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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    I have three generations of chickens. My oldest three are six months old, the next two are 13-15 weeks old, and the youngest four are about 8 weeks old. I am integrating the youngest ones as in the coop they are chased and pecked, but free ranging in my yard everyone gets along smoothly. Today I...
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    Tiny Tim needs a home - Florida

    I have a perfectly healthy 13 week old bantam Turken cockerel who needs a new home. He is very meek and mild, zero aggression, but has begun crowing a little bit in the morning and it’s driving my partner crazy. I am located on Homosassa, FL but am willing to meet or even deliver. He handles the...
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    Quick strike fly bait - toxicity?

    The flies are incredibly populous this season, I use quick strike fly bait for around my trash cans and it works very well. I’ve been hesitant to use it around the coop and back yard because of its toxicity and worry that a bird or dog might ingest some of it. I bought hanging fly bait stations...
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    Best Dogs w/Chickens

    My German shepherd and chickens are friends, in fact when he lays down my chickens love to pick and forage through his fur looking for bugs. I hope they don’t actually find any as he lives inside and we cuddle often. He tolerates the picking and prodding until they try to roost on top of him...
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    Baby girl is so sick

    People that don’t have chickens really underestimate how intelligent, personable, and resilient they are. How they cement their individual selves into our lives and our hearts.. a loss is hard. The hardest part about keeping poultry is their mortality, it’s inevitable and far too common for...
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    Chocolate Orpington Pullet or Roo?

    I agree with pullet.
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    ID my Elvis

    What does that mean by production blue? Is there no certain type?
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    Large crops?

    I will take note of how they appear in the morning, thanks!
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    ID my Elvis

    Thank you! I also suspected sapphire gem, but I am new to chickens and a second opinion is always nice.
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    ID my Elvis

    I’m not sure which egg is hers, but all three lay a lighter tannish egg. They are distinguishable from one another but similar.
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    ID my Elvis

    Elvis is a six month old pullet, she is named thus so because I was told she was definitely a cockerel when she was young. She just has some wonderful wattles. I bought her from rural king and none of the chicks were labeled. She has these very slight copper feathers up around her ear lobe, you...
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    Large crops?

    Uhg, somehow my page refreshed and I have to retype this! Anyway I am a new chicken keeper, my three oldest just began laying and they hatched end of January. I was just wondering if it was normal for all of them to have extended crops? It seems to happen later on in the day, are they just...
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    Open Contest 2026 BYC Calendar Photo Contest - We Need Your Pictures!

    Everyone has such lovely photos of lovely birds, such a variety I really enjoyed scrolling through the entries.
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    Hello from Davie, Florida!

    My local animal shelter currently has a rooster available for adoption, perhaps if all else fails you could surrender him.
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    Bill in North Carolina

    Welcome! I lived in northwest SC very close to the NC border and often traversed over there. Whereabouts are you? Would love to also see your chickens!
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