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I wanted to introduce you to my very special Serama chicken. This sweet girl lost both of her feet due to frostbite during a very frigid winter in Upstate NY. Never is my 8+ years of owning chickens have I ever experienced this. Because her stub legs healed very well and she was still very...

Look at this little cutie..... My husband found it lurking around our chicken coops 2 nights ago. We set a trap with some chicken feathers and hot dogs...Got him! Relocated him far from our farm. Luckily no one got hurt! Since he is so small, we imagine the den is nearby and will continue...

I am so happy! :ya I had an unbelievably successful hatch rate from shipped serama eggs. 9/10 hatched in my incubator and my broody serama accepted them with open wings! Meet Basil and her new clutch of fuzz babies! ❤

Lately, I have been spending a lot more time watching Chicken TV.......Has anyone else ever notice that chickens don’t ever walk backwards??? Even when startled or pushed aside by their flock mates, they either jump or quickly rush forward to get away.... Does anyone know WHY? Is it because...

Look who stopped in to say hello! Meet Cookie. Our family raised her since she was an infant. Her poor mother was hit by a car last spring and I devoted endless hours feeding and raising her on goat replacement milk. She has since been released and thriving..... Even though she is free now...

Hi everyone! I have only been fermenting my feed since January. My flock loves it and I love how much it saves on feed! I was just wondering for those that do ferment, when I can offer it to my chicks? I have some 2 week olds and am currently incubating another batch for friends. Is it even...

My little Hopper is definitely the favorite of my 22 hens and her back was looking pretty raggedy. I bought a saddle/apron to try and I am more than impressed! It is so durable and she has responded well to it, not to mention she is looking pretty adorable, too! Just thought I would share...

Hi there! During this global pandemic, I was wondering if there was a way to have daily or periodic live streaming conversations to enrich our social distancing. I am a special education teacher and have been homebound for two weeks so far, but I have had to “attend” meetings virtually through...

:barnie Hi there! For some strange reason, every time I want to insert one of BYC emojis to my texts, it goes to the beginning of my text and not inserted where I want it. For example I will click one now..... See....it goes right to the beginning. I am using my iPhone and on the BYC app. I...

Howdy folks! I just purchased the Nurture 360 incubator after much research. I just set silkied serama eggs, Mille Fleur D’Uccle eggs and several standard breed eggs as well. This is the first time I have ever incubated bantam/serama eggs. I am a little nervous about them turning as often...

Today, one of my co-workers approached me during my lunch break while I was tapping away on my cell phone. He asked me what I was doing and I said, “I’m on BYC, of course!” He looked at me with such confusion........”what is that?” I replied, ”BackYard Chickens, of course!!!” Then I got...

This may be a silly question, but I was wondering if bantam roosters are able to breed standard hens? I have a Mille Fleur D’Uccle bantam rooster with 2 MFD bantam hens living happily amongst my flock of standard hens and one Ameracauna x Polish rooster. When I was collecting eggs this...

Good morning BYC peeps! :frow I just wanted to share that this morning at Almy Acres Farm our sweet cockerel, Bean, belted out his first crow! :celebrate My family has waited over 21 weeks to hear his cocka-doodle-do! I think the chilly morning helped him warm up his vocal chords!!!!

I have read that black roosters produce black chicks and red roosters produce chicks the color of the hen? Is that true? I have a Polish x Ameraucana cockerel. When I hatch his offspring next year, will they most likely be black?

Hey fellow peeps! This 9 week old Polish X Ameraucana needs a gender. Bean’s size, and feathering indicate cockerel, but his/her comb and lack of waddles indicate pullet. Would love to hear your thoughts.....

This youngster is almost 5 weeks old. It was hatched in my classroom incubator, so I know he/she is a barnyard mix, but I am curious to hear your opinions about breed and sex at this point. I am well aware that it is very early to pinpoint gender at this point, but I am leaning towards a...

I have six 2 week old chicks from a local farmer that has multiple roosters and one that is a polish frizzle....The adult feathers are coming in. Just wanted input whether or not these 2 might be frizzles. The dark one is an Easter egger, + polish...... The white one is a California white...

This is my first experience hatching eggs under a broody. Everyday there is at least one unfertilized egg in the clutch under my first-time broody that I remove when I do my daily egg collection. This afternoon when I checked under her, I noticed one of her fertile eggs has a tiny chip on it...

I have a first time mother sitting on 5 eggs. Hatch date is June 1st. A couple days before the eggs are scheduled to hatch, I plan on blocking mom and her five babies in the coop from the rest of the flock. How long do I need to wait before integrating mom and her hatchlings back into the...

Hi BYC peeps! I have been incubating mixed barnyard eggs in my Special Education classroom for years with very successful hatches. ;) I currently have 18 eggs due to hatch on Monday with very anxious students and teachers! All of these hatchlings have homes waiting for them.......I am...