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I have been raising and breeding chickens for over five years as a hobby only. My significant other and I have purchased 320 acres in rural Vermont (Northeast Kingdom) and are in the early stages of building our homestead. I would like to start breeding and selling rarer breed chickens as a way...

Hi, I live in southeastern Massachusetts and have 4 roos that I hatched out in August that need homes. I travel through New Hampshire up to St. Johnsbury, VT almost every weekend so I can meet along the way. Roosters are two gorgeous Lavender Orpingtons, a French Black Copper Marans and an Olive...

These chicks are six weeks old and based on comb and wattle development, I think they are cockerels. There are two Lavender Orpingtons and a FBCM. The FBCM wasn’t thrilled about being photographed. 😂 Thanks in advance for your input!

This is Pip. 4 weeks old yesterday. He's the only one of 8 with a red comb so I'm guessing roo. :)

Newly hatched Lavender Orpington and Easter Egger. ♥️

I’m guessing the yellow one is a buff but I’m not sure that the red one is an Orpington at all. Any guesses?

Hi everyone! I had 4 eggs on lockdown this past weekend and only two hatched. One of them is frail so I'm keeping the two chicks apart for now. The healthy chick is very friendly and wants to be held and is VERY vocal when he's not. Does anyone have any creative ideas on how I can safely carry...

No progress since this picture was taken yesterday afternoon. Do I intervene? I can’t tell if the chick is alive or moving.

Tomorrow is hatch day and I have one already pipping in my Brinsea Mini advance. The hygrometer is reading at only 65% even though I have both water cups filled. Is this ok or are they at risk of shrink wrapping?

I’m guessing this is a blood ring? Day 12 of incubation.

I have a Brinsea Mini Advance. I have successfully hatched out chicks in this same incubator twice about 4 years ago. This time around just isn't going as smoothly as it did in the past. This model does not include a hygrometer which completely baffles me. Proper humidity levels are so important...

Hi there! I haven't hatched eggs out in a few years and I'm unsure of a few settings on my Brinsea Mini Advance incubator. How many degrees up and down should I set the hi and lo temperatures alarm for? How long do I set the cooling off period for? (60? 120? 180?) Lastly, what is the correct...

We are in the process of "renovating" our backyard. While doing the yard over, our run is going to be extended out another 6-7 feet and then I'm pretty much cut off from adding on to it unless I start cutting down trees! I want to spend a lot of time this summer perfecting our coop and run...

My schedule has become very busy in the past few months, which is leaving me less time to tend to my flock of 25 in the morning. I am considering an automatic feeder, but I'm worried that an automatic feeder won't accommodate all of my birds and that the ladies that are lower on the pecking...

I've had chickens for about 4 years. This is the fourth time I've raised day old chicks. Right now I have 3 in the brooder, one of which I incubated and hatched myself. Her hatchmates didn't make it, so I got her two little friends of the exact same age. The one I hatched is an RIR, and I also...

Does anyone have a dedicated chair (for themselves) to sit in inside the run and observe the flock? Do you have one you bring in? I'm getting tired of standing!! :)

MPC has Croad Langshan hatching eggs available, but they seem sketchy on what color eggs they lay in the description. Has anyone ever received this breed from them that did lay purplish eggs?

I'm concerned about my 11 month old rooster. He's eating, drinking, and makin' sweet love to the hens, but his feathers are not looking so hot and this morning after drinking water, I observed him have a thick, foamy spit come out of his mouth. I observed the whole flock for a good 20 minutes...

I'm in lockdown and chicks are set to hatch tomorrow. I filled both pots, per Brinsea's instructions, but the hygrometer has only been reading at around 62% humidity. My understanding is that 70% is better in order to keep the membranes from drying out. Should I add a sponge (or something along...

First time hatcher. I set 3 eggs in the Brinsea Mini Advance on February 21st. All three were developing at first candling (Day 4ish?) but after that I've been perplexed by one of them that looked different than the others. Tonight (Day 17) I candled and was positive it was a quitter because it...