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This is my chick tartar sauce. I got her at an auction in a box marked "assorted rare breed chicks". She came with a few other chickens, mostly cochins, and is kind of the oddball of the group. I think she is about 2 months old. She has kind of greenish colored legs .

I really want to get ahold of some show quality orpington hatching eggs. Anyone know any good breeders?

Well, this year I hatched quite a few baby chicks myself for the first time, and got some amazing colors! My 2 hens and rooster. The roosters name is derp, and the girls are annabell and Bonnie Derp Sitting atop the dog house coop, surveying his kingdom These are all Dekalb Black...

So, It all started yesterday night. I woke to find one chicken missing and another chicken who's head was pulled through the fence! I then heard some scurrying in the woods and looked over and sure enough, I saw a raccoon scurrying off into the woods. I have had raccoon problems in the past and...

I recently bought a blue splash orpington from a 4-H animal auction. He seems to be an older chicken, his spurs are huge and his comb seems to have taken alot of beatings from winter frostbite. I wanted to ask about his eyes. His eyes look like the irises take up alot more of the eye than they...

well, i have been kind of worried about my hens. They have not laid a single egg since december! I know that it is normal for them to take a break through winter, but I thought they would be laying again by now. They are just turning a year old.If they were eating their eggs, would I know it? I...

I live in an area that gets pretty cold in winter, sometimes dipping to -10 degrees F. I am worried about my buff orp roo. he has waddles that are pretty big. I will try and upload a picture on this post of a roster with waddles about the same size. What can I do to prevent frostbite? thanks!

I read somewhere that milk fed chickens are a delicacy in some countries because of their tender soft and flavorful meat. I was wondering if anyone else here has herd about this or even tried it before. They wouldn't be just fed milk, but regular broiler feeds as well. I have a very good source...

I live near a pond that is chock full of fish, mainly bluegills and I go fishing on a fairly regular basis. I was considering mixing my own feed, but found out that it would be more time consuming and possibly more expensive because of how expensive and hard to get the protein sources are...

it was a hot morning. Henrietta awoke to the noise of little peanut the cockerel attempting to crow. " Good morning all!" peanut squawked. It sounded much more like a wail, henrietta thought. Well, at least he was trying. Peanut had been a packing peanut, and was very frail from the...

my buff orpington rooster recently started getting this white stuff growing on his earlobe. I will try and post a picture. I really need it gone, because I will be showing him at the fair and I dont want him disqualified:( does anyone know what this is and how to get rid of it?

I need some coop plans... I have some chickies that really need to be out of the brooder right now, and I need the brooder for my other little guys that just came in... But, I just discovered my old coop did not survive the spring thaw... it is all moldy and run down. I was thinking about using...

hello fellow chicken lovers! I just wanted to introduce myself. I am pretty new in chickens, although when I was younger back on the family farm we had a flock of chickies for egg production. I recently got some egg laying chickies from Tractor Supply ( white leghorns, Black star, and...