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So I just noticed one of my flock looking like a duck. She was in the nesting box and I saw it. HOLY MOLY! Is there anything I can do? She doesn't seem to be in pain, but don't know if she can eat/drink properly.

Yeah, gonna set one up. I see some mice, but I thought once rats move in the mice run away. Hmm. Chickens don't want to come out during the day and don't want to go in at night. Whole new behavior in a coop I've had for 5 years. 🤔 Never seen a rat on our property ever. I have hardware cloth...

So looks like my chickens have been sleeping in the run. Lots of feathers around but no hurt birds. Saw some mice running in the coop when I shined a flashlight in. What else could be running chickens out of the coop? Seems odd. Never had this before. 7 chickens 4mo old. 1 roo in the set...

Name: Poulet Breed: .50 TSC clearance silkie Personality: skittish and kinda dumb, but she chose to hang out with the meat birds, what can I say.

Some roosters just break feathers. I just freezer camped a wonderful Delaware rooster. Non aggressive to humans and the girls genuinely liked him. but all my girls are missing all the feathers off their backs and their backs are starting to get scratched up. Add that with a 5 to 8 a.m. non stop...

Here's a pic of a roo and a hen. At 4 weeks, so BIG difference by then. Def true about roos having 2 barred feather genes and females having 1. female^ darker Male^ lighter

Yeah. I am not sure if I am keeping them yet. If they are not eating ticks and bugs and not food, I don't have a good use for ornamental chickens. But they are supposed to be great foragers. I just feel bad keeping them locked up all day with alot of room to run. But man are they LOUD and won't...

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Strangly in the yard the Delaware Roo has been showing the new hens and rooster all his fav spots. Also put the babies out and none of the chickens seem to care about the 5wk olds. Have them all separate runs/coops but they all are Co-mingling in the yard even though there is 3 acres and plenty...

Boo:barnie. He is slated for the freezer then. They were sold as black astrolorpes anyway. Not a terrible $0.50 investment for a dinner.

Female in comparison

Got 2 clearance chicks. So thinking ones a Cockrel. Hess so much lighter and pronounced comb already. Already have my Roo. Don't need another. My other barred rock chick is the black chick in the background. Opinions?

So long story short a friend asked us if we wanted 5 speckled hens. I said sure because my Delaware roo only has 2 hens and they need a break. I have 8 pullets about 5 weeks old. So gentle roo and mixed flock on 3 acres. He brings me 5 dwarf olandsk hens and a dwarf roo. . So I say we can give...