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Today we found a lone wild turkey chick all aloke on our property. No clue where mom is. We're going to keep her and raise her with some TSC chicks. They're all currently in a brooder and generally getting along. She's only a few days old. We've raised plenty of chicken chicks successfully, any...

With Avian Influenza being at the front of the mind lately, just wanted some advice about this situation and if there's anything we can do to manage exposure. My wife had the chickens free ranging today and while my son was out playing in the yard found what looks like a brewers blackbird that...

One of my more productive silkie hens went broody a little while ago, we broke her, and since she's been back in the coop with everyone else she's been acting normal but hasn't laid. Yesterday my wife noticed that she wasn't acting normal, very lethargic, and not eating or drinking. We moved her...

My wife got 4 new silkies a couple weeks ago. They had been fine up until 3-4 days ago when we started noticing some bloody poops. They're 3.5 months old, and otherwise healthy and normal. (Eating, drinking, generally happy). The amount of these poops has increased over the past few days so we...

My wife and I are pretty new chicken owners. We inherited a coop from the previous owners of the house we just moved into. It's an old ice fishing house, about 8' by 12'. We have 9 chickens living in it currently, 3 golden comets and 6 silkies. We're worried about ventilation, the coop is...

I have 6 silkies and 3 golden comets. We had another golden comet that was laying daily, but unfortunately ended up having calcium issues and broke her femur so she had to be euthanized. What should we be feeding everyone to ensure that the comets get the calcium they need with their high egg...

My wife and I just got our first chickens! She has her 6 silkies and I have my 4 golden comets. They’re all 3-4 months old. They’re currently in separate coops but able to see each other as we’re trying to socialize/integrate them. When my wife let her silkies out to free range yesterday, we...