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My friend and I went in on an order of straight-run Isbars, and since she's up to her ears in roosters and I don't have any, we agreed to divide them by gender. They are 12 days old in these pictures, and even though it's too early to know for sure, I THINK I can tell with all except two of the...

A recent thread got me wondering 1) How many of you throw caution to the wind, accept the health risks, and smooch away on your chickens; and 2) How many of you give heed to caution and find other ways to express your affection?

I DO realize that it's WAY too early to know for certain, but our 1 week-old Blue Ameraucana pullet looks "different" to me. She bears an uncanny resemblance to one of our recent Easter Egger pullets who looked "different" from day one and turned out to be a cockerel. What makes me suspicious is...

Our makeshift coop desperately needs LOTS more ventilation, and we're going to have to do it "on the cheap." As you can see, 3 sides of the coop are outside walls with windows, so I don't think it's going to be complicated to open things up. 4 of the 5 windows have glass panes and screens, while...

I've been keeping chickens for 6 1/2 months and never considered having a rooster, mainly for the sake of my toddler and the little one who's "cooking." In just over a week, I will pick up my last small order of female chicks before I close my flock over Avian Influenza concerns (although my...

Hello, Everyone, I have two 9-week old Easter Eggers whose gender is in question. The first one with the black head and white splashes on a black body appears to have saddle feathers coming in, has pointed neck feathers, and has much larger, redder combs and wattles than the other 5 Easter...

I am new to keeping poultry and could really use some advice. Out in the coop, we have 5 chickens and 6 ducks, and indoors, we have 22 chicks brooding in our "chick room." We have a pretty good setup for the older birds: a large milk house-turned-coop and a 6000+ sq. ft. outdoor run enclosed...

I love chickens at every age and stage, but the older "adolescent" chicks that are half feathers and half fuzz are especially near and dear to my heart. It’s that glorious age when they begin flapping upward on newly discovered wings to observe their world from the side of the brooder. It’s ALSO...

Hello, Fellow Chicken Addicts: For a couple of years, my family had dreamed of raising poultry, but circumstances kept setting us back. Several months after we moved to our mini-farm, impatience finally got the best of me. I announced that I was tired of waiting for the "perfect" time to...