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I came home from from work today and my 5 day old black Sumatra chick was dead in the brooder. This is my fourth time brooding chicks and it’s the first one I’ve lost. The others still seem happy and hearty. Not sure what happened? She was tiny and seemed a little frail compared to the other...

Finally had a hen do the squat today! 18 weeks old and it was one of my red stars. We’ll see how long it takes from here but we have progress!

Built a cheap five gallon feeder for my chicken run. Leftover pickle bucket from work and six feeding ports that I got on Amazon. Kit came with the feeding ports, hole saw, six horizontal nipples and a drill bit. I have another bucket for a waterer. I’m all in about $30. I’m sure y’all have seen...

Hey y’all, I got my chicks today from MM! All seem in good spirits and are eating and drinking. The surprise chick they sent is, I believe (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong), a white crested black polish. I was looking on line about how to sex the chick and they say crest shape and location...

Hey y’all. I’ve recently ordered chicks from MM hatchery, two of which are Cuckoo Marans. I’m curious what to expect for egg color. I know they probably won’t be that dark chocolate like the Black coppers but was just wondering if anyone on here had experience with the CM from Murray Mcmurray...

Starting construction on a new coop. A few things I wanted to make sure of. Tall- I wanted it tall enough to be able to walk into for maintenance/cleaning. Access- A full size door into both the coop and the run. Spacious- wanted it big enough for my new hens to enjoy and not be crowded...

Today's eggs from my six hens. (Hopefully the other two will start paying their rent again soon.) The eggs are, from left to right, from my RIR Bantam (Scarlet), my Easter Egger (Laverne), My Australorp (Sheila) and my Barred Rock (Betty.) They are also from left to right, small, medium, large...

Hey yall, i have couple of questions. I have eight girls, 2 BR, 2 Australorps, 2 Easter Eggers and 2RIR Bantams. My br's and banties are 25 weeks old. Australorps and EE's are 21 weeks old. Is it normal for banties to mature slower? All of my girls but the banties are laying. A question on...

My wife and I have always dreamed of having a little farm. Here are some pics of what we've gotten started so far. Just bought our house last year so we are still in the beginning stages. Our coop for our backyard flock! Ran a fence to block off the back part of the yard. Garden going in...

We took our four girls out for a field trip today! Our two Barred Rock girls, "Betty and Wilma", and my two RIR Bantams, (as yet un-named). They spent quite a while in the coop before coming out to play. They are enjoying the sun and being able to scratch around! I will bring them in tonight...

I introduced them to their new home today. After a while inside the coop they came out to play. I will bring them in tonight because it's supposed to be fairly cold, but the sun is out so out they go! Two Barred Rocks and two RIR banties.

These are my four RIR bantams. Any guesses on sex? Pic #1, I think hen.... Pic #2, I think rooster.... Pic #3, not sure.... Pic #4, i think hen, couldn't get that good of a pic.... What do you guys think?

Hi, I have four BR and four RIR Bantams that are 3 weeks old. Today I picked up two Easter Egger baby chicks and two Black Australorp babies. My question is, when can I put the little ones in with the big ones? I have set up a second small brooder for now. I'm concerned they could be trampled!

Our new chicks, two Easter Eggers and two Black Australorps! Just got them today! While the Barred Rocks were sexed as pullets I still have my doubts about this one! Three of our four Barred Rock chicks and our four RIR Bantams (three weeks old).