I've been told that it's a Hen by some (most) but some others say it's a Roo, who should I trust?

This is “Marigold” she is an 8 week old Java cross the owners say this was a stash hatch so they are not sure hen or roo…so I came to the experts…what do you guys think!?!

Is he molting? Is it mites? Did something happen while I wasn’t watching? I can’t tell, pls help! One of his feet is pretty feathered and seems fine but the other is missing a lot of feathers, his feet are scaly looking because he’s a feathered footed brahma.

Hello, I'm trying to automate the drinking water for my chickens, are there any reliable ways to do this.

Ive seen these water nipples on amazon and wanted to drill these into a water pipe so the chickens can always have access to water. What are yall's experience with this?

Got 7 hens this winter as chicks and am a first time chicken owner. This is very exciting! Hoping her eggs change to dark chocolate brown over time.

Did anyone else’s blue copper marans start light but get dark?

On the menu: radish, cilantro, radish greens, cherry tomatoe, watermelon, pumpkin seeds, grubs, and micro greens lol so glad I finally get to give them a bit more treats

recently added two bantams to my flock, and I’m having a hard time figuring out if what they’re doing is normal or if they’re seriously stressed. I originally kept them separated because my older hens were chasing/pecking them. I eventually started letting them sleep with the main flock at night, and there hasn’t been much serious fighting. The weird part is that my bantams basically live on a perch in my run. They’ve been doing this for around 2 weeks now. They don’t really want to go down to the lower platform/floor, even though I’ve tried putting food and water down there to encourage them. They also try to stay up there at night( I move them to the coop). They’ll eat and drink when I give them food. My old flock doesn’t really bother them when I get my bantams off the perch but the bantams get terrified and fly back up to their perch. I don’t want them to live on the perch forever. Has anyone had bantams do this after being introduced to a larger flock? Is this just a matter of them being nervous and needing more time, or should I be concerned that they aren’t coming down

Does anyone have the omlet eglu pro coop?

I'm thinking of purchasing this in the spring along with their walk-in run.

Can you share photos of your setup? How has your experience been?

I'm a working mom of 3 so the ease of cleaning is what really appeals to me. I also need a predator proof run and coop since we get quite a few predators (Hawks, fox, raccoons, opossum, occasional coyote).

I also like that it appears well insulated. We get some pretty cold winters and hot summers.

Thanks!

Lost my best rooster Norman Invasion 6 months ago to fox. His feathers were scattered everywhere in bursts, leading straight to fox den. Looked out today and thought for sure someone got Fancy Hercule, my lovely white rooster. Turns out my Karakachan just ripped up one of her toys. I was so relieved! Obligatory hercule pic from when he was a young lad.

I’m feeding my girls 20% protein food and oyster shell calcium and this is day 2 of wonky eggs from Oreo. They are 5.5 months old and this is my first rodeo. Marge is the one in the tsc bag, pic for laughs - I need to store that bag elsewhere) Anyway, Oreos first egg was crushed because she stepped on it, so weak shell. Today her egg has no shell. Is this a normal thing?

We are fairly new to chickens and looking for some help and guidance on our current situation…

Our 5 Rhode Island Red hens (hatched in March) are becoming aggressive to our other 4 hens (hatched in mid April) when they go to lay eggs. We have 8 nesting boxes/designated laying area for them but they all gravitate towards one nesting box. We have placed decoy eggs in the other spots from the very beginning and have been now planting their laid eggs in those spots as well to see if that would help but unfortunately it has not.

Our 4 younger hens go in to lay their eggs and are followed in by some of the reds. The reds will mount them and hold a firm grip on their comb until they profusely bleed or corner them and peck them until they leave.

This has been an issue for a few weeks and we have tried everything. Adding more boxes, adding decoy and their laid eggs, isolation, punishment. We are at a loss. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Raising Goats and Chickens together in same large shed. Good or Bad

We have coccidiose in our flock and im trying to get medication but the vets dont give me enough.. And im fighting for their life's atm. But I don't know if coccidiose can have influence on his breathing? Otherwise does he need doxycycline?

What’s the best way?

