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I caught the full moon over the coop last Friday. I thought it looked pretty cool and kind of creepy.

I have 2 buff Orpingtons, a lavender Orpington, blue splash maran and a green queen. Who laid the speckled egg?

I bought a Blue Ameraucana from Meyer Hatchery but it has 5 toes. Did I get the wrong breed?

I posted few weeks ago about my EE not being able to walk. I took her to the vet and she's not egg bound and doesn't have any broken bones. The vet said without doing more testing it could be anything... cancer, internal organ failure, etc. She prescribed antibiotics and meds for inflammation...

A few days ago I noticed my EE was waddling around and laying down a lot. The other hens started bullying her so I brought her inside and made a makeshift pen for her. I have her vitamin B in her water and some nutri-drench. It seems to have given her energy and she's walking around more but...

I have a 3 year old buff orpington who I suspect is beginning to develop wry neck. I noticed this morning when she was coming out of the coop she couldn't keep her balance and fell off the ladder. She then scurried away from the others and tried to hide by the feed bucket. I took her inside and...

Every winter I put a tub of mixed sand, ash, DE, and soil in the coop for the chickens to use but it always looks untouched. I've never seen them use it. Instead they try to dust bathe in the bedding of straw. Last year I dug a space and put the tub in the ground so it's more level but they...

I noticed that my 2 year old silkie was acting anti-social over the weekend and keeping to herself. I checked her over and I noticed she's thinner than normal, her crop wasn't full like the others, and I saw tiny white bugs on her which I think are lice. To make things worse, the lowest ranking...

What a beautiful day!

I was cleaning out coop today and noticed these little bugs. Are they mites, lice, or fleas? I'm going to run to TSC and get permethrin to spray down my coop and chickens.

Over the winter there's been something digging tunnels around the coop. I have a 2 ft hardware cloth apron all around the perimeter of the coop but it was able to dig itself inside even after all my efforts to block the tunnels. I thought it was mice but none of the mice traps worked, not even...

It's day 3 in MN of arctic wind chills with temperatures from -60 to -50! :th We didn't want to risk losing any of our hens so we brought them inside on Tuesday night and made a makeshift run in the basement. To make them feel more secure at night and give them different "scenery" we move them...

I live in MN and it was 14 degrees this morning which isn't too bad since anything above zero is good lol! My girls still came out to say hello. :frow

My parents recently took in this pair of chickens from their neighbor. Any idea what breed they are?

3 chicken butts! 30 minutes later

Meet Cookie & Cream our silly little silkies. My family is really enjoying this breed. :love Everything they do is so unbearably cute even if they're just eating from the feed bucket or hopping across the yard. I call them our puppy chickens because they're so docile and follow my kids around...

Hello! Nice to meet all of you. I'm excited to join this community and learn from each other. I'm from MN and started getting into backyard chickens about two years ago when my son bought two buff orpington chicks from a garden store. We have since added 4 more to our flock because I've become a...

I bought a pair of easter eggers from a local garden store when they were 2 days old but they're about 6 weeks now. The owner said there was a 5% chance they might be roosters. I think the darker one might be a rooster. Any thoughts?