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I’m wondering how many of us on this forum are “weekend warrior” flock owners? With professional careers, working full time and keeping your flock in check. How do you do it all? What are your goals? What challenges have you had with your flocks? What are some of the joys they bring? I’m an...

I currently have a great flock, my first flock and one coop. They all free range. I want to get another "flock" of birds this spring, but I will need another coop. Can the new flock be trained to go into their coop, the existing flock still go back to their coop? I'm hoping they can all free...

I have to share. With all the reading on here I am going to need to find him a new home or pot (not much meat here). And we have two nice boys anyway. Thought someone might get a smile out of this. So, yesterday I went out to collect eggs. My OEGB boy, same age as the rest of them…..got...

I am hoping those who farm and have chickens will jump in here. I just thought of an issue I may have in the spring. We have some farmland next to our property that we don’t own. We don’t know who does. We’ve been here two years and those two years that land had been used for soybeans. I am...

For someone with a very small and expanding family hobby farm, would a genuine LGD really be necessary, or would a generally good family “watchdog” type dog keep predators away? Example: we started with chickens last year and will add a couple of goats (for milk, yogurt, soaps etc.) next...

We discovered a goldmine of eggs last night! I’ve been getting one egg a day for the last two weeks, two a couple of times, with one being a green egg. I’ve been wondering why my other girls have not started to lay. I have a very small hay bale up on top of the laying boxes (they are stacked...

I'm not there yet, but will be this summer. if I wanted to keep more than 1 adult roo, and somewhat conrol breeding, could the bachelors be housed together or would they fight. I'm thinking they would fight but I've been surpirsed by answers here before. I need some options for keeping two...

Have/do any of you have/raise white rocks as meat birds? How about straight cornish? Pros/Cons? Looking for something to add soon....and don't think the breeds I have are great at being meaties Thanks! (and really don't want to do the CX as of now.....)

Are these the same bird? I've been seeing the different terms and haven't been able to figure out if these two refer to the same bird? Thank you!

Hello! I've read so much about roo behavior in the last few months. Ours are not there yet....but no doubt if we have them long enough something will happen. Has it been the experience of those here that free range roos are better or worse than those caged/penned/not free ranged? I wondered...

When you cull “older” hens and roos, how old are they and can still be good eating? And what is the best way to cook those older adults? Does a crock pot do a good job? Just trying to plan ahead…..and not be wasteful!

I have a white silky that hatched last May. I was told by everyone he was a cockerel. My question is how long does it take for a silky to crow? I have a RIR boy that has been crowing for months that is only about a month older. I have an OEGB boy that is the same age as the silky and he has...

Hello! We are just raising our first batch of chicks this year. Eggs soon!! We have 10 hens and 4 roos...we think. Too many roos I know. Still trying to figure out how to choose. My question is can I have a mixed flock with turkeys and ducks along with the chickens? Next year we would...

Ok, newbie question. I have 9 hens that should be getting ready to lay in the next month. I got them as day old chicks. They free range from sun up to sun down, and have all summer, they go into their coop at dusk and I lock the doors. They have fresh water in the coop and out. I do provide...

Hello! I've been reading these forums for weeks now. We got a batch of day old chicks just before Easter, another batch a few weeks later, then another after that. I so wish we had more room! I already want more We got them from the farm store of course. Supposed to have all pullets As...