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    Need to know gender if possible.

    Not sure if they are too young to tell, but I'm thinking they are cockerels. Two of our baby chicks, multiple pictures.
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    We have 7 new chicks!!😍

    We have a feather foot, named Queenie, that went fully broody. We marked the eggs, and left her in the coup with everyone else. While she was sitting on the eggs, I got busy and wasn't even thinking of checking what she was sitting on. Honestly, I assumed my husband was keeping up with it. Well...
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    Chicken summoning ritual😳😄😂😂

    Yesterday we caught 3 mice in our live traps that we keep by the chicken feed. One by one I released the mice into the run, and only stayed long enough to witness their demise. I came back out a few hours later, and discovered this. The chickens had placed the dead mice in a triangle formation...
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    Silkie is amazing adopted mother😍

    We got two Polish Crested chicks. After having them in the brooder for a few days, we decided it would be best if one of our hens decided to adopt them. I immediately thought of Stormy, our Silkie, because she was determined to stay broody, and would go back to being broody a day or two after we...
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    Broody hen, now adopted mother😊

    Stormy, our Silkie, went broody big time, and we couldn't break her. We ended up hatching one of the eggs she was sitting on, and we started to wonder if she would accept the role of motherhood. Yesterday we introduced her to the chicks, we bought two more to keep the one company, and he...
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    Do we have a runt?

    We hatched our first chick, and we are thrilled!!😁😁 because just one hatched, we got it some friends. All I know is, we were told the chicks we purchased were less than a week old. They seem so much bigger, fluffier, and they are eating their food. The chick we hatched came out of the shell last...
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    We had a egg hatch!!❤❤❤

    We had a broody hen that was sitting on 3 eggs. Another hen, our biggest girl, tried sitting on the eggs, and cracked one🙁 We took the remaining two eggs, and placed them in an incubator after our original broody, Stormy, lost interest. While hopeful, we didn't expect either chick to hatch. I...
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    We lost an egg 😭

    We are allowing our broody hen, Stormy, to incubate 3 eggs. A few of our hens have joined her, and take turns sitting on the eggs while Stormy goes for a dust bath, eats, and drinks. Our largest hen, Black Widow, sat on them today. She was too heavy, and cracked one open just by sitting on it😳😭😭...
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    Cat got caught😂

    I know cats are typically only dangerous to chicks, and since we don't have any, I haven't worried about the neighborhood cats roaming around. Tonight, just before dusk, I learned that I have another reason not to worry. Our rooster, Omen caught a cat! I went back, and found Omen standing over a...
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    Broody Silkie

    We have decided to allow Stormy, our only Silkie, to (hopefully) hatch a few eggs. She went fully broody, and no matter what we tried, we couldn't break her. She also collects all the eggs for us😂 We have a few hens that are really good at hiding their eggs, and Stormy is great at finding them...
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    Of Roosters and Hens...

    We have 2 roosters. Omen is our lead rooster, and Romeo is his 2nd in command, who occasionally will make a half baked effort to take control of the flock. Normally, just a look of warning from Omen is enough to dissuade Romeo. My daughter was holding one of hens, Nala. Romeo decided to try and...
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    Possum in old coup

    Tonight when I went to check on my flock, I found one our hens outside, looking into the old coup. I was concerned, because it was already dark out, and her body language screamed cautious curiosity. I grabbed her and secured her in the coup my flock is currently using. I kept the old one...
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    Robin sitting on eggs!

    Today I saw something I've never seen before, and never even knew could/would ever happen. A Robin was sitting on an chicken egg!😳 Runa, one of my favorite girls, routinely lays her egg in our old metal shed that's missing the doors. I have seen this Robin hanging out in the yard, and it's even...
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    Uninvited guests...

    One of our neighbors, about 4 houses down, has two pullets. This morning I let my flock out to free range as I do every day. About an hour later, I glance out the window and see my neighbor's two pullets in the backyard. I stepped out back, and obe of my cockerels, Romeo, is standing beside them...
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    Silkie; quite sure it's a girl, not sure about age...

    Stormy is my first, and only Silkie. I already want more😍 Stormy tends to stay on the fringes of the flock. She was a rescue, so I don't know her age, and she hasn't started laying or crowing yet. She is getting more feathers in, and it got me wondering if I will have to wait a while for eggs?
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    Possessive cockerel

    My daughter has hand raised Omen since he was about a week old. He has always enjoyed sitting in her lap. Today, my daughter was holding one of the hens, Runa. Omen came up to Runa and pulled her tail feathers to get her out of my daughters lap! Then, he hopped up, and happily sat down! :lau...
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    Rhode Island Red???

    Ruth is a rescue chicken, and when we got her, she looked awful, and I was concerned that the other chickens were picking on her. I have since learned that she was molting. She certainly holds her own, and instigates most confrontations, so no more worries of her getting picked on :lau She lays...
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    Stories of our flock...first time chicken owners

    We have our original cockerel, Omen, and a rescue, Romeo. Omen enjoys sitting in my daughter's lap, she has hand raised him, and he is the favored cockerel. Romeo pecked at us a few times, but after being 'pecked' back, and paraded in front of the entire flock, he hasn't shown any aggression...
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    So tiny!!😂😍

    Our Fancy Foot, Queenie, laid her first egg for us tonight!! I knew it would be small, but I was still a little surprised by how small. Our other hens have either made a nest, or laid in the nesting boxes. She was walking, and simply squatted just long enough to lay it, then walked off like...
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    Our girls are no longer free loaders!!

    We found 3 beautiful eggs today! I am so glad we didn't assume they would lay in the nesting boxes, despite me placing a placebo egg in each. If we had not checked every possible location in the yard, we would have missed them! They decided to lay behind some tires my husband had propped up...
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