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Look! Our first eggs! Which egg came from which breed? We have a buff orp, production reds, and barred rocks Exciting!

Our 7 week old chicks started sleeping out in their (zero dollar) coop one week ago today. Every night we've had to round them up and show them how to go up the ramp to bed. Well tonight I went out there and (drumroll please!!!!) all eight of them were sittin' pretty on their perches, snuggled...

Hello Chicken Masters! We have two seven-week-old Buff Orpington chicks and although neither of them has tried to crow yet, one of them does have a substantially larger comb already. I'm starting to thing "he" is a roo and the other one is a pullet, but I just don't know enough to really...

Well, the "chicks"... Wait. Who are we kidding? They're chickens. Miniature 6 week old chickens. Poultry. With feathers. And lots of poop. The feathered pooping poultry have taken over the workshop. They've covered the scroll saw in their precious droppings. They greet me in the...

Well, I've been basically guessing at the age of our chicks and then started to wonder if maybe I was wrong. So, what do you think? I've been leaning toward 5 weeks... Thanks so much for your input!

Hello everyone! We bought our chicks a week ago at TSC and of course it was a bit of a mess in there so we're here to find out what we've got. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help We've got four of these little girls. I'm thinking Barred Rock? We also have two of these yellow fluff...

Hello everyone! I've been enjoying reading everyone's great chicken advice and thought it was about time I started participating My husband and I live on 1.6 acres in rural southwest Michigan with our 4 human kids, 3 australian shepherds, and 8 brand new pullets. All of this is very new to...