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  1. A

    Chicken poop

    Hi, my chicken has been feeling ill recently. She has been lethargic for a few days now we brought her inside and she hasn’t been eating or drinking like she used to. She always tries to sleep and just pooped today and it has been all water. I know when chicks drink most of the poop will be...
  2. B

    Egg bound or other?

    Hi Have a beautiful rescue chicken who never laid an egg for the four months had her. Unknown age/breed. We kept as companion to our brown prolific egg layer! Two days ago laid rough light coloured slightly misshapen egg outside. Now she is standing in one spot barely moving. Read lots of...
  3. Windwalker79

    🌙 Possum Drama at 4AM – Meet Ray Ray

    So here’s how my early morning started... Around 4AM, my rooster loses his mind, crowing like the world’s ending. Then I hear my 6-week-old goose honking like it’s being chased by a ghost, Ducks quacking, chickens flapping — the whole farm is losing its feathery mind. So of course, I fly out...
  4. Windwalker79

    🍉 Watermelon Wars

    There’s peace on the homestead... until someone cracks open a watermelon. I learned early on that my ducks, chickens, and goose all have one thing in common: a totally unhinged obsession with watermelon. It doesn’t matter if it’s 100 degrees or a cool spring morning — as soon as they see that...
  5. F

    Jersey Giant Growth

    Does anyone have growth weights on Jersey Giants according to a chart? I am trying to figure out the cost/benefit ratio of raising Jersey Giants and processing them sooner than their “maturity date”. I was hoping to get in communication with somebody who has experience with this breed.
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  6. Birds4Eli

    Cages Vs. Tractors Vs. Large enclosed on the ground for quail

    Hello! This has been a very heated topic in my experience. Cages or grass? I am in the middle of building a quail tractor for my birds, because that is what I think is the best option. I have had my quail in cages since I have had quail, because I read that they were much healthier. I disagree...
  7. S

    WHAT COULD THIS BE?!

    A few months ago I got 8 pullets and this beige one is the funniest looking one. I am curious what she might be. Her egg color is a very light brown with almost pinkish color. Also I have what I believe to be a white leghorn but she’s laying cream colored eggs is this a thing?
  8. T

    Help sexing 3.5month old Buff Orpington. Hen or Roo?

    Hi!:D I’m a newbie here and fairly new in raising chickens. And this is Beeyo, my 3.5month old Buff Orpington, can you help me determine if she’s a She or He? I always thought she was a hen until this morning my husband told me he heard her crow, so I’m doubting now. Thanks in advance!
  9. Greaner_pastures

    Paint?

    So I’ve had these chickens for a few years now. I’ve learned from my mistakes…like putting bands on them when they are babies so I can tell them apart down the road lol. I’ve had a chicken I’ve been trying to get back in with the rest of her flock who was molting then got bullied, long story...
  10. D

    What to do with my who*e of a rooster

    I have an ameraucana roo who’s just about a year old. I hate him, I want to cull him. But, my husband loves him and doesn’t want me to. He’s super friendly and follows him around when he goes in there. But, all I see him do (I spend more time with them) is over breed all of my birds. Nobody’s...
  11. B

    Red butt, what does this mean?

    My chicken has a red swollen bottom. Can anyone advise what is going on here?? What should I do to help my chicken out?? Thank you!
  12. C

    Need help identifying please

    Hi, I picked these seven chicks up on 3/5 from a race brothers in MO. four are assorted bantams and three were from the “rare” bin. I’m sure two of the “rare” are polishes, thinking buff. I think the other “rare” is the black one but can’t remember for sure. Could anyone help Please me identify...
  13. S

    Frostbite on all Toes

    I checked over my rooster once more thinking he has bumblefoot as he always seems to have and found that on his left foot he has frostbite on his middle toe and his right foot Frostbite on his middle toe and the bottom pad of his outward facing toe. I know two toes may fall off though it seems...
  14. Caeleesi

    Screaming and Balding

    We currently have 5 chickens: 3 Australorps and 2 smaller ones (unsure of the breed) Most of them have some balding occurring, which we originally thought was due to brooding, but it's taking a very long time for our biggest hen's feathers to return (Images attached of her bald back, it's been...
  15. Caeleesi

    Introduction

    Hello! I'm caeleesi. My family has owned chickens for a while now, but there have been some issues arising recently and we aren't sure of the reasoning, hence I am now here seeking answers for any current (and future if they occur) issues :) These are our chickens :) Roadrunner & Luci are the...
  16. kz_soupz19

    My hen been fighting with the new rooster

    I have 2 hens (Orpington & Ancona) I have them since they are chicks. Recently I got other 2 chickens since chicks which it turned out one of them is a rooster. Both pullet and cockerel now are 17 weeks old. We noticed that our Ancona puffs up like a rooster and at times tries to start fights...
  17. B

    100% dry hatch or partial dry hatch?

    ive been having problems with chicks both making it to hatching but drowning in the egg and also chicks dying after about day 7-10. i suspect the latter is because i have to open the incubator once a day to refill the humidity since i cant do it from outside. im looking into trying a dry hatch...
  18. H

    Help! Supplement ratios!

    Hi all! I am looking to start supplementing my chickens with chilli, oregano, parsley and mint. I’m buying in 1kg bags. My feed comes in 20kg bags, how many bags of feed should I expect to mix with my 4kg of herbs and spices to be an appropriate ratio to feed to my flock?
  19. Raisin_The_Chicken

    Frostbitten combs on my roosters!

    I have a RIR Jersey Giant and a Barred Rock x Jersey Giant. and since it's been so cold their combs are frostbitten, the combs look kinda yellow and black in some spots. what should I do? and how do I prevent it? (Lol, the jersey...
  20. 6-Hens-and-Me

    What temperature do you set your incubator at for different eggs? I’m curious!

    What temp and RH do you set your incubators at for chicken eggs Is it different for quail, and duck eggs? Let me know what stats you find work best!
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