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Starting on my breeding flocks this year and looking for ideas on building breeding pens in a single coop. How big should the pens be for a breeding group (probably around a half-dozen birds total, give or take)? What do I need in the pens (I assume a couple of laying boxes and roosts, feeders...

I know that this chick is a Naked Neck, and I don't really care about gender at this stage of the game, but I'm more curious about colour. Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong spot, but I just wanna see if any, more experienced, chicken folk might have a clue as to what colour this chick might...

I asked the lady I bought them from, but she's not even sure of what they're crossed with. All of them look like they should be feather-footed, but only one distinctly is. However, upon inspection today, I noticed that the other two do have small feathers on their ankle-areas. If I can't figure...

Went out to feed this morning and my first RJF chicks have hatched! Have at least two that are all fluffy and soft right now. I'm thinking of pulling them from the mama though; she's been a good girl hatching them out herself, but I'm worried about the rooster killing them, and I have no way of...

I've mostly been just leaving my hens to their own devices; the one has been sitting for a little over two weeks now and the other just started sitting on Saturday (or so my brother tells me). The first hen is sitting on 8 eggs as far as I know, haven't been able to tell what the other is...

Went out to feed and water my Jungle Fowl today and low and behold, one of my girls is finally sitting! She jumped off her nest to see what I was doing, so I took the chance to count the eggs; eight lovely little ivory eggs all nestled nicely in the nest. So I might get some chicks out of them...

These are pictures of my bantam chicks; they are five weeks old and I mainly focused on the combs for them. I know all the breeds but one; if you can help, that's great. If not, I'll update with pictures in another week or two. I focused mostly on the combs, as they seem like the most...

I have been trying to design a good coop for my chickens for the winter. Currently I have moveable runs that I'm keeping them in and they're doing well and enjoy the grass. However, winter is coming up faster than I'd like and I need to have something for them before the temperatures start...

I'd like to incubate some of my Jungle Fowl eggs, as my hens are proving to not be broody in the least at the moment. However, I'm not getting a daily egg and have only the two hens. How long can I keep an egg before it has to be thrown out or placed in the incubator and how do I keep it? I'd...

Just thought I'd post up a story about an adventure in injury care that I experienced on my very first day of chicken ownership... So, I got my first chickens back in the beginning of May; a trio of Welsummers (which were purchased as a gift for my grandfather, who adores them, especially the...

This isn't about gender or breed, but I couldn't figure out where else to ask this. I purchased my first three chickens at a local poultry auction put on by the provincial club; they are Red Jungle Fowl and healthy birds, but I have no idea how old they are or how to tell. Is there some method I...

I'm new to the forum, and almost as new to chicken keeping. My family used to raise meat-birds each year, and it's been years since we've done that. Then, this year, I went to my first poultry auction with the intention to buy my grandfather a new rooster and a couple of hens, and ended up...