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I have cinnamon queens [brown egg], Araucanas (green eggs), Prairie bluebell (light blue eggs) hens. My roo is a Black copper Maran. I know the chicks will be barnyard mix chickens but I am curious what color their eggs may be? Any predictions? what is considered a Easter egger? Let me know...

I wish there were more pictures of the calendar, like the date pages

I have ten 8 week old chicks that have been integrated with the 14 mo old hens for about 3 weeks. have a raised dog coop in the run if they don't feel safe. I also have thei chick starter feen in there. They do get bullied a lot but seem to hold their own or get away. I know pecking order is a...

daily? and for how many days?

Do you ferment pelllet@ or crumble? I have see videos about it.

Feeder is the Green menards bucket. I believe they are 3in holes. I feed pellet feed.

I don't want to jinx myself, but I haven't had any rodents or predators.

I have 12 chickens for almost a year now. I use a hanging 5gal bucke with the pvc ports for feed. for the last couple months the are emptying it in just a few days. mostly on the ground in there sand run. It would probably be more economical to feed daily but I am lazy. I don't need one more...

This is Rico, my barnyard mix Rooster. Does anyone know what kind of Rooster he might be? He is smaller than my hens but has 11 of them to choose from. 😊

If I remember correctly it is called Denim Jacket. Acrylic stain but it was thicker than paint and that wood was thirsty! It took 1.5 gallons.