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my husband would prefer a manicured lawn and gardens. my chickens feel otherwise. currently they throw the mulch out of the flower bed daily and trample his edging, and we all agree it's not as pretty as it was before chickens. we're looking for an alternative. we almost did rocks, but he's...

Will the mother hen consume a dead chick? I had 2 broodies sitting on the same nest with 6 eggs, We ended up with 3 chicks. Then I noticed an egg was missing, as well as the eggshells the chicks hatched from. What could have happened to that egg? Do you think it stating hatching, died and was...

I have a 1 year old who has gone broody. she spent about a week pulling her feathers out to line the nest and now she's been sitting for 3 or 4 days. I have rock eggs in the nests (for the pullets) and she's trying to hatch them :) Now I also have six 1-week old chicks inside in my brooder...

Not sure where to post, but had to share, Barefoot books came out with a new book about a girl raising backyard chickens. A sweet story with an informational section in the back perfect for little ones. I got my copy today and LOVE it!!! A perfect gift for families with chickens If you don't...

No sure where to post, but had to share, Barefoot books came out with a new book about a girl raising backyard chickens. A sweet story with an informational section in the back perfect for little ones. I got my copy today and LOVE it!!! A perfect gift for families with chickens If you don't...

Hi, I know there are a lot of you knowledgeable about genetics! We have a barnyard mutt rooster. He hatched from a blue egg and has green legs, so Easter Egger. He is frizzled, which my kids think is very cool. He's the only rooster on the farm right now and we're hatching some eggs we hope...

Hi, I currently have 6 birds, with a coop and good sized run, who I like to let out in the afternoons and weekends. They spend a lot of time pooping on my porch! So I'm looking for a way to still let them out but keep them a little more contained. I'm also planning out a good-sized garden and am...

Hi Up until yesterday this looked to be the most healthy and rambunctious chick out of my hatch. I noticed yesterday something was up, and thought maybe the start to a little pasty butt, so I took it out to clean it up. There was a very small amount of poop on the vent, but what I noticed was a...

I just moved my chicks to the brooder. I had noticed yesterday that one of the chicks seemed to have an eye closed, but couldn't see much in the incubator. Now I can tell that it has one eye shut all the time. It's a cute little chick! very spunky, chases my son's finger on the side of the...

I had a chick hatch at noon today, so about 8 hours ago. not quite fluffed out. I have an egg rocking and moving like crazy. This egg was actually put in a day after the others so it's only on day 20 (someone gave me eggs, i thought what the heck, fill the empty spot) I have other eggs in...

Hi, the kids and I are sitting here with our faces glued to the incubator window. Our first chick pipped at the direct top middle of the egg and seems to be zipping fine. I'm just wondering WHERE the best place for them to pip is. I don't think I've ever seen one pip at the center top...

Hi all! I was going back and forth about posting this, because I know I just have to wait it out and there's nothing I can do now. I'm panicking, need some reassurance, and my hubby thinks I'm nuts for getting worked up over a bunch of eggs :) My daycare kids did their chicken thing (egg...

i'm setting up the brooder for next weeks hatch and i can't bring myself to put the heat lamp up again. i'm really worried about fire hazard and last time i used it it scorched the wooden dowel i had it clamped to. there are a bunch of posts on here, but i can't find anything i'm happy with...

Hi all! We had to relocate our favorite frizzled rooster this summer, and were given some eggs from the farmer who took him to try for some offspring. (my kids wanted to keep him, but he was as accurate as a clock and MUCH louder! It was a hard choice) I have eggs set to hatch soon! the...

just a double check i'm incubating a bunch of eggs that i doubt are viable. I had one crack and have a stinky mess, so i'm candling them and i'm gonna toss the ones that aren't worth it. if the yolks are still moving around at day 8, is it safe to say toss them? the shells are pretty dark...

I've been looking for something to keep kitchen scraps in on the counter. I have a home daycare, and we end up with a lot of scraps at different times of the day. I've tried a trash bin on the counter, and even putting bowls of scraps in the fridge. I don't like doing either because of the...

i'm taking the risk of looking like an idot by posting this... "spring chicks" hatching has always been a part of my preschool SPRING curriculum. I'm sure the chickens have sufficient time to feather out, and acclimate to the climate before winter. how late is too late to hatch chicks? we're...

i'm sorry if i'm posting this in the wrong area, I wasn't sure where it belongs i'm raising chickens for the first time with my children and kept 3 chickens out of the batch my children hatched. it was confirmed this morning that our favorite chicken is a roo and i'm trying to figure out where...

someone starting crowing yesterday. my husband heard it, and i thought he was crazy... but i heard it this morning :( i can't keep a rooster in my neighborhood, so whoever it is needs to go the farm where i sent the rest of the hatch. early on i suspected my rhode island red because it has a...

Hi, So I posted yesterday in the emergency section about losing a chick, asking what I had gone wrong and asking for some suggestions to help from losing any more. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/874953/any-idea-why-this-chick-just-died-i-need-help n ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I got few...