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I am both a chicken and dahlia fanatic and was wondering how many kindred spirits are out there on this forum. How did you discover dahlias? What are your favourite varieties to grow? Share photos if you can! 🙂

My six Swedish Hedemora chicks went through a bought of coccidiosis at about 4 weeks old while I was gone on a trip for work. Thankfully, I was able to get Amprol from the vet as soon as I was back to treat them and we didn't loosing any. Full strength dose for a week and then a weaker dose for...

Hi Everyone! I know it's still a little bit early to know sexes for sure, but I am just curious what others think of my guesses so far for my new Swedish Hedemora chicks. They are around 5 weeks old now and maturing quickly the past few days - the two obvious cockerels have developed even...

Hi All! I'm embarking on a journey raising Swedish Hedemora at the base of the Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia! I have been long fascinated by this landrace and think they will be well suited to the climate here. A few days ago I received seven little balls of fluff, so now begins the fun...

Hi All, I’ll preface this post by saying that I know it's too early to sex these guys/gals (except for the one obvious cockerel), but I thought I would start a thread to see if anyone has any suspicions about them and I will update it every two weeks until the sexes are known. It’s fun and...

Hi Everyone! I have a chick that is a cross from a Salmon Faverolles hen and a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana rooster. It is 2.5 weeks old and chest feathers are beginning to come in as a light cream colour. I was wondering if this cross would be similar to both parent crosses, with light chest...

Hi All, Sad day over here. I have a hatch going on Day 17 in a Brinsea Advance Mini II. All was progressing well and I candled them last night. I turned the turner off and cooling off and forgot to click all the way though the menu. It was under a counter so I couldn‘t see the display without...

Hi All! I have a hen who is very healthy, eating and drinking well. She's almost three years old and is a Cochinxbrown layer. I was just out in the pen to refill the water and noticed that she was making a distinct cawing sound with every breath, but acting and eating totally normally. Not...

Hi Everyone! I’m a little puzzled. I have an Ameraucana pullet that spends quite a bit of time in the coop during the day sleeping on the roosts. I did find some lice on her four days ago (not tons, but they were present) and treated the whole flock and coop with permethrin. She isn’t acting...

Hi Everyone! My flock has been doing very well, with no significant health issues these last few years. Of course, when keeping chickens, something is bound to happen. One of my Faverolles pullets, born early May (so about 7 months old), is having a hard time walking this morning and favouring...

Hi All! Chicken math has struck again this year, and the number of birds that I want to keep has outgrown the smaller original coop we built several years ago (which can house about 12 birds comfortably). So, I've ordered in a 8x16 well built baby barn from a local place. It will be a task...

So everything has been going well with my batch of chicks up until now. They are a mix of five Wheaton Ameraucanas I bought as hatching eggs and five Cochins from my own coop. They are three weeks old today/tomorrow. Today I looked in the brooder and two of the Wheaten Ameraucanas have issues...

Hi Everyone! I know these guys are a little too young to be sexed definitively (at two weeks old), but I have a hunch about some and would love to hear the opinions of those who have raised them before. Some folks say you can tell sex of Wheaten Ameraucanas at 2-3 weeks. I will update the...

It's been an eventful past 12 hours, but I thought I would share what I have learned with you. Now, I will add a disclaimer that I am a marine biologist who comes from a family of veterinarians, so this is definitely not my first exposure to assisted hatching. I had two Day 21ish eggs in the...

Hi Everyone! I have a question. Eggs are on lockdown and I've taken out the turner. I have a broody silkie on about Day 17ish who is getting disturbed by other hens and one of the eggs was cracked (but is still viable). Can I stick all 10 eggs (5 cochin - from under the silkie - and 5...

Today is Day 17 of my Wheaton Ameraucana hatch. I'm using a Brinsea Mini II Advance which worked wonders for my last hatch in April (100% hatch rate from my own flock). Like many of you, I have been fascinated by the idea of adding a few blue egg layers to the coop and decided on Wheaton...

Hi Everyone! I have my first hatch in lockdown right now. Eggs started moving around well on Day 16/17 and I locked down at the beginning of Day 18. I'm using a Brinsea Mini Advanced II that has very good reviews. Airsacs were a little small going into lockdown, but that didn't concern me too...

Hi Everyone! I'm new to this forum, though I have been looking at it for a while. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've had chickens my whole life (my parents had some growing up), but recently got back into backyard chicken keeping again. (2) How many chickens...