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  1. Chicken_You_Out

    The Case of the Disappearing Duck

    Our ducks live a 7 minute walk away, in a pond in the woods near our house. We feed them often to keep them loyal, but know that, in the summer at least, they are fairly self sufficient. We have three females- a Cayuga, a Khaki Campbell, and a Pekin. We love them to death as they are somewhat...
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  2. BigBlueHen53

    What Predator...?

    Well, it finally happened. Oh, um, moderately graphic. It's been several years since we've lost a bird to any predator, but apparently one has discovered us. My question is, what predator is small enough to fit through 2x4" welded wire fencing, (EDIT: I was wrong, this side of the yard is...
  3. Pairie Faring

    Two chickens dead!

    I have had chickens for about 8 years and have never lost any to illness. Three weeks ago one of my 3 year old Easter eggers looked like she had dropped dead in my chicken run. Day prior she was fine pecking and hunting bugs with the best of them. Today I found my one year old silkie had died in...
  4. MokiYoki

    A mutation! Stripes in a black bird

    The feathers sorta look like this and they are only on it's chest. Its mother is a blue mottled belgian d'uccle, and its father is a black silkie. There are also 4 others out of the same mother/father who dont have anything like this. Besides that the father has also been crossed to another...
  5. fowlgebra

    Egg peritonitis? Poisoning? Two deaths.

    Almost exactly two months ago I lost one of my Olive Eggers to a mystery illness or ailment. At first I thought it was Merek's but it turned out not to be, thank goodness. A friend of a friend who is a veterinarian looked at videos and pictures of her and thought it was egg peritonitis. Fast...
  6. PlumParadise

    Identify mystery chicks

    So I recently received my Meyer Hatchery order which included a Meyer meal maker and 2 rare assorted...so 3 mystery chicks. I identified one right away as silver laced Wyandotte as I am familiar with those. The other 2 I am not sure. I'd love some help .The blue chick has dark legs but pink...
  7. T

    Any ideas what this is?

    One of my isa brown rescue hens has been laying shell-less eggs. Usually I'd give her calcium but she is taking antibiotics at the moment as she's been a little flat. This morning I found a shell-less egg with this small meaty ball in it. The ball is about 10mm x 7mm - quite small and firm...
  8. Leolorelei

    Several Mystery Breeds...

    Hello! I got some birds from someone who hatched a bunch of mystery eggs, and couldn't give me much info on them... I have some guesses about a few but wanted some other input from those who may know more! 1) I got this pretty roo. I'm guessing some sort of birchen marans or olive egger made...
  9. AltonaAcres

    Mystery Predator

    Hey peeps. More bad news on my end:( We found our Silkie - Naked Neck Cross pullet dead in our field today. We where away all day, so I don't know when/how it happened. All I know is that it was a predator, bc the body is torn open, and surrounded by feathers. There isn't much blood, and it...
  10. Jacquieh

    What breed...

    I was at TSC yesterday and they had 'assorted bantams'....I picked the 4 that all looked the same! But I have NO CLUE as to what they could be!?.
  11. StephanieRose44

    Help!? Mixed flock Who’s a hen & who is a rooster!?

    I have 12 altogether. 1 Rooster (Definitely) 1 Maybe Rooster Silkie ? I really need help in identifying the gender of the rest of the birds in my flock. I Also would like to run it by all of you very knowledgeable & very helpful chicken lovers— I can confidently say that Out of 12 I have i am...
  12. Liv's chickens

    Injured chicken, can’t stand up, broken wing/leg?

    hello everyone, today I went out to feed the chickens. We just had our first big snow, and for most of the chickens, it will be their first winter. Some of the girls finally came out of the coop today since it’s nicer weather and of course, they get very excited when treats and feed comes...
  13. Hen_Solo_AZ

    Mystery Breed

    I bought this chicken off of a craigslist add as a young pullet about 3 months ago and it has been laying pinkish-brown eggs for the last 2 months. The previous owner didn’t know the breed, so now I am asking any of you if you want to take a crack at guessing what breed/breeds this girl is. I’ll...
  14. T

    Identify rooster

    I have no idea what breed this rooster is, I inherited him from my cousin that was moving to another city. Well, we had a single chick hatch out from a clutch and he's the only rooster so I'm trying to figure out what the chick might end up looking like. The chick is either from one of my dark...
  15. famerzellman

    Back yard mixes!

    I’m selling backyard mixes $10 a dozen (not including shipping) who doesn’t like hatching some mystery surprises! NPIP certified, also tested clean for AI and PT My backyard egg mixes are at 99% fertile ratio!
  16. classicsredone

    What are these random 4H hatching egg chicks?

    My sister is a K/1 teacher, and every year she does a life science unit that includes hatching chicks. She rents an incubator, and buys eggs brought into the county extension office by 4H members. The eggs are never labeled, so it is always a guessing game to try to figure out what she hatched...
  17. littleprairieheartsfarm

    Week old chick ID needed - Ideal Pullet Surprise

    We ordered nine chicks from Ideal Poultry. They are a week and 3 days old. We purchased 2 New Hampshires, 2 Black Australorps, 2 Barred Rocks, and 2 Easter Eggers, along with 1 pullet surprise. We thought we had figured out the surprise but when they started feathering on their wings, that...
  18. K

    Sick Chicken - Seems to be paralyzed

    About 6 weeks ago, our relatively young Crested Cream Legbar (old enough for the coop but not laying yet) looked like she had an injured wing. She was dragging it on the ground and didn't seem to be able to move it. We tried wrapping it, but she kept managing to get it undone. About a week...
  19. vivaciouswoman

    Murder(?) mystery in Michigan

    We’ve lost a bunch of our girls to foxes, but we’ve ben fencing and slowing that down pretty well by keeping the girls (and 3 roosters—2 Easter Eggers and a massive Black Jersey Giant mix) in their run until after noon. Everything was cool when I checked at 3:00 pm today, but I just went out...
  20. kinkachy000

    What breeds are these two chicks?

    Hello! I have two chicks that I need help identifying. I know one for certain is a bantam, and I have no clue about the other (she came in a "bantam" tub that also had meat birds, barred rocks, and New Hampshires in the mix - all of which I received :idunno). They are approximately 8 weeks old...
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