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Well, as new chicken keepers we know pretty much nothing on identifying breeds and sex. We bought our first round of hens and our rooster as young adults. In late summer we let our broody hen sit on four eggs and she hatched three of them. We are pretty sure our rooster is a barnyard mutt. Here...

I am having trouble with my black laced Wyandot, Shirley. She is a bully to the other hens when the rooster is mating them. She stays next to the rooster wherever he is and she pecks the hens' heads during the mating process. This morning, I noticed one of my Easter Eggers was running into the...

Well, I'm so new to this. We've had our chickens a little over two weeks now. My Easter Egger is laying an egg a day give or take a day. She doesn't seem to be getting as healthy as the rest though. The last few days I've been noticing her favoring one of her feet keeping it tucked up while on...

Does anyone have an idea of what breed my rooster is? I am thinking he's an American Game cock but not sure. Any ideas?

I thought this was really cool! Preserving eggs for 9 months!!

Well, I'm brand new to chickendom! This site is the absolute best for preparing to become chicken owners. My husband and I have picked out a coop design and are starting the building process. Hope to complete it all in a few short weeks and get some layers soon after!