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Wondering what someone would get if they crossed a red sex link rooster over a black sex link hen? The chickens that we have are from Sunnyside Hatchery in Wisconsin. We don't know what the parent breeds are, but the Rooster is a red sexlink (not a purebred RIR), and the hen is one of...

This morning we had to put one of our hens down. She was from our batch of chicks this past April, so from our 2nd, younger group. She was a production brown (isa brown, golden comet, or cinnamon queen?) and the only one of our 44 chickens to have any health problems. She never did start...

My chickens made their own Jack o lantern!

Hi everyone! Do any of you know how much pea protein powder could be mixed in with 15 percent layer pellets to raise the protein percent of my laying hens' feed? The pea protein powder is 80 percent by weight. Anyone know how much I should add in to raise the protein to 20 percent? Any help...

:D Hi, fellow chicken enthusiasts! I found this awesome website a few months ago while looking online with a question about our new chicks. I decided to join because I love backyardchickens and want to be a part of the community here. My husband and I have 18 hens and 1 rooster. We...