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Hello all! TLDR: I butchered two of my layers tonight who were tormenting my younger girls. They were killed cleanly and easily and are now resting in fridge camp for a couple days before they move to freezer camp and then a stew pot. My first slaughter! The long version! We started keeping...

So almost one month ago, we introduced three day-old chicks to the flock and allowed our broody to raise them. The bottom bird was being viciously attacked - as Charming (the bottom not-mother) would stare a little too hard at the babies, and Freckles (mom) would charge her, then all the rest of...

I guess there's really no better place to crow about it! I got my Speckled Sussex to adopt three day-old babies. Woo hoo! Details! We have five hens - one Easter Egger who is 8 years old and still laying, A Sussex and RIR who are 6, and two Black Australorps who are 4. Freckles is our...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Kiki is a barred rock. She is 2 years, 10 months old. She does not appear lighter or thinner and is actually one of my larger birds. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Kiki prefers to lay...

Hello everyone, I'm hoping you all might be able to answer this. I have a backyard flock of seven - four who are two-and-a-half years old, three that are 6 months old (all raised from day-olds ). One of my older ladies, a barred rock, has been for the past three weeks acting strangely. 1)...

Boy I tell you. And I shall! I had my micro flock of four (a Dominque, BR, and 2 EE's) for 2 years now. We recently (August) got three new babies to add in to the flock (RIR, 2 SS). So we had our babies inside while the big girls were outside, then at three weeks, we moved the babies into...

Hello all, I have a 12 day old chick (speckled sussex) who very suddenly today developed some odd symptoms: + She holds her beak to her chest (eyes closed) and stands up really tall, then suddenly dips into a squat. + She violently shakes her head and chirps VERY loudly, as if something is...

Hi all! So I made it through my first season with my girls and we're into the second round of egg laying (1 molt). Here's the information and what I've noticed, so hopefully you guys will be able to help me figure out what to do. I have four girls (2 EE's, 1 BR, 1 Dom). Their first year...

I have to throw in some pics of the girls since I'm a proud mama. They are three weeks old today. Here's Kiki (Who I bought as a Dominique but I swear with that comb looks like a Barred Rock chick... if anyone knows, inform me. I have read BR's have a bit of yellow on them, which she...

Hello everyone! I figured I might as well post some photos of the coop we built for our girls. It's open air, 5x3x3. Total cost was right about 160 dollars. These pics are before we added the girls or bedding in. The shingled part opens to the nest boxes (3) which are 18 inches tall...

Hello everyone! After lurking about for a long, long, long time, I've decided to finally give in and join the party! I am new to keeping chickens - right now I have four, 2-week-one-day-old babies: Cheeky - an Easter Egger, Grace - an Easter Egger, Joy - a Dominique, and Kiki - who was...