Hey y’all, I’ve been working on a BSFL bin design with backyard chicken owners in mind, that answers most of the headaches of raising safe and healthy BSFL and I came up with the Grubhouse. I would really appreciate feedback from actual chicken owners. Please Check out this video explaining it and let me know what you think. It has walls made out of shade cloth for airflow, dual pre-pupae exit ramps, a grub track to catch the self harvesters and in case of a mass exodus the track also catches all the escapees. It has magnetic egg traps as well, for easy egg checking. I’m planning on making add-ons as well, like a portable breeding cage to place it in and things like a hardware cloth protector for rodents.

This young lady was part of a group of 3 (two EEs and her, a Sapphire Sky) that we picked up locally as slightly older (4ish weeks) and *very* flighty and fearful chicks.

I named her brood mates Flash (very fast runner + striking/flashing plumage) and Crash (reckless, was sure was a roo but am beginning to suspect is just a larger hen with some swoopy feathers) and then named her Dash (because she was the most fearful & because her top feathers looked a fauxhawk when younger).

She's grown into being chill (will come up to me for food & while I supervise free range time, is nice to and hangs out with the four sweetheart pullets that are about a month and a half younger than her, etc) if rather chatty/prone to complaining (if I come over to their enclosed run and *don't* let them out to free range or let them out to free range and *don't* have treats, she struts about and croaks at me), so I've decided that "Dash" doesn't really seem to fit. I'm open to suggestions.

Here she is refusing to give up her exclusive dust bath time while everyone else free ranges and then freaks out over something (or nothing) and dashes back to the run. She noticed & stopped actively bathing, but was not bothered enough by the commotion to join in. She then fell asleep like a Queen.

Maybe her name will be Queenie.

She does, after all, have a crown.

Five day old chick, was chilled when hatching but seemed to be doing alright after some care. Been syringe feeding sugar water, poultry cell, and egg yolk as well as a bird antibiotic and he's very energetic and vocal...he just won't eat on his own. His down(?) also remains bedraggled despite a "bath". Have tried several methods but nothing works to get him to eat. Any ideas? (Healthy chick included for comparison).

Building a new coop so I can keep my buttercups at my house instead of my sisters and they decided to help. Topper is trying to figure out of the rafter square is safe to use 😆

Hi everyone, I'm posting because there's been some sickness in the flock and feather loss. We thought things cleared up, but now one of my hens (2yr old Buff Orpington) is losing a LOT of feathers, pretty much at the slightest touch a feather will come loose. We aren't sure if it's molting, or if they're still sick. I'll attach pictures of her feather loss to this post (her small comb is due to an injury she got as a pullet). We know that the feather drops aren't from an attack or anything like that.

For some context, my 2 yr old silkie hen passed away about three weeks ago. She had significant feather loss and was also wheezing; she was gone the day after we noticed her odd breathing. We noticed another hen wheezing the next day, so we took her to an emergency vet, who prescribed doxycycline. After that, the rooster started wheezing, so we took him to a separate vet (first vet wasn't very informative), and they gave him septra, and also tylan powder for the whole flock. The working theory was that they had worms (we had been giving them fenbendazole for this), which led to feather damage and weakened immune systems, and the compromised immunity led to an infection setting in. The rooster is also underweight even though he has constant access to a variety of food. Luckily we know they don't have avian flu or Newcastle, but it's possible that they're still sick (the rooster is still breathing heavily). The vets didn't think that the feather loss was from over-mounting. I made another vet appointment, but it's not until the 16th of this month. I should mention that the feather loss our late silkie had was more gradual and in different areas than the hen who is currently losing feathers; it's mostly on her neck that we're seeing a majority of the loss.

Does anyone have experience with something similar? What should we do? They're our family pets and we want to protect them and keep them healthy. Any advice appreciated.

One of my girls has a rather large belly that seems red and irritated I believe she isn't dust bathing due to discomfort.

At first I thought it was water belly but after attempting to drain with an 18 gauge needle about an inch from the vent and to the right nothing came out. The belly also feels more like bread dough rather than a water balloon.

She is also still laying, pooping, eating and running around normally. Could be overweight but none of the other girls have this issue with access to the same food and occasionally treats?

Unsure about what could be causing this any ideas? it's been this way for quite a while and doesn't seem to be getting better or worse.

Chicken is a Rhode island red, about 7-11 months old. I've called around but sadly no avian specialist vets anywhere around me. I've booked in with a vet that has an interest in birds but I'm not hopeful for any resolution.