This is honestly for me to have a place to dump my chicken pictures and general posts about them. I've got to stop spamming my friends 🤣 Seriously, I take my pictures of my chickens than I ever did of my son when he was a baby.
This is my first time raising a cockerel with my egg hens because one of the lavender orpingtons turned out to be a cockerel. They are all five weeks old and from what I can tell, he is the only cockerel.
He is honestly starting to be a jerk? He's chasing quite a few of the girls around, but...
My kiddo thought the grit we had was food/treats. We probably had about a cup and a half total. They're five weeks old, but we also give them greens, occasionally, hence the grit. In the Cornish stampede (is it called a stampede when it's chickens?) towards him, he dropped it all. By the time he...
I know, another rooster question thread. I've read a few of the others posted and have determined it mostly comes down to preference and rooster personality.
I'm hoping, though, that by posting my specific question I may get more specific opinions.
This is my first backyard flock. I have a...
Long story short, we ended up having to put our Western Rustics (meat bird, straight run) in with our Rhode Island Reds (sexed, supposedly.) At the time, we weren't* able to band them and for their safety, we couldn't wait.
We're trying to separate them out again because there's definitely some...
I got my Lavender Orpington chicks on Feb 28th from my local family feed store. They're supposed to be sexed and all hens but I'm wondering if this one is actually a cockerel?
Between the attitude, with this one willing to post up* with the other 4 week old cockerels, the comb is much more...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I am new, personally, to owning chickens and got our first chicks this year. However, my husband's family have always had chickens so he's familiar with them.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
We currently have a total...