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I wrote my big write-up of my first meat bird harvest earlier, but I also need to know...what the heck is going on with some of these bird insides! I figure if I'm going to be sticking my hand inside a bird and yanking all this out, I should at least know what everything is called. Figure 1...

On, I believe, my 6th year of keeping backyard chickens, I decided I was ready to give larger-scale meat production a try. I ordered 40 Redd Rangers chicks 12 weeks ago, and as of today we have the birds butchered, weighed, and in the freezer. I collected a lot of data along the way to get an...

So, if you look through my past threads, you can watch my rooster struggle over the last couple years. Rooster #1 was an unforgivable bastard! And Rooster #2 showed up when my hens were still recovering from the first guy's bullcrap, and he wasn't that great either. By the end of last summer...

Hi, chicken friends! I am in need of some guidance. I am...on my fourth year of keeping chickens, I think, and I need some help on what to do/not do for poopy butts. I have 8 hens with a run and free range access, who in the last year or so will have a bit of white poop tracking down their...

So, my last two years of chickenkeeping have mostly just been rooster trouble. I currently have a flock of...I think 8 two-year-old hens and 2 pullets. Last year's girls grew up with a Dominique cockerel who was an absolute nightmare and ended up being my first cull earlier this year. This...

I went out to the chicken run and had a nasty surprise this afternoon. Two years ago I lost 7 out of 8 hens in my very first flock to a management mistake and some coyotes. The last chicken, a silver gray Dorking named Candy, lived in my basement until the next spring when I had a safer run...

Hi there! I could really use some input from other rooster owners about my situation. I am new to chicken keeping and am not sure what is normal here. I got my first rooster last year as a chick, a Dominique. As he matured he became more and more territorial toward humans and animals and...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I got my first set of chicks about three years ago and have been finding my way since then. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I’m currently at 8 hens, 2 pullets and 1 oopsie cockerel. (3) What breeds do you have? Lots of...