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I have posted about some of the chicks before. I have been waiting until they are more developed to post any pictures to my favorite area of the forum. This group of chicks were hatched for a class project using local hatching eggs. The hatching eggs were selected for color, so some of them, I...

Hello All. I purchased some hatching eggs for a friend to hatch in her classroom. I loaned her all my hatching gear and agreed to take the babies back when the class project was done. I have 8 babies total. Some are mixes and some are not. One of the babies has me wondering what the heck it is...

I am questioning whether or not I have what I think I am supposed to have. I bought 3 chicks from the farm store. The bin had 2 kinds of chicks in it. The labels read “Olive Egger” and “Australorp”. I already have a handful of australorps, but no OEs. I purchased the last 3 of the chipmunk...

Hello Everyone, I am back with an update. My barnyard mix hatchlings are nearly 8 weeks old and they will be moving on from my house very soon. Before I send them to their new home, I would like to double check on genders. I will be giving up to 5 pullets and 1 rooster to my nephew so he can...

Hello all. I have been waiting patiently for 5 weeks to post in this subforum. I really like reading about everyone’s babies and I have learned a lot from reading through the posts. Anywho, I hatched 14 babies 5 weeks ago and I would like to hear opinions on genders and maybe breed guesses. I...

Hello everyone. I have a hen and have had her since last fall. She came to me when she was at least a year old. I call her Big Ed. I am still a noob when it comes to identifying breeds, and it occurred to me a few days ago that I do not know the breed of this chicken. I suspect she is a Maran...

Hello All. So I hatched some chicks from my flock. This was my first time doing this and it has been a really great experience. All the babies are BYM from my rooster and hens. My rooster is a BLRW and my hens are all different breeds. I noticed a few of the chicks have light color toes and dark...

Hello all. So probably in the near future, we will be constructing a chicken coop for my mother in law. We have a Woods style coop sized at 8 x12 with an earth floor and I love it. I can walk in, cleaning is easy and the bedding/ manure compost very nicely inside. The chickens have lots of room...

So I had a thought and I’m not sure if this has been done before. Winter is coming and having power in the coop will likely be a must. I plan to run an extension cord out to the coop mainly for a deicer. Maybe an overhead light so I can see when daylight is an issue. The plan is to run Romex to...

Hello all. I have read tips on how to identify gender of chickens, but as simple as it seems when I read about it, when I look at my birds, I second guess my eyes. My birds range in age from 13-20wks and I have recently started hearing some crowing coming from the run. They, of course, wait...

Hello all. I have finally made an account, but I have been reading for a long time. The choices I have made regarding housing my chickens have largely been based on the information from this board. I have a small flock of 9 birds. They range in age from 13wks-20wks. I have some wyandottes...