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Recently, I’ve noticed that one of my babies has a deformed beak. It doesn’t look severe, but I was wondering if, since some get worse with age, theirs might too. I’ve never had a bird with a deformed beak before; they get along with the other chicks, but I’m worried that when we integrate...

Our big boy Red, a leige fighter rooster, was killed while defending his ladies from hawks. He fathered and raised nine children, all of whom reached adulthood. Bandit, his eldest son, will take over as leader of the flock. He's already doing his nighttime duty of standing guard, as seen in the...

My surprise last night. Apparently one of our lavander buff orphingtons snuck her egg in.

Yeah I understand that, I’ll try putting the drake in there with her maybe she will feel more safe then.

I had a surprise that one of our duck eggs is fertile and that it is going to hatch on the 28th. Problem is that there is only 1 and none others. So I have been trying to get my duck broody so that she will take it when it hatches. I’ve never dealt with broody ducks or anything of that’s sorts...

Recently, I found out that one of our duck eggs is going to hatch on the 28th.. Problem is that there will be only one. In response, I’ve been trying to get one of my ducks broody. I have no experience with this sort of stuff. I got my first duck about a year and a half ago. Is this a broody...

Yes sorry I just saw this, she’s all settled and she pushed up some bedding around herself. I moved 6 eggs into the incubator to lighten the load and they seem to have veins. The reason I didn’t want to change her eggs is because she is a leige fighter and we are trying to hatch those ones...

Thank you! I just moved mine into a spare dog crate we had and covered it with some towels. What do I do if she doesn’t accept the eggs? She had 18 under her when I moved her so I just planned on keeping those eggs. Is it normal for her to attack the cage to get out? How long before the eggs can...

Hen didn’t go in last night.. Turns out she’d gone broody. How do I move a broody hen and her eggs to a safer place without her abandoning her eggs?

Update? I’m hatching a mix of Welsh Harlequin and the dad is a Cayuga, Black Swedish, and Mallard. Kinda wondering what they may look like!

We are hatching a mixed breed of duck, the drake is believed to be a mix of Cayuga, Black Swedish, and Mallard. The hen is a Welsh Harlequin. Anyone know what their babies might look like?

Here is bandit, Is it early enough to tell if they are a pullet or cockerel?

Here she is at 6 weeks, I think you are right about the Rhode Island

Here is our beloved rooster, Red. He is, as far as I know, pure Liege no mixes. his brother may also be the father but I have few photos of him since he has passed. Here is one of him and his brother when they were young (right)

Here are her feathers, I posted another thread with more information. Thread 'Update on the mystery chicken' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/update-on-the-mystery-chicken.1446205/

I had a broody hen hatch a chick during this winter storm. The father is a Leige Fighter whilst the mothers breed is unknown. If you have a clue which one of these hens might be the mother please let me know. Here are the list of hens we have Dark Brahama Liege Fighter Black Austrolope (May no...

We do have purebred hens, I’ll be sure to update once her feathers have grown out

The father is a leige fighter and I don’t know who the mother is. One of our hens were broody and hatched them.

What breed is this chick?

She has been contained to the coop for a couple months because of a fox but we feed the flock corn, sunflower seeds, flock feed. I have not seen her eat on her own noting that I am not down there very often. Sometimes I take her up in the yard and give her an egg incase she needs the extra...