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Edit: fixed typos, and thank you to the staff who moved my thread! -- I wasn't sure where to post this, so I hope this was alright! I'll get right to it: What is advice for a brand new poultry keeper, who has talked with exactly one seller (for quail in my case), on how to conduct themselves...

hi friends!! our dear Butter has laid her first egg, but it was done underneath our stairs, using a nest made out of bubble wrap! me and my mother were outside doing our own thing when we noticed she was under our stairs and was in a nest sort of thing… we were like “huh maybe she will lay...

hi everyoneee, my name is kanami and i’m a first time chick momma. i’m 18 y/o and currently have nine 3 1/2 week old chickies. i might as well just start calling them pullets at this point! they grow up so fast i swear. i was only meant to get 8 babies but the hatchery accidentally gave me 9 and...

Hi! I just bought my first 6 chicks a week and a day ago 😁. My brother has raised chickens, so I have a great mentor already but this forum should be a great as a resource and for cammeraderie as well. I already posted on another thread about my sneaky Cornish X making it into my layer hen...

Hi everyone on byc I’m Luke and Lisa were from Stafford in the Midlands. We have just brought our first flock. We have been to Staffordshire chickens and brought our selfs a speckled buff and a Sussex ranger for our first chickens. Brought them back on Saturday and get them settled in over the...

My family has been thinking about getting some weeder geese, just to have for the summer then invite them in for dinner. So naturally, I have questions. Which is best, male or female? Do they smell much? Do they poop as much as ducks? Can they live without actual feed if they are in the garden...

My wife has had chickens before and keeps telling me "how easy" it and and how they are "no trouble at all" and I am not convinced as yet, but I am open. I like the idea or the little cluckers in the yard eating bugs and making eggs. Need to see how our dog will react to them. I THINK it would...

Hello BYC gang. I've read quite a few threads but recently decided to join the forum. My name is Rebecca, 30ish-year-old high school biology teacher with 3 new chickens. My roommate has been wanting to get chickens for over a year now and we finally picked up three rhode island red pullets from...

I have been given a coop that needs some repair. As soon as I have the coop fixed up, I will be given some birds from a neighbor that doesn't want to deal with them anymore. I'm inheriting 1 Barred Rock Roo, "Rocky" and 5 Rhode Island Red girls. They are all about 2.5 years old. Their egg...