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So, we have so many beautiful chicks that I am having a hard time sexing and identifying. Yesterday they had their first outing to the yard. They are no longer under heat lamps and are waiting for my wonderful slow poke to finish my coop that he has been working on for the past 8 weeks. Here...

So, I was silly and ordered a group of chicks from the hatchery but did not choose specified breeds. I now have 52 chickens and can only recognize a few of the breeds that I have studied. If you wouldn't mind helping me identify them, I would be appreciative. Ok, the...

I am so excited as this is my second raising of chicks. I ordered an egg layer pack from Murray McMurray. My girls want to see if we can get some show quality chicks outta this bunch, which is probably not going to happen cause they are hatchery chicks, but I am looking forward to supplying all...

So, after posting here, I did separate my baby from the chickens. This did not go well. It started to cry and cried for two days looking for the chickens. I had to put it back in the cage with the chickens because she wasn't eating or drinking. She is now close to three months old and is doing...

So I am brand new to chicken raising. My husband remembers a lot from his childhood, but not I. I am a city girl. I had a horse,for a while growing up and am a good rider, but mom was the primary care giver of the horse, so barn animals are new to me. How are we accidental chicken owners, here...

So, about four weeks ago my children were swimming in the pool and a baby gambel quail ran up to my son and tried to cuddle his leg like it would its mother. We did not touch the chicky, but gave him a box to walk into to protect from predators. WE left the quail alone in the backyard for hours...