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Yeah, he seems to be a Roo, never seen him lay, or in the nesting boxes. But, we’ve never seen him go after a hen, either. He’s 14 mo’s Old, so fully grown. His name is Fuzzy, and it seems to fit - he’s a bit fuzzy about his identity. Maybe b/c he was so hen-pecked as a chick. He’s a great lap...

This is my chicken that is in question of its gender. Any thoughts? —Lee

I've noticed quite a few comments about having an excess of mealworms, at some times, while not enough at others. Solution: dry them. Here's a good article http://mealwormcare.org/recipes-nutrition/ that explains how to do that. Easy. Even easier if you have a dehydrator.

Now I'm all glued to this thread. Can't wait to hear that your babies arrived, ok.

Here is a link to a nice egg color chart. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/egg-color-chart-find-out-what-egg-color-your-breed-lays.48143/#comment-503149

Wondering if you could add Brabanters to your chart. They lay white eggs and there's a nice pic under their breed page, here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/reviews/brabanter.10867/

Thank you so much for this article. This is our first year with chickens. We have 10, of assorted breeds. My son and I built our coop of nice pallet wood, and added battens. We made a poop drawer under the roosts, which are made from the support beams from the pallets, plywood floor and roof of...

Our run is built of 1/2 in. metal hardware cloth, approx. 8' high, with 1/2" plastic hardware cloth over the top for hawks, etc. The hardware cloth around the coop is bent/buried about 12 to 18 inches out from the run with landscape tiles over top. Nothing is digging in there. As for the door to...