Search results for query: *

My chickens are *incredibly* friendly and bold. In other words, they associate me with food. In fact, they probably associate all humans with food (and don't draw much of a distinction between us). The ones I hand-tamed as chicks are the friendliest, but even our more recent hatch (now about...

I generally keep my chickens out of my vegetable and flower garden most of the year, but let them in after the first frost to turn over the beds, eat larvae, etc. I've expanded my flower garden this year and have lots of cosmos, zinnias, chamomile, sunflowers and other annuals I hope will go...

I've been keeping chickens for awhile, primarily for eggs, but today I am processing our two roosters – first time ever (wish me luck!). I would love to continue expanding the variety and amount of food we grow ourselves. We're getting ducks in June. I am also thinking in the long run of...

Quick question--there's lots on home slaughtering I will dig deeper into it later, but I actually wanted advice on preparing the birds after they are killed & plucked. We have two roosters (an easter egger and a barnevelder) that are 3.5 months old. I did not raise them for meat, but assumed...

Two 3.5 month-old roosters, an Easter Egger and a Barnevelder. The Barnevelder just started crowing yesterday, and honestly, we were so in love with him, we didn't even notice that he wasn't a hen. We wish we can keep him, but that alarm clock....our neighbors...the same old story! Free...

Please post all ads in the appropriate BST section. You will find the rules here https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=250783 The swap section is or organized swaps following the guidelines at the top of the Swaps section Thanks ~Staff