushed. The membrane is intact except one little tear. There is a bit of blood at the tear. The membrane is pretty dry. Should I let the egg try to hatch?

If I breed an olive egger hen (legbar x welsumer) back to a welsumer rooster, should I expect all shades of olive or possibly some dark brown layers?

I have a broody hen who's been on her eggs for 24 days now. There are no signs of hatching. I tried candling two of the eggs tonight. One was all dark, not even an air cell visible. The other looked all dark but there was an air cell visible. How long should I wait?

I have a 5 month old cockerel. About one and a half weeks ago he was puffed up with his head drawn in and didn't want to come out of the coop with the rest of the flock. I separated him into my hospital coop. He did seem to have some difficulty swallowing, when he tried to drink water it just...

My cockerel is sick. Yesterday he seemed normal. This morning when I went to let them out, he was the last one out of the coop. He had his head scrunched down and his feathers fluffed up. No visible wounds. His crop felt empty. He would walk up to the feeder and waterer but didn't really eat or...

I've got five lavender orpingtons and all of them have messy fuzzy feathers as shown in the picture. All of the other breeds in my flock have smooth, normal feathers. Do orp feathers just normally look this way?

I got 6 chicks from TractorSupply. They were all labeled as BR pullets. Several of them have feathers that look more penciled than barred on their necks. Have I got any roos? ~8 weeks old right now.

I've been lurking and finally decided to join. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My first chicks are about 5 weeks old now. I've never had any chickens before. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I've got 6. (3) What breeds do you have? All are Barred...