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I've been doing research on chickens for a year or so, and I am just about to get 3! (Ayam cemani mix, barred rock, and a copper maran.) SOOOOO exited! I'll add pics when I get the girls! Especially exited for the ayam mix, as we don't realy know what she is mixed with.

Well, the Girls are here, and I am beyond excited!! I was only supposed to get 6 lovely girls but they shipped 9 to me so I am really happy I built and extra large brooder and a coop that could hold up to 10 ladies! Speaking of brooder you all are the best and gave great advice on my brooder and...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Never really been around anyone with chickens. I got my first 6 pullets a couple months ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Six (3) What breeds do you have? 1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Barred Rock, 1 Cinnamon Queen, 1 Brahma...

Hi! I just had my 2nd batch of chicks start to pip yesterday and this morning. Temps and Humidity have been strict. Everyone's fine except this chick looks a little... off? There seems to be a bit of a crack. Is there anything I can do for it?

Hubby finally relented to the whole we need chickens idea. He agreed to hire someone to build a coop since he did not have the time to do so. He then agreed to getting pullets vs chicks because the idea for ‘farm animals’ in the house did not appeal to him. I’m not one to wait for him to change...

Hey all! My name is Boris. I moved to countryside abouth 3 months ago. I always wanted to have a big garden,chickens and ducks. Right now I have 40 chicks and 3 ducks. They are all white chicks for meat, but soon I hope Ill get few Australorp for eggs. I joined here because I know very little...

My name is Kitara, and I live in West Virginia! I'm a Beekeeper, and am now getting into the world of chickens (and maybe ducks)!

Hello Everyone, So I was googling around, and found this site. I just moved to Gibsonville, NC. Originally born and raised on Long Island NY. I'm trying to find information about the Gibsonville laws, regarding backyard chickens. But I'm not sure where to start. Is there any place on the...

I incubated 3 eggs and unfortunately (but also fortunately) only one hatched, the others did not. I candelled one and it was unfortunately no longer viable, and the last one I wasn't sure so it's back in the incubator and I'm just giving it a little more time but I'm not optimistic as the air...

Hi All! I have decided to get some ducks, ideally I will start with 2 and then in time probably add another 1-2 in a few months. I am hoping to get some white call ducks but open to others also. I have a large pen/run with 2 decent sized coops in it. It is enclosed in chicken wire and...

I love birds. I've always kept budgies and cockatiels so I'm familiar with parakeets but I've always dreamed of chickens, domestic birds with cold-hardy breeds that I can pamper and not have to worry they might freeze if I take them outside and it's not midsummer. I've desperately wanted a pet...

Hi, I'm Maegan and I'm new. I started raising chickens in April, 2020. I started out with ten chickens, then I gave one away, then I got another one, then i got ten more, then three of them died, so now I have seventeen. I have one ameraucana rooster, four ameraucana hens, four black star hens...

I came home from work to find a few chicks peaking out from under one of my hens. I look down and i see two chicks had been dropped out of the nesting box hatched & struggling. i picked them up got all of the ants off of them and immediately took them inside & placed them under a heat lap. I...

Just got my first ever batch of chicks yesterday. Basically spent the whole day watching them, they’re so cute! We have a buff orpington, a black australorp, 3 golden laced wyandottes, and 3 americaunas. Unfortunately only the orpington and australorp survived the shipment from their hatchery...

I love my new chickens! Six hens — 3 Buff Orpington and 3 Dominique. A few of them just started laying. One of the Orpies lays beautiful green eggs which threw me for a loop! Was doing research and found this group which confirmed my suspicions about having an BOxEE. She also looks really...

The wife and I are hobby farmers and we have 22 acres of land, 3 miniature horses, 2 miniature donkeys, 8 pygmy goats, and 10 chickens. We got the chickens suddenly when someone wanted to give away a store bought coop and their chickens. We've built them a much larger area to be in at night and...

Charlene’s mom here. I first posted in December and wrote about my sweet, stray RIR Charlene. She did great in our attached garage all winter, getting spoiled rotten. I have decided to take the plunge and get her a few girlfriends. The first week of April we will be adding two Buff Orpington’s...

It’s party in the incubator with 30+ new arrivals!! These are primarily Olive egger babies, but it looks like a levender Orpington or two might have snuck in!!

Hey All. I just got a Bantam Serama Cockerel two weeks ago. We named him Moo Moo Cluck. He was hand raised by his breeders so he’s very sweet and attached. We love that we can hold him, however he takes it to an extreme. Any time he is back in his coop he paces and cried for about 15 minutes...

Hello! I am new to the forums, and while I have other chickenanigans going on, I am hoping to get some tips and advice for my first incubation adventure! I have twelve silkie eggs coming within the week. I have an incubator arriving tomorrow. It is a Mini Advance Automatic Egg Incubator by...