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It appears my broody has abandoned her nest. Today is day 15. Yesterday she was off a good portion of the day, but other hens were in and out of the nest box laying most of the day. I was able to coerce her back on the nest last night, but I don't know if she stayed on or not. Tonight when I...

These two were part of McMurray Hatchery "rainbow layer" chicks from earlier this year, with bonus "exotic" chick. I have identified all the other breeds (white leghorn, brown leghorn, red leghorn, dark cornish, partridge rock, minorca, dominique, buff orp, light brahma) except for these. My...

My 16 CornishX chicks are 3 weeks old now, and have been on vitamin-supplemented water since the beginning. Should I keep supplementing their water until butcher in another 5 weeks or so, or is it not necessary? They are out in a tractor now on grass/straw as well as eating a 20% poult grower...

This is Henry. I got him from a lady who thought he was Salmon Faverolle (but he doesn't have feathered legs). His legs are slate colored. I was kind of wondering if he was Russian Orloff based on his spangling, stance and feathering. His head feathers kind of stand up like he has some...

We have two Port-a-Hut buildings that we aren't using, but are assembled. They are 10 feet wide and 21 feet long. I'm thinking about converting one of them to a chicken tractor, cover over the open end with wire, put in a door, build up a false floor in the back for nest boxes and perches. I'm...

Went out to the coop this morning to open the pop door and my bantam pullet was laying dead on the ground under the perch. She didn't appear to be sick at all so I have no idea what happened. I'm gonna miss that sweet little girl!

So I've read and read that chickens should have a minimum of 4 square feet of coop space. My current chicken house (enclosed) is 64 square feet (which includes where the nest boxes sit and food/water). By the 4 square foot rule, I should house 16 chickens total in this house. The chicken house...

Black Australorp rooster, I was told he is 9 months old and purebred. He's a beauty but doesn't fit with my breeding program (I took him along with a very handsome rumpless Easter Egger rooster that I want). He is free if you want him for your breeding program; otherwise I'm sending him to...

Two-parter here: Just thought I'd share this idea here, in case you're a saver like I am. I have been keeping our poly feed sacks for whatever reason. (They do make great trash bags when cleaning up old metal, sticks or things that will poke through a regular trash bag.) Our temps have dropped...

I got a batch of 28 chicks from McMurray Hatchery, the Duke's Mixture. In it I got what I thought were six Barred Rock chicks. Five of these chicks are definitely BR's (four roos, one pullet). It's the last one I'm not sure about. The comb is showing pullet, and the feathers are darker with...

Okay, so we've been thinking that our BO is a hen, but after reading on here and looking at lots of pictures, I'm thinking roo. Do I see a saddle here? If y'all think it's a roo, he'll be getting his "spa treatment" soon. Also, here's a picture of our EE. I know he's a roo and he's a keeper...

I'm never good at these introduction things so I'll follow the template! I also just posted in the Missouri thread, so hi to all the Missourians here! I'm from Northeast-Central Missouri, live on the family century farm just north of the tiny village of Holliday. (1) Are you new to chickens /...