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I have a silkie named Cloud that I’m starting to suspect is a rooster. They are between 17 and 18 weeks old. I know they don’t have they right type of comb for a Silkie, they came from a hatchery so it happens sometimes. If anyone could check out the pictures I’ve posted and give me a guess it...

This is our first winter with chickens and I want to cover all my bases. We currently have 17, mostly bantams, their coop is 8 feet deep by 4 feet wide by 5 feet high with corrugated plastic roof and wooden sides with ventilation well above the hens roosting boards. We also have a cozy coop...

I have 11 pullets that are about 8 weeks old that I am starting to integrate into my main flock what should I feed them all until the younger ladies reach laying age? I plan to provide oyster as a calcium supplement for the older ladies until the young ones are able to go on layer feed. Any...

I got some cute photos of my chicks during one of their “field trips” outside and thought I would share.

I found an egg in my run this evening. I suspect it may be Noodle's first egg since its a bit smaller and lighter than the eggs laid by my only other hen that has started laying. I checked for eggs this morning and admittedly could have missed it since it was tucked up close to the door but it...

I'm getting 8 bantams and 2 standard Easter eggers in a couple weeks and I was wondering if there was a trusted formula for calculating the amount of food I will need from day old to when they go on layer feed. If not does anyone have an estimate on how much food one bantam or standard size...

Today my silver laced Wyandotte laid her first egg! Even better it’s the first egg I’ve ever gotten from a chicken that I raised myself! I’m so excited and so proud of my little Athena! She was 21 weeks to the day in case anyone was wondering

I have a very friendly chicken who likes to get picked up and held, she will jump into your lap if you let her. She is about 17 weeks old and hopefully will start laying soon. Today before I picked her up I was noticing how red her ear lobes were but when I picked her up for her usual attention...

Just wanted to share a family photo of my chicks since they took such a nice picture.

I have a 7 week old Mille Fleur d’Uccle Bantam and this morning my neighbor told me he thinks Miss Millie is a Mr. Milton. He has more experience keeping chickens than I do and he made a good case but admitted it’s a bit soon to know for sure. What do you guys think?

Hello everyone! I'm NoodlesMama and I'm new to Backyard Chickens as well as chicken keeping in general. It all started when my neighbor got more chickens than they were hoping for and gave me one. My husband was not amused at all but has since come round to the idea and fallen in love with our...

Hi I'm new to chicken keeping and was given a chicken (a silver laced wyandotte) by my neighbor, not wanting it to be alone I placed an order for some chicks and they are about 2 maybe 3 weeks younger than the one from my neighbor and there are 5 of them, 4 bantams and one Plymouth rock standard...