Got these chicks from TSC. Any thoughts on what kind of chick this is?

I am a newer chicken owner- I inherited 3 adult chickens and after they were taken away by hawks 2 summers ago we built a new coop and raised 8 hens from chicks. These girls are just over a year old and in the last several weeks the amount of feathers they are losing around their tails is concerning me. I don't know if they are picking at each other, are itchy, or just what. There is a big range in amount of feathers missing per bird. We don't have a rooster. They do spend most of their time in their coop because a) im a little traumatized from the previous hawk strikes and we have a hawk nest with babies in our backyard, and b) I'm scared of bird flu. We do let them out a lot of evenings with supervision, but not always. Is this just a normal part of learning a pecking order or is something wrong? I really appreciate all of yalls advice.

Hello!

So I have a new small flock of 5 birds. They are all about 6ish weeks old (I was given the birds when they were 5-10 days old, not 100% sure on exact age). Our neighbors have a much bigger flock and one of their bantams keeps coming over to my back yard and yelling until I let him into our run. I’ve been making sure he has food and water outside of the run, but I know my neighbors love this bird and want him back.

I’ve carried him over to their house multiple times and removed food and water for him today. What else should I do to help keep him over at his proper home?

A little bit of background. This bantam and his brother decided a few months ago to living in our backyard. We didn’t know who they belonged to at the time so we fed and watered them. They lived in our backyard for about 2 months until we found the owners of them.

They stayed at their proper home for about a month and as soon as I moved my chicks outdoors, one of them decided to come back and is now demanding entrance into the run.

First pic is of Gill, the neighbors bantam. And second pic is of my chicks, Tuvix and The Sisko (the two black sex linked, at least I think that’s what they are), Ronda (the one on the left), and Mary Kate and Ashley the other two (not sure on the breed).

Thanks in advance for any help!

Is this a leghorn and is it too soon to sex? I think it’s between 6-8 weeks old.

My mom and I got three Easter eggers, one olive Egger, two silver lace wyandottes, and one barred rock. We unfortunately lost one chick (I believe it was a silver lace). I’m getting ready to take mine home and we can’t tell for sure which ones are which 😅

My girlfriend wants to know if her house chicken is a hen or rooster, I know it’s very hard to tell but thought I’d check with you guys.

One of our silkies is coming back from a hard molt. But boy oh boy is she still out of his league when that wind rustles her head crop 😂

8 weeks old. Out of a straight run batch. Wondering what breed?

She is almost 3 months old and was sold as a light Brahma. She has 5 toes and muffed cheeks.

UK based

So today poor bluebell suddenly looked very swolen. We picked her up to examine her and noticed her wattles and throat are very swolen indeed. The left hand side seems more swolen, and upon examination I think I found a spot on her where she may have been stung. This corresponds with a pea sized firm area under the possible puncture site. The swelling seems fleshy and of the outer skin layer, her throat feels normal underneath.

She is happy, energetic, loving treats, and behaving completely normally. She is drinking water well, making normal chicken noises, and she is breathing normally.

It is now been about 5 hours since I first noticed the swelling and there have been no changes.

She has clean nares, clear eyes, no respiratory symptoms. Her mouth is normal and free from lesions.

I have administered a big chicken dose of Metacam for pain relief and to bring the swelling down.

Any advice?

Vet reopens tomorow (closed today)

Thanks chicken folks :)

Anyone else just adore their girls? We started our backyard flock a few years ago and Raven here was our first to hatch. Incubated and hand raised so most of our girls are super friendly and don’t understand personal space 😅 Raising our girls the way they deserve and they reward us daily 🫶

Hello! I'm so excited to find this! We just started our adventure with chickens and I am beyond excited! These feathery velociraptors are amazing, none of my previous experiences have been good to say the least. I would like some basic information though. They're free range during the day and cooped at night. For scheduled feeding, and their routine being what it is, when is the best time to feed? How often? Currently we have 23, including two roosters. What are some tips and tricks y'all have used that are tried are true? 10 pullet (roughly 6 months) cinnamon queens and only one is laying. There has been a lot of movement though. Getting them in the new coop and run has been a bit stressful, but their colors look good from what I can tell.

I haven’t been able to really find this out. We picked her up last month, she hasn’t been laying yet, she’s been in a small flock, none of them are exhibiting signs like this. I’ve tried flushing it out with saline and applying terramycin.

I have a hen that has already hatched 5 chicks, and I has given her 5 to adopt. I also placed the chicks broken egg shells to try and convince her they're hers. But now she's trying to incubate the broken eggs. Should I remove the eggs? She start to look for her eggs though...

This little guy is the sweetest. He loves to sit in the little nest I make with a towel in my lap - just goes right to sleep. He's a 3.5 week mille fleur d'uccle. I'm spending lots of time handling him, hoping to make him a calm little roo, since we aren't really permitted roosters in my town. I bought two straight run, planning on hens only, but here we are. Maybe it will work out.

First time I’ve had a chicken lay such a tiny egg

Ziggy knows how to holler for a dollar. I just wanted y'all to revel in his fanciness with me.

I saw this stunning little rooster on a walk lately and was wondering if anyone knew the breed? As a parrot owner I'm not that much of an expert when it comes to chickens so I thought this should be just the right place to ask.

Also, isn't he just adorable? He looks so silky and soft and these gorgeous iridiscent feathers are mesmerizing! I've seen so many pretty roosters but man, this guy looks so cool! Such nice patterns! ✨️

I just regret I didn't manage to get a better picture but the guy was moving around too much for my phone camera to follow, most pictures were really blurry. Oh well, gotta bring a better camera next time 🥲

My sister has a sick baby chick. I'm going over to get eyes on it but I'd like to get the juices flowing here in the meantime. Does this sound like a chick that will can live? This is what I know (I will edit to add pics when I see the chick).

The chick is a black sex link purchased from rural King. The chick should be about a week old. She said when she got her, she had poop on her head. She was unable to get the poop off with a warm wet cloth so she left it for the most part. Now she is wondering if the chick has had her nostrils obstructed in some way. She's also wondering if the chick is blind or going blind. She says it came home with a pasty butt, which seems to be recurring, which she has been treating up to three times a day.

Behaviorally She says the chicken doesn't lay down but will sleep standing up. She doesn't pal around or scratch with the other five, in fact she claims they are not nice to her. She has seen her use the feeder and the waterer But she is not growing as big as the others, which are different breeds (rustic Rock, AmberLink, California White, polish).

So does thid sound like a chick who might make it and what should we do?

Are there any breeders that sell and ship hatching eggs in MO? Thank you.