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I will double check. Should they have spurs at this age, if they are slow to mature?

Thanks, everyone! I trust the source I got them from, so they probably came in the lot of meat birds. Yes, they were hatchery birds. I didn't want to accidentally slaughter a hen!!

Hello! I have two young chickens, around 6 months old. They were either included in a lot of cockrels that we got for meat, or they were in a lot of Black Copper Maran pullets that we got at the same time. I can't remember which group they are from. Bird #1 Bird #2 I thought they were...

Ingredients: Banana, Papaya, Whole Oat, Honey, Bee Pollen, Calcium Carbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Spirulina, Chloline Chloride, Ferrous Sulfate, dl-Alpha Tocopheral, Beta Carotene, Inositol, Niacin, Kelp Meal, Ascorbic Acid, Cholecalciferol, Potassium Chloride, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate...

Would it be ok to give my chickens some gecko food as a treat? It is the texture of applesauce or baby food, when mixed with water. Please let me know if the pic doesn't work so that I can get the ingredient list. Thanks!!

I just wanted to share a bit of information for fellow and future chicken owners in my town. Currently,BYC has inaccurate information regarding keeping chickens in Cedar Hill, Tx. Here is the link to the page: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/cedar-hill-texas-chicken-ordinance While this...

I decided to rake them out of the way, only to change my mind about putting the run in that location. Isn't that how it goes? Lol!

Would it be ok to leave red lava rocks/pumice stones in the chickens' run? They have been weathered outside for years, and I could move them, but if I don't have to, that would be great!

Hello!! I just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. I copied and pasted the questions from the sample intro post. (1) "Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?" When I was a teenager, my family had a small backyard flock of chickens. Fast forward 12 years, and I'm...