flock

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had chickens for about 5 years now? We just got our first rooster though a couple months ago, so I am super excited about that. I always wanted a rooster with chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have a rooster...

A guy brought three chickens, but one died and I’ll post about the other one later. But I’m unsure of its breed or gender, but I think it’s a hen.

I have a wonderful chicken named Aphrodite, and I was hoping that she was broody. I saw her in one of the nesting boxes two nights ago, while I as feeding the horses, and I got really excited but then in the morning she was up with the rest of the flock. She didn’t get back in the nesting box...

One of my ducks went missing and my other duck is very upset, so I’m going to buy him a friend. Does anyone know where I can buy them, and how to introduce a new duck to my flock?

Hello guys! I was just curious about everyone's opinions on different breeds in a chicken flock. Do you guys normally have several different breeds in a flock or is it more common to have a flock of one breed? Just curious one everyone's views on mixed versus all breed flocks! Let me know what...

Hi everyone! My name is Nat. I have 2 chicken flocks, one from the summer of 2015 and a new flock of babies from this February! The chickens are currently between 3-5 weeks old. 2015 Flock: 1 Easter Egger, 1 Ameraucana(she unfortunately passed away a few months ago :(), 1 bantam(not sure of the...

Hi! I'm new to the chicken owning hobby and recently bought seven 1 week old chicks from my local TSC. These chicks happen to be Isa browns, and I'm getting silkies from a breeder in about a week and a half. By the time I get the silkies, they will be a few days old while the isa browns will be...

Hey lovelies :frow, I have a lone chick I hatched myself recently :jumpy (we sort of rescued her, she almost became our dinner as the neighbors gave us the egg to try; they thought the egg was infertile, but it turns out it wasn't.lol) and I have a mirror in with her, but I don't want her to be...

Hey, since my allotment has been confirmed, I have decided to post what I think will be my final list of birds. Please bare in mind that this is an end game list and a goal of mine, I wont be getting most of the birds on this list for a while... The list is.... Pekin duck x4 Pekin drake Khaki...

Hello I have to red sex link girls & i was thinking of adding a 3rd girl so I was wondering are there any type of other breed that can be easily sexed when chicks ? Also what kind of breeds of chicken would get along with the red sex links I have read people say they are an aggressive breed...

I have two chicken coops, one prefab one for my Silkies and one for my 6 month old chickens, and the biggest ones sleep in the trees. I Need to know when to put the Silkies in with the bigger chickens. They have seen but not touched eachother for over a month now but I'm still not very sure...

I have a little Serama hen that has been broody for a couple of weeks now, I tried to move her and the first clutch of eggs to a bin lined with straw, but she jumped out and abandoned the eggs. So I moved her back to the coop with the flock and this cured her for about 3 days, then she started...

We have been raising chickens for 8 years now here in North Carolina. Our oldest, original girl, is 8 years old. We were originally told that we had "mostly hens" when we obtained our 14 chickens from a local farmer. Well we found out that we had 9 roosters! One of our favorite roosters we...

... and I've had hens in my life since I was about seven years old. About eleven years later and I'm still mad about them! Over the years, I've raised two batches of cream Legbar chicks from eggs and rescued three ex-bats. I've also had one miracle hen that lived to about 8 years old! (She is...

I really like the idea of flocks where all the birds are the same color, but their eggs are not! So I'm putting together little lists. Because it's fun. Feel free to add any breeds & their egg color that I might have missed! Here is my first list: BLACK Chicken Flock: White Egg Layers...

Hi all! I free range my chickens and yesterday one of my hens got snatched up by a fox. Last time one of my hens got snatched (raccoon), our rooster took off for a day and came back the next morning. I have not seen any of his feathers anywhere whereas there are TONS of the feathers from the...

This is my first day on here and its already been super helpful. But i seem to need more help haha. My bird is quite antisocial as i would call it. In her first home, her owners gave her to my neighbor because she was causing problems with other chickens. In my neighbors home she was always...

My chicken got her WHOLE LEFT LEG EATEN BY A RAT! She is STILL breathing! I dont know what to do! Can she still live!? How can I help her? Her breed is a Plymouth Rock! I just got home from school and I saw her laying down eyes closed and stiff. She wasn't moving so I went to check. I flipped...

We own a booted bantam. We didn't buy him, but got him from a neighbour. When we first got him he was just a little bit older than a chick, and had gotten his leg stuck in the fence. He couldn't walk and his previous owner was going to 'neck him.' We took him to the vets and although he's doing...