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I have six pullets, all roughly the same age. Two Barred Rocks, two Delawares, and two White-Faced Black Spanish. The BR and Delawares have been together awhile, with some tradeouts because I received three roosters of my original four week-old chicks. So they've endured change rather politely...

We have a large black crow who lives in our yard. I'd stand out and watch it warily whenever we'd let the girls out of the run and into the fenced yard. Then I started really observing it. I was nervous, because all six of our pullets are still fairly young. But he'd just sit there and watch...

Agh, freaked out. I left the porch door cracked last night when I was setting up feed for the morning outside. I came back and was about to go into the house when I saw a long tail skittering across the porch windowsill. (The porch is where we leave our treats and brooder). Like any girl, I...

I'm going to be leading a poultry 4-H group in the fall and part of the curriculum is showing. I'd like to raise a chicken for my son to show at the fair, but I'm pretty sure my Barred Rocks are hatchery quality and MAYBE one of my Delawares might be serviceable. The other is somewhat speckled...

Sorry for the indelicate nature of this post, LOL. I currently have two six week-old White-Faced Black Spanish in a modified brooder on my back porch. I bought them and one had significant feather loss from an aggressive cockerel in the breeder's WFBS run. So, in an attempt to quarantine and...

My awesome little Delaware (almost nine weeks) has sprouted a bright red comb, waddles, and is strutting around like he is large and in charge. Big ol' legs with ginormous claws. He has to be a cockerel. This chicken is so social and is just such a neat, gorgeous bird. I live in a town where...

I have a WFBS six week-old pullet who I purchased along with another from a breeder who kept them in cramped conditions. The one is perfectly fine. Full-feathered and healthy looking, albeit a bit weedy, but I just think she's gawky. The other is missing feathers on her neck, back, and under...

Part of our coop is near a large live oak. A big lump of moss fell into the run and the chickens are going wild. They seem to LOVE it. Is this okay? Will it cause a parasite problem? I know you don't want to use it for nesting material, but they're eating it up. I hope it's not a problem...

I finally found a couple five/six week White-Faced Black Spanish pullets today. This has been a breed I've drooled over, but have had trouble locating locally. The major hatcheries either don't carry often or have way too high a minimum for my little flock. One looks great. Shiny...

What are good resources/sources for those who are looking to get into showing? My son wants to show through 4-H, but the lack of poultry-focused 4-H groups in this immediate area make it hard to go through those channels. We're in West Central Florida in Pinellas County, so it's a very...

This is my little Barred Rock named Cacciatore. "She" is more developed waddle and has a pinker comb than my other Barred Rock. She seems to sit more upright. Yesterday, I swear I heard a very tiny, adolescent "chirp-a-chirp-a-chirp!" I thought I hallucinated it. Same cadence as a...

We're moving our five week pullets into the coop for the first time this weekend, but it's a beautiful day and I thought they might like to peck around in the fenced backyard for a little bit. Supervised, of course. Is there anything I need to do or know? It'll be their first time out of the...

Please don't laugh at what is probably such a n00b question. My little girls are five weeks old now. I've had the lamp off in the daytime for the last week or so. We're in Florida and it's been toasty. I've still been leaving it on between 11pm and 8am. Lows are right around 70. Can I just...

I have four four-week old chicks--two Delawares and two Barred Rocks. All four seem pretty significantly feathered, particularly the Barred Rocks. They look like fat, fluffy mini-hens already. I have them in a brooder converted from a Rubbermaid storage bench, so about 4 1/2 ft by 2 ft by 2'6"...

We're looking to add a couple of White-Faced Spanish chicks or pullets to our small flock of Delawares and Barred Rocks. Show quality would be nice as we're into 4H, but it's not necessary. They must either be sexed female or have some kind of breeder guarantee/swap policy because our town has...