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my 2 week old cockerel Dobby tried to eat a stink bug, but it was too big of a snack to him so the smell deterred him before he knew it. i feel so bad but i had to put him back in his little brooder cage because now he smells like a stink bug. do i clean him?!? how do i make him stop smelling...

hell yeah i would get a chicken tattoo !!!

I got a couple dozen of chicks from Meyer's, I picked their adopt bargain where it's random, and I'm super excited to watch them grow like I watched my current flock grow!! I want to specifically identify these chicks, because I've never seen their patterns before. This one is very stunning to...

They make such a great singing duo!!!

Thank you for all the replies! That is so adorable, I'm so proud of him 🥹 he's growing up to be a fine gentleman

So I got a new bantam roo... his name is Wade :) he's very attached to me but he's also successfully integrated into the outside flock, so he has his chicken friends too! He's very showy and always wants to jump on your back or do his dance towards you. Today while hanging out with him he just...

I was sitting and watching my chickens as usual and my golden laced Wyandotte rooster was trying to flirt with a nearby hen that was not interested. All of a sudden one hen comes walking over and making this very odd trilling(?) noise, comes up to the rooster squats and lets him do his thing. I...

Here is my chunky girl. It has been raining so she's a little frizzled right now. She's the sweetest thing ever

It's been a long while since I've really updated my flock status. I started with just 4 measly chicks back in 2022 and now I have 20 chickens that fill my life with joy. I plan on getting more in the future. They are so fun to watch and interact with, it almost feels like they aren't real...

Update: Betty is 1 year old now! When she first started laying, they were a beautiful green color. I'm pretty sure she has some Olive Egger in her, but I do have a pure Easter Egger that has muffs and a beard, but Betty has none of that. She has grown to be a very beautiful and healthy bird. Her...

i look back and this and smile. Lucy is 1 and a half years now and somehow she did not kick the bucket some time after this post, I was for certain her last days were in the works.. but now she has such a strong soul and a stronger will to live and she is very much at the top of the pecking...

One of my red sex links, Aurora, hatched 2 little babies sired from my leghorn roo, Jimmy. They are almost 10 weeks now. I'm hoping they are both pullets. This is baby #1 This is baby #2

Sad update. Sally the skinny meat chicken has passed on peacefully in her sleep last night. The last picture I took of her alive. She was always very calm and unresponsive, and appreciated physical touch. Unfortunately I had come to the conclusion a few days after this post, that she had...

I free feed everyone, they've all been eating meat bird start to finish, and now that butchering days are here they've been snacking on scratch grains for now. She seems to always be by herself but is very sweet and cuddly. I think she might just be a bit ill or underweight.

Here are a couple of pics of Sally and the biggest Cornish cross I have right now, an absolute behemoth of a chicken. Sally is so tiny I can't help but wonder about her ❤️

Look at how she stands 😭❤️ Is there a reason why some Cornish cross chickens are not as meaty and fat as the others that are her same age, she is 15 weeks right now. She is the cutest little thing, it's like she's growing like a normal chicken or something. I may be wrong.

I'm gonna be butchering these sweethearts within the next couple days. I'm trying to prepare myself again, for the big day after so many lovely days of spending time with these friendly and fun little birds. The Cornish Cross has always been my favorite. They are almost like the golden retriever...

Durky had killed him. I don't know if he was that strong enough to actually rip his face off. I wanna say it could've been another animal who did that, but my hen Zara was next to where his body was and she was broody so she would've been took too. It tore my heart to shreds when I sat Zuko's...

May 26. 2023. Content Warning: Explicit description of euthanization, and death. I don't think I'll ever recover from today. I'm utterly heartbroken and traumatized. I had quit my job for personal reasons. When I came home, frantically searching for the love and attentions of my chickens, I...

I gave him some egg + eggshell.. he’s keeping a long distance from Durk, and he’s back to flirting with the ladies.