• Created on 1/22/13 by Scrapman21009

I started with two and that was all I wanted, well now I am up to 4 and planning to get more.  1 Olive Egger and 3 Ameraucana's   read more

• Created on 1/21/13 by Finding Fifth

  We are very new to chickens and pets. In fact they are our first pet as a family. They came with the 5 acre property we purchased in December. And we just love them! We never knew that chickens had such personality. The original 3 hens are - Washington (light Sussex), Breanna (Isa Brown) and Coolie (Barnevelder).    Read more at http://findingfifth.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/our-first-pet-chickens.html         Then one of our moving men gave us his rooster and hen. They have integrated into the flock very well. There's Obama (an Australorp) and... read more

• Created on 1/20/13 by jacksonchicks

Our Buff Orpingtons are coming!!! We get them in 2 weeks and I could not be more excited. My husband is a little indifferent to the whole thing, but I told him once he sees the chicks, his heart will melt. I am so excited I can't take it. We've decided to give them funny food names. My husband and I are both foodies, and I am a vegetarian, so I wanted to give them vegetarian names. Cheddar, Biscuit, Pimento, Omelette and Pancake. Aren't those just the cutest names. I'll post pictures when they get here. We ordered them through Cackle Hatchery.  read more

• Created on 1/17/13 by billyb

    The Urban City Girls                Hi everyone!  I thought I should just make a chicken page to show off my chickens!  It all started about 2 years ago where our friends got chickens.  We saw them and finally decided to get some of our own.  They are all grown up now.  I did havw ten, but It was to much so I rehomed 6.  So then it was down to four.  But then I found a new friend to add.  Enough with me jabbering and let me introduce them:                                                              This is Bonnie, a Rhode Island Red.  She... read more

• Created on 1/17/13 by Sk8inChick(en)

For several years we had hatched some eggs in a friend's homemade incubator. We only kept the chicks for a week, and then gave them to a local farmer. I always wanted to keep "just one," but we just didn't know much about chickens, so we always ended up giving all the chicks away.   Hatching eggs did get me interested in chickens, and several years later I did lots of reading and research and began the process of getting chickens. After I had done all that reading, it was time to get the show on the road.   A local feed and garden store was getting in several... read more

• Created on 1/17/13 by Malibu99

Miracle is probably my sweetest chicken. She's hilarious, adorable, and fluffy. I thought I'd share some of the smiles she gives me, or at least try to.   In May, we had a chicken who was rejected by the flock (Pecked until blood was drawn, etc.) and had to separate her. Knowing that chickens were flock animals, we knew we had to get her a 'sister'. I walked into the chicken pen at the feed store, looking for a silkie or possibly another Brahma. But no- I saw a small Easter Egger who hadn't even gotten her beard yet, hatched in April. I fell in love with her, and... read more

• Created on 1/16/13 by Chickenfan4life

Boots:   I got Boots at an Atwoods' feed store. She was the only Cochin that wasn't afraid of me. I loved her a lot, and held her all the time. The result is a wonderful young hen whom loves to cuddle.      Boots on the right, Splash on the left   Boots is gentle and tame. Her favorite treat is cherry tomatoes. She will leap up onto my lap or shoulder for these, and I am not kidding! :D Boots once laid her egg in my shoes, which I had left near the chicken coop when I put on my rubber boots to go into the coop in. When I put my shoe in, well, you know... read more

• Created on 1/15/13 by CusterChknLover

I am Loveing mother of two beautiful Daughters 16 & 20, wife to a fabulous husband that handles my chicken farming obsession with a nod here and there and maybe an Idea or two! Our mini farm is located in Washington State in the country, we have 2 farm dogs(rottweilers) a lil Kitten &My coop consists of 8 Hens and 1 Roo, breeds are Wyandotte, Blue Cochin Bantam, Brahma, & RIR's! I am anxious to add to my feathered family in the spring! This by far has been one of my best adventures yet! LOVE MY CHICKENS!! A few of my flocks favorite snax include Mac & Cheese, and they... read more

• Created on 1/15/13 by TerrorBird

At the end of April 2012, I went to the local feed store and picked up four chicks: a Barred Rock, a Black Sexlink, and two Black Australorps.  They spent their first six weeks of life in a playpen up in our spare bedroom.  Four weeks of my life were spent in that room because whenever they were left alone, they'd scream their little heads off.  They were too cute and sweet to be left alone.  They've become beautiful girls and I love them dearly.   This is Muffet.  As a chick, she would flutter up to my shoulder and jump on my head.  She'd settle up there and... read more

• Created on 1/15/13 by robincramer

I decided I wanted chickens in July so we built our coop.  It is in the coop pages: Rockin' Chick Hotel.  I bought 6 three month old Barred Rocks.    This is Sylvie, and chicken butts the six Barred Rocks are all named after old second generation aunts.         .     More chicken butts and the chicken guardian.  They were dusting right next to the log wher the cat lays. My three Silkies: Tina Turner, Reba, and Selena.   May 2013, I received my chick order from Murray McMurray.  I only wanted a few but couldn't get what I wanted... read more