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I am seeing many posts on rooster integration as right now is the time when many young cockerels hatched in the spring are feeling their first hormonal rush. In my flock, like many others, the peace level is down as both the older and younger females are being frequently accosted by the...

I am a computer programmer and Backyard Chicken enthusiast who has thought on multiple occasions that it might be fun to create some sort of program (either online or standalone) that could be used by fellow Backyard Chicken enthusiasts to manage and keep track of their flocks in any number of...

I have a partitioned off section in my coop where I separated two broodies that successfully hatched and raised chicks. The partition is basically just 2 x 4's and chicken wire, but did a great job keeping the broodies apart from the others and helped easily integrate the new chicks into the...

I have never hatched my own chicks before, but despite the cold here in Northern Illinois I had two hens go broody on me so I went ahead and decided to let them see what they could do. I have no roosters as the 5 Australorp cockerels I ordered as chicks all turned out to be girls, so I would...

My chickens are now 23 weeks old and I got 24 eggs today with a grand total of 257 eggs since they started laying a little over a month ago. I am pretty pleased with my flock so far. This is my first time raising chickens myself (I had helped my parents in the past) and I wanted to go with a...

While I have experience with chickens in the past helping my parents with their small flocks of Rhode Island Reds (25 - 30 birds), this is my first time going it solo and the first thing that I wanted in my flock was a bit of variety. My current flock of 48 is listed in my signature below. One...

I was sitting in the coop tonight like I usually do for just a bit making friends. While I was sitting there with a Barred Rock and Australorp roosting on my arm I saw the chicks getting excited about something and then I see one of my Cuckoo Marans running around with a baby mouse by its tail...

After helping my parents raise a couple of flocks of their own on the family farm where we all live, they were happy when I decided that I wanted to try it myself and they could get a break. We processed their remaining flock of all Rhode Island Reds and I knew that one thing that I wanted to do...

I grew up on a dairy farm and definitely decided that that was not for me. It is way too much work. My parents and uncle and aunt are now retired but we all still live on the property with multiple houses and plenty of space. My wife and kids and I live in the house I grew up in and my parents...