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Hello there, I'm new to guinea, had four of them for a year, now only two left. A boy and a girl died very suddenly, running happily one day, dead the next. After some reading and talking with poultry keepers I came to believe they are hardy birds. I came to expect a sudden death from a...

Hello there, I'm trying to figure out why chicks from my own flock keep dying. I raised quite a few this year, both bought as chicks and hached in incubator by my self, with diferrent results (some very good), but none as bad as chicks from my flock. Even incubated by chicken seemed to be very...

Hello, I'm first time chicken keeper and this spring will be my first to have hens with chicks. There are few things I can not figure out and I would appreciate some ideas. We are about to build rather big chicken run. It's going to be not less than 2 ares, maybe even 3 which is around 2000 to...

Hello there, I live in a country were easter eggers are unknown. But we do have all kind of breeds who lay other than white or light brown eggs like araucanas, marans and so on. I am planing to keep a flock of around 30 birds after culling and hope to make them easter eggers over time. I go for...

Hello, I'm new to chickens and maybe this is normal, but I want to make sure. This morning we fond our bantam cochin hen not walking properly. To me and my husband she looks as if she is going broody with a strong wish to stay in that "chicken on the eggs" position. Yet there are no eggs and she...

I'm trying my luck to find some fertile easter egger eggs. In my country (Lithuania -Europe) I could find none and chickens that lay eggs of different colors are still new here, so I hope to import some from somewere in Europe. It is still quite some time till spring, but I start early :) Or...

Hello everybody! I'm visiting BYC for some time now and decided to join. Me and my husband are completely new to raising chickens (and to farm life for that matter but we bought one few month ago and started our new adventure). We have a flock of 16 chickens already. Just could not help...