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I found one of my best ameraucana pullets injured this afternoon. On her left side, it appeared as though the rooster slipped while he was mounted. The skin on her left side was ripped away in a 1.5 inch by 2 inch "L" shaped laceration. I carried her into the kitchen and cleaned the dried...

Looking for several true ameraucana pullets that are preferably from good lines. I am willing to drive some distance but not across the country. I live in the very northern part of VA where VA, MD & WV come together. These pullets must come from an NPIP certified flock. My flock is NPIP and...

I found these on three cockerels that aI was giving a bath last night prior to a show this weekend. Is this an indication of parasites? I am willing to cut them off is necessary. They are very attached to the feather shafts.

This is just too good not to share with the BYC chicken community!!!

This thread has been started for discussion of purposeful and inadvertent crosses of cream legbars. While many of us are working to improve the cream legbar for application for an APA SOP, there are many opportunities to explore the genetics and characteristics of this fabulous breed. So...

Since my sons have grown, completed college, gotten married and moved on, I figured I might put their old sandbox to good use. I need a brooder for the eggs that I was incubating so with the inspiration of the homemade designs on BYC, I thought I would give it a try. I started by...

Hey folks, I am moving from having an solely an egg laying flock to working with specific breeds. While there are a tremendous amount of ideas for various size coops on this site, I have not found much in regard to setups for running a breeder operation. I recently ran power and water to my...

I had build a PVC framed chicken tractor with a door. The netting was poly deer netting which provided a wonderful play and foraging area for my 3-6 week old chicks. I stepped away for dinner and the deed was done. As noted in the title, this was about an hour before sunset next to some...