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Hubby made the mistake of throwing table scraps in the pen with the babies loose with the big girls (we've been keeping them close, but separated, I do not know WHY the babies were loose)... anyway, he said it happened really fast, they attacked the 7-8 week old BB girl and they got the back of...

When we bought these babies, they were all sold as pullets and we were told that the SLW was "about 5 weeks", so she'd be about 6 weeks now. Very timid little thing, gets picked on a lot, despite being the biggest bird... I am worried about her comb, the emergence of the wattle and they fact...

Hello again, so we decided 10 hens was not enough... lol! We picked up for new babies today at the local feed store, this little girl was sitting outside of all of the incubators. They told me she was an araucana, but the more I look she should not have feathered feet. I think she may be a...

I have a total of 10 hens. 6 are just coming up on 1 year of age next month and the other 4 are another season older. We keep them separate, as the 4 were mean to the "babies" and integration attempts did not go well. The 4 are supposed to be all from the same "lines" of Black Copper Marans...

Call me paranoid, but I've yet to find a straight answer on this. Our youngest has serious food allergies to peanuts, tree nuts and fish. Every once in awhile, the hens will get leftover treats that may have some nuts. I've also noticed a couple of the goofballs will eat acorns when they are...

Hi, remember me? Had a heck of a time getting hens out of a backyard "breeder" last year. Out of 13 chickens, we finally ended up with 4 laying hens. We need a few more eggs a weeK, though so we thought we'd try again. Totally different sources, we bought sexed hens from a local farm store. 3...

Ok, they aren't from my chickens, though... they have yet to give up the eggs for us. A friend of ours has backyard hens, too, and gave us a dozen eggs. Not sure what is in her flock, but they are smallish white eggs. I finally went to cook them today and 3 or 4 had this weird stuff inside...

I am starting to think that others were right in this third batch of chickens (for those new to my story, the breeder gave me 5 out of 6 roos last batch and eventually replaced them with another 6 "hens" AFTER we had 4 of 5 killed by a predator)... I think both the barred rock types and our...

Hello again! So our 5 out of 6 of our French Marans that turned out to be roosters were returned to the breeder today. They did finally respond to our messages and "did the right thing", which was nice. They said they did not have enough French Maran hens to trade out, but we said we were...

We bought these "girls" at 10-12 weeks of age. We were only looking for hens as we want them for laying. We are very new to this and have had a rough go after losing all but one to a predator the second night and having to replace them after re-inforcing the tractor. The older they get, the...

I am a fairly new chicken owner and I am looking for some input and thoughts. I've been reading here a good bit and decided to join. My name is Crissi. I am a SAHM with 8 kids (6 still home full time, one in college and one who is truly an adult and on her own) and my hubby is a school...