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Thank you very much for all the kind words of encouragement and good information. It makes me feel better, albeit slightly, that others have experienced something like this.. Now, let me clarify by saying, not in the sense that others lost chickens, but just that maybe I am not a total screw...

Thanks for the info Cathy. The Jersey Giant is easily close to 10lbs. She's a big girl that otherwise, looks super healthy. My BO that died this week was huge and looked really good as well. I really have no idea what the cause of death is, so a necropsy would be very interesting. Thanks again.

I have lost one chicken every 4-6 weeks for the last 3-4 months and this week it looks like I am going to lose my 2nd one in a week. I really think it’s botulism, but I guess I can’t be sure. The symptoms with all of them have basically been the same. They only began really showing signs...

Thanks! It's hard to say what type of chicken laid that, to be honest. I have a buff orpington, 2 jersey giants, blue cochin, golden comet and a mystery chicken that are all laying well. Since I'm not home during the day I have a really hard time know what girl laid which egg. If I were to...

Here is our biggest one to date. The carton is for Xtra large eggs.

Hi All - Here are a few pics from our latest adventure building a tractor coop. I didn’t really have any specific plans so it is hard to give a play by play on the construction of this. I just did some research on here and looked at pics of other coops and for lack of a better word “winged...

Took the kids to the fancy feather club swap meet in Eaton this past weekend and we had a blast! We are relatively new to raising BYC and would never have believed raising chickens could be this much fun!!! Originally had 6 chickens until one was taken by a fox the other week. Decided it was...

So our family has begun a new adventure in Back Yard Chicken raising. Which might I begin with has been very fun and fulfilling thus far. However, we are having our first issue with one of our Silkies. My wife went out to check on the birds about 3 -4 days ago, and the Silkie was laying on...