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28 days incubation period last 3 days have been lockdown Made a safety hole this morning Externally Pipped slightly by the safety hole I assisted by chipping some of shell away to better understand what was going on yolk is still being absorbed Chirping Beak motions still present (chewing)...

Hey y'all! A couple of weeks ago we finally moved our two "og" hens to their new coop and run. The coop is a small prefab, and the run is one of those metal ones that you have to assemble; a tarp is covering one section, but we plan on getting another to cover the section their coop is under...

I have a 2 year old bantam silkie that is non stop broody. 1. I have no roosters 2. I like my current flock size. 3. I'm attached to her I have tried locking her out of the coop. She is super small but her temper is BIG. She climbs the steps looks in the window and tells me off all day. If...

A few days ago, I discovered my favorite chicken, a 5-year-old female buff Orpington, has bumblefoot on both her feet (stage 3 or 4). I don’t think her feet are swollen, but she has 2 dark scabs. I’ve noticed she walks a little weird sometimes and might be sleeping a little more than usual...

Hey, I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I could do with some advice. I love my flock and I want the best for them, but recently I’ve been feeling a little burned out and I’m worried that my chickens might suffer because of that. I’ve had anxiety my whole life...

Some time last night the wind blew our coop over and one of my girls are limping pretty bad. Felt around for any breaks and I don't feel any BUT one leg is freezing cold & one is warm.... She does move it and curls toes and even steps lightly on it. What can I do for a sprain OR worst case, a...

Hi everyone, We are new to the chicken community! Just prior to getting married a little over a year ago, we bought property in Interior Alaska and started building our home... Our adventurous family includes: (1) building/residential-contracting, surfing, backcountry-skiing...

Please can you help? We have 3 hybrid ladies so someone decided that when they found a chicken running round a field i was the person to take it. This chicken is a fair bit smaller than our girls but looks full grown, bedraggled, and ?pure breed? She is currently in our double shower with food...

I have been raising chickens for over a year now, and all of them have been hand-raised from chicks besides 2 hatches. My first hatch was not my own eggs, but went extremely well. The mom got broody again, and this time around I had a rooster so I used my own eggs. 2/4 eggs hatched without...

As I posted a few months ago I have to rehome my perkin ducks. I have two a year old both female. I finally found a new home with someone I actually know yay!!! However I’m so sad and nervous for them. Can you tell me is their readjustment easy They will have each other, their house and pool...

I have two 4 day old chinese goslings. They seem to be healthy and act normally (in my opinion) and to be happy. This is my first time with goslings and i’m terrified that something will happen to them. Earlier today i noticed some poop hanging out of one of them so i gave them both a bath and...

So just read a bunch of terrifying posts about New Castles in Az on FB. It's in Coconino county and I am in Pima which is in vail/Tucson. However, it kinda has me scared for the Fair we have coming up in about 2 weeks. Would they cancel the shows if it got close? And is there any prevention...

So we are about to get our first 3 chicks. Our area just went legal for backyard chickens a couple years ago - up to 3 hens, no roosters. We're prepping our brooder box and have ordered the chicks we want. And I'm looking at coops. I spent a long time coveting an Eglu, but they're pricey...

Hello all! First post on here, though I've been reading around and collecting some information! My fiance and I are looking into getting some chickens over the coming weeks but this is all very new to us! He's thinking he wants 10, but I'm thinking 4-5 is a much more realistic number for us...

I bought a LG 10300 I am giving up on it after reading how bad these are I can no longer keep trying. I was so excited because it will be my first hatch of chicks ☹️ So what’s everyone else using? Pros and cons? Please help me I’m in desperate need I have 30 beautiful eggs waiting for me

Hi All! I am hoping to start my flock this year! I am so excited! As I am a total newbie to chickens, I thought I would ask you all for some advice. I am planning on getting my chicks from a local-ish (in my state, but still a ways away) hatchery, rather than the local farm supply store...

Hopefully this is the right spot to post this.. After I get NPIP certified, I plan on selling hatching eggs and chicks. I don't know a whole lot about selling poultry so I thought I'd ask here. The only reason I'm going to be getting NPIP certified, is so I can prove that our birds are healthy...

I've been keeping hens since March of this year. They're rescue ex-batts and I have already lost 2 of the 5 I started with, been to the vets with another and now one of the others is unwell. I've dealt with a lot since keeping them - the first prolapsed after one week so I had to learn things...