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poor pixie, she had been broody since july which resulted in 4 eggs hatching (only 2 survived) so she was in there for several months because each set was seperate. well now that shes out of her mood, shes molting. there are way more feathers in my yard than usual and shes looking pretty rough...

so my broody hen sat on 2 eggs for a month. the first egg hatched on time but she was tryign to eat the egg off the chick but i took her out before the chick died. we chaulked it up to her trying to help the chick hatch. so today before i left for work i checked on the last one, she had pipped...

we have 2 eggs that my hen is sitting on right now and one of them is on day 21! this morning i was half asleep and i heardmy girl go nuts. at the time the other girls still had access to her box so i flewout of bed and ran out there. she was standing in the yard freaing out so i went and kicked...

ok so one of my chickens is growing a horn type bump on its beak. the other chick of the same breed does not have a bump so im not sure if its a gender thing or just a deformation...i believe they are easter eggers, they were abandoned in my yard so i dont really know for sure. in the picture...

ok so i have a very horny rooster...he is mounting ALL the girls even the ones not laying at the babies. i plan on keeping him since he is a good protector even though he is tearing the girls neck feathers out. i know he has managed to get the job done and the girls that are laying are getting...

ok so i have to talk for about 30 minutes about raising chickens in the city. its part of a series (ones on garden, ones chickens and ones near zero waste household) and i finished the other classes but im stuck on chickens. it shouldnt be this hard but im like you feed them and clean the coop...

i have found 2 mystery eggs this week and im not sure where they are coming from! the first one was a shell and dried egg on the patio in a corner. it was a good sized egg but it was white so i know it wasnt my rhode island red plus she always lays her eggs in the coop no matter what. our other...

purchased this hen today was told it is a great layer but they didn't know the breed. got her home and found out that she is more of a show bird than a layer bird...would like to trade her for a laying hen about the same age (4-5 months and laying) any breed is fine or $15 which is 5 less than i...

i had 2 chickens and ran to the grocery store. when i came back one was dead in the yard and the other was absolutly terrified ad hiding behind a stack of pallets. they both had been attacks. i took the one still alive in the bathroom and cleaned her odd. all of her tail feathers had been pulled...

i have 4 chicks that all still live inside. my buff orpington feet are really warm compared to the other chicks(white leghorns) im worried because i cant find anything on this. i know their cage isnt hot since they dont even have a heat lamp on them since the room they are in is already fairly...

hubbs and i have been busy building a coop for our brand new chicks this week. its our first set of chickens together and he has taken charge and is having fun (until he asks me my opinion lol) so we have been keeping our eye on craigslist for coops, coop parts or just chicken wire. we found...