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My trouble maker momma and the biddies so far. I am in a pickle. Some background: I currently have a small flock of four hens and a rooster (Nightshade). My roo and one of my hens (Lavender) are 2+ years old, and were raised to 20 weeks free ranging with their flock before I got them. In...

The broody is below in the run with the now three days old chick, and does not seem interested in the peeps from the hatchlings. The broody and other hens have pecked at the shells, but don't seem to have hurt the chicks. I was hoping the hatch momma, Lovey, would raise the chicks? What are the...

Hi friends. Today, I had the surprise of a lifetime. I opened up the nesting box to check on my broody hen, and what do I see? I day old white chick. Everything I know about chickens is a lie. I let her start sitting on some eggs laid on May 25th. Several of those early eggs were broken or very...

One of my year old Black sex-links seemed to have disappeared, but she was buried alive by flock. I found her and an egg partially buried in a corner of the run on day 2 or 3. She was lethargic, but took water when offered, then ate an egg yolk after encouragement. I gave Sav-a-chick...

Hello all, it's the chook spoiler again. :lol: I've added six day-old black sex-link chicks to my flock, my first go with chicks. They are now 3 weeks old and one is 2 weeks (Had to get a replacement for a failure to thrive), and I have been feeding them granulated start & grow at about 2-3 cups...

My birds are about 25 weeks and are now almost exclusively eating scratch. They were free ranged and got scratch and kitchen scraps before I got them at 16 weeks, and are now mostly penned to the run. When I got them I had them on medicated flock raiser, and they did not seem to care whether it...

I'm a first time flock owner in the Northern part of Clermont co, in SW Ohio on the west side of Harsha Lake; the Almanac is calling for a cold, long Winter but we probably will not get much snow. My birds are about 25 weeks now (Australorp-Orpington and possibly other breeds), and I got them...

Please read entire post- I am asking about what traits help you identify gender between 6-8 weeks of age. The local breeder I got my birds from has 7-8 week old birds available, I would like to pick up a few more females but at this age I'm not great at sexing and neither is she. They are...

I have six ~21 week old Australorp Orpington crosses, and I know neither breed was intended to be feather sexed, so how can I be sure? I'm 99.9% sure one of my birds is a roo due to feathers and behavior, and much less sure about one of the others because the feathers are much blunter and...

Hello, I'm Meg and I think I've been reading as a background lurker since at least 2010 on and off. A friend and I have found this or similarly named community many times over the years as we dreamed about our future flock, and here I am, finally with birds of my own! :yesss: I grew up around...