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Hello! We have 15 chicks for sale, hatched just a week ago. These are from our Black Jersey Giant hens and a Blue Copper Marans rooster. We do have one Black Copper Marans hen, so one or two of these chicks might be pure Marans, but I sure can't tell the difference at this stage! They are all...

I have 4 Silkies that are evading identification. Let's start with the older ones, and you guys can give me your opinions as to whether I have girls or boys! First, a gray/blue/lavender/whatever. She (see, I'm being hopeful) is several months old, just about full size. #2 is a barred or...

Hi everyone, I have a 5 month old Jersey Giant hen who has been making the strangest noise for the past several weeks. I felt along her throat, and it felt like she might have something caught in there, but I don't want to hurt her. What do you think? Sorry I couldn't get a video to load, I...

Ok, this is part sad, part frustrating, and part ... hungry? It's a confusing emotion. We have a flock of young guinea fowl, and they are about the stupidest creatures I have ever met. Our goat pasture has a 4' fence with 2 wires of electric - one high, one low, though that low one is high...

This chicken is about 5 months old, and continues to baffle me. I'm normally pretty keen on being able to tell the difference between pullets and cockerels. This bird is almost as big as the adults, has not crowed that I know of, has not layed that I know of, and does not have any pointed saddle...

Hi! We have a few cockerels to rehome. They were essentially chick-shaped packing peanuts for an order of Jersey Giants. Now they are about 5 months old, and I need to get them off the feed bill! The barred Brahma (might not be purebreed) is very handsome, and looks like he's going to get big...

Hi guys, I'm normally pretty good at sexing young chickens, but this one is eluding me. He/she is about 3 months old, half grown. I haven't seen any sign of hackle or saddle feathers. It's a barnyard mix with mostly light Brahma blood. That's where the feathers come from. It looks like a pea...

Hi, I'm looking for mottled Java eggs to hatch. I would be thrilled if I could trade eggs with someone. We have 2 pens. One pen has a Black Copper Marans and two Easter Eggers covered by a very pretty Blue Copper Marans rooster. Chicks will be Blue/Black Copper Marans and Olive Eggers. The other...

We had a batch of Easter Eggers hatch over the weekend. We have one chick who is kinda lopsided. She walks as if she is dizzy, stumbling. When she falls, she always falls on her right side, and can't get up again.When I right her, she can drink and eat normally, stands and stumbles around...

Hello all! My family moved to a small farm several months ago. We're gearing up to build a barn this year, complete with pens for several different breeds of chickens! I am hoping to acquire show quality stock for breeds that are under-represented, that greatly deserve a bigger population, and...

Xander is 4 years old, and is my "chicken whisperer"! We recently got a dozen Easter Eggers, and this chick chose him the first day. They are buddies! He named her Griffin; he carries her around with him a lot, and she just about falls asleep while he is holding her. Chickens rock!

Hi everyone! First of all, this is not sunning or dust bathing sitting. It's the strangest thing. This one Easter Egger pullet we have, about 3 months old, has begun sitting down with her legs stretched straight in front of her, sitting up like a dog. When I approach her she stays still until...

Hi! This little beastie is defying me. I cannot make out if she/he is a pullet or a cockerel! The bird is about 4 months old. The father was a Silkie/Ameraucana mix, and the mother was a Rhode Island Red. The two barred rocks in the first picture are from the same clutch, different parents, of...

Hi! I have kept a backyard flock for years, though we've lived in the suburbs so I couldn't have a rooster. My husband and I are planning to move to a place with some land in 2012 - which to me, means ROOSTER(s)! I have a couple of Ameraucana hens and would like to get more. I have no intention...

Hi guys! Sometime in the next year, we will be moving to a place with some land, and I can have more chickens than just my little suburban flock - and a rooster! I have tentative plans for a couple of breeding pens, but I do want one that can run around the yard with the free ranging hens, to...

Hi! I have kept a small backyard flock for about three years, just hens since we are in the suburbs. We are planning to move to a house with some land next year, which means MORE CHICKENS! And a ROOSTER! I am so excited about it, I just love chickens! My husband says "I love you and all your...