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Now I am no expert on poultry. Just making sure that's clear. Other than 40 years ago with my grandparents chickens on the farm I have had really no experience with them other than as food. We decided in Feb of 2013 to get us some and see if we liked them. Well we didn't.....We love them. It is...

We got our first birds back in Feb. Started out with an order for 3 White Rocks, 3 Buff Rocks, 3 Barred Rocks and 1 Partridge Rock. The people at Ideal asked us if we wanted to add males for warmth. OK sure no problem only I left something out. We wanted to get 3 Partridge Rock hens but they had...

They came as warmth from my spring order from Ideal Poultry. There we're 8 of them lost 1 at day 4 and 5 at 3 months. We kinda got attached to these 2 and are keeping them from the freezer. We originally thought they where Silver Laced Wyandottes but as you can see 1 has a straight comb and the...

I've got a 7 month old barred rock who is usually one of the more active hens. I got home to turn them out for the evening and she was just standing by the wall. I reached down to pick her up and noticed her craw was extended and can tell she is not feeling well. She is outside now but shying...

The feed store i get my feed forms delivery didn't make it and all they had was 20% layer pellets. Will it be ok to feed this to them for a day or two until the truck comes in? They are 16 weeks old.

I am new to raising chickens. They are 30 days old and still in the brooder. I am building the coops and was planning to put in automatic doors but started wondering if they would get trapped outside if the door closed before they got in. So do they need to be trained to go into the coop or will...