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I'm looking forward to learning how to raise my chickens better and become a better farmer. thanks for welcoming me to this community and I'm happy to be here.

Hello! I have been dreaming of keeping chickens for YEARS, and am now ready to make my dreams come true. My goal is to have everything built and prepared to welcome three to four chickens next spring (I live in New Hampshire). I'm already scouting out answers to questions I have, and I'm sure...

Hello!! Im new, and here are the answers to the sample questions: 1. I first got chickens almost 2 years ago! I gotta say, Im kind of a newbie 😅 2. I have 20 chickens right now!! 3. I have six americaunas, five black australorps, three brahmas, one buff orpington, one Rhode island red, two...

I am not new to chickens but I am new to this community! I've been raising chickens since I was about 10 (11 years), and have won a couple of state 4-H competitions in poultry judging and trivia. I currently have a flock of 22 chickens and 4 ducks. Their names, breeds, ages, and sexes are as...

I have a baby pigeon who is only 2 or 3 days old but for some reason when I went to check on it, it seemed to have been pushed away from the nest. The parents were near it but it was as if they kicked it out and were getting ready to lay more eggs because they were sitting at the nest but the...

1) We bought our first 5 chickens, white plymouth rocks from Murdoch's feed. From now on, we will buy day old and have them shipped so they can imprint on us. (2) We have 7 chickens to date. A neighbor just gave us 2 black stars who were being picked on by her flock. We have only had them 1...

Hello Crazy Chicken People! Here goes with my intro data. Background: Sacramento California born & bred both hubby and me. Tired & disgusted with city life, living in a land with only two seasons - the predominant one being HOT AND DRY, and parched in body & spirit after 3+ years of severe...

Hi all, BYC has been a great resource to me over the last 3 years that I have had chickens and I am finally joining! I am in Palo Alto and also participate in the local Yahoo Group: svchickens. Here is some information about me.. How many chickens do you have right now? 2 chickens. Recently...

I am a new member and as you may have guessed, just got set up for our first chicken endeavor. My wife and I are thrilled and excited at what lies ahead. We just got 4 baby chicks, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Buff Orphington, and 1 Naked Neck, or Turkan. They are only 4 days old. I am looking forward...

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes! Sorta? We've had our chickens approximately 8 or 9 months now. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9 plus 1 3/4 bitties? Poor thing. More on him later. (3) What breeds do you have? Austrawhites, Bard Rock, Leg Horn...

Last week we got a hen. Mum brought her home. Today we got bees. They brought themselves. :barnie It had started out as such a normal morning. Peggy had been let out to peck around the lawn. Mum was reading last month's issue of Women's Weekly. I was entertaining myself with whatever youtube...

We just got our first hen from what turns out was a very dodgy flock owner. We've had Peggy, a 6-month old Australorp/Barnevelder mix, for about a week and a half. She's our only current chook, seeing as we've discovered that she's got both lice and coryza and decided to postpone creating a...

So, funny story. About a week and a half ago my mum goes out to market; 'I'm just going to buy some eggs!' she says. About a 3 hours later she calls my phone; 'I've bought a chook!' she says. Half an hour later I help get it home. I ask how we're supposed to look after it; 'It can't be that...

Hey everybody, I'm J. I live in Northeast Indiana along with 2 big black dogs, our little mouser, and my better half. We recently purchased a few acres and plan on becoming as self sufficient as possible(while keeping our sanity). Chickens have been near the top of the list for a few months...

Here it was, I opened the coops door without me mentioning it to my father. I am alarmed if one of my many chicks has run away. I didnt really look out of pure scared, I am not looking for a search team just a hints or tips on where some little chickens can run off to. I do in fact appreciate...

Good morning! I brought a new baby home yesterday. My guess is she's about 2 months old. Half of the flock went pretty hard on her since they're bigger (3 months olds). I had to stop it because it was getting really violent. The fact that she stenches the other farm and has loads of feces on...

Hello all! New here and just wanted to make an official first post. Our chicken tractor was built by my 12 year old daughter and I over a few weekends. Its entirely constructed from reclaimed materials. We used things like pallet wood, some scrap wood and fencing we found, and a few milk...