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One of my Orpingtons went broody at the beginning of May & all my girls decided they wanted baby chicks. So we let her sit on the eggs & now... They are hatching!!!! What's next? I'm new to chickens & have raised chicks only in a brooder. Should I move some food & water in with mama & the...

Y'all have gotten me a bit paranoid with the stories of rooster behavior on here. :lol: My Orpintons are now 17 weeks old & my Wyandottes are 13 weeks. I have 8 boys free ranging in the yard & have no real issues with them. They come running over when I come out, one Orpington will walk with...

Howdy folks, It's been a while but, my Orpingtons have been outside for several weeks now & loving the coop space. It took a while for them to go outside the coop but, now they wander in & out as they please. Currently, I have 3 ladies & three gents all about 11 weeks old. I plan to move two of...

Well, it happened. Our Orpingtons are just about ready to start living outside (we ended up with three roos in the bunch including the derpy scissor beaked bird but, that's another story). But, we stopped into Tractor Supply & they were trying to get rid of chicks so they didn't have to come in...

While visiting with the chicks today, I notice one of them is defective. 😏 By that I mean its beak does not line up. Rather than the tips lining up like its siblings, this one is off to the side a bit like crossed fingers. It does not seem to affect its ability to eat or drink although it is...

Howdy Folks, Well, I figured I'd share a bit of progress with y'all on my endeavor into chicken raising. My (our) babies turned three weeks on Sunday & are starting to flap around the brooder. My wife & girls like to visit them daily & let them peck & crawl on their hands. One, in particular, is...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? - I grew up with my grandparents have Rhode Island Reds & gathering eggs or dispatching chickens was very normal to me. (my brother & I used to chase each other around with chicken feet pulling the tendons & making them grab at each...