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Good morning! I separated my broody hen from my other flock 3 weeks ago when I gave her fertilized eggs. Yesterday I heared chirping under her and later she even showed me 2 of her little ones :love Of course I couldn't resist and petted momma on her head and told her she is a good mom, removed...

Good morning! Im a little bit in a dilemma here. I have a first time broody hen that is sitting on her nest for about 6 days now. I got her some fertile eggs today to hopefully hatch. But... We have a bigger coop for our ladies that is about 4-6 days away of being finished. What should I do with...

Does anyone know what kind of animal dig these? They are in the back of our pasture. The grass was getting very tall so my husband decided to mow it - to "help" our goats - we have only two :) These are newly made. My husband was walking and checking there 2 weeks ago and they weren't there...

Hello! My assorted Bantams from TSC turned 5 weeks now. Can you help me identifying if they are pullets or roos? My guess is that all are pullets. But what do you all think? And also what breed could Nr 2 and Nr 3 be? Sorry for the not so great picture of Nr 2 - she is usually very happy...

I’m going to cull my rooster due to being aggressive multiple times towards my little daughter and now me lately. And also with my ladies even though he has plenty of them. I posted him on craigslist for free but no takers so far. Yesterday when I closed their coop up I always check on them and...

Hello all! :frow We’d like some help/input with naming our farm. We bought our little farm in 2015 and never really thought of naming it. But since my DH suggested to have a stand at our local farmer markets to sell the eggs of our ladies, I’ve been thinking about it quite a lot. I'm wanting to...

So we went to our TSC yesterday. Long story short - we are proud owners of 3 Tetra Brown and 3 Bantams :D But we have no idea what the Bantam could be... Any help is appreciated. Thank you Chick 1 "Ruffles" Chick 2 "DJ Suki" Chick 3 "Isabelle"

Hello all! I think our Tinkerbell might not be a Hen after all... What do you all think? They are 17 weeks old now.

Hello all! We need your expertise. Is this a hen or roo? Hasn't crowed yet. Is 14 weeks old. Only one with red comb and significantly larger than the other EE's. Thanks for your help.

Hello! I'm very new to having chickens. We just received our baby chicks this morning. Earlier this evening I checked them all for pasty butt. When I noticed this on one of my Leghorn's that had a pasty butt. I cleaned and dried and applied olive oil This weird looking thing underneath the...

Hello everybody! We are new to raising and keeping backyard chickens. We are finally in an area (North Central Iowa) were we are allowed to and have the room for it :) Currently we are building our coop and our baby chicks will / should arrive on April 5th. We are all so excited! We are, me...