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I read on the local news opinion forums that someone had dumped a flock of chickens in the bush sometime Sunday. By the time I got there Monday evening, the flock of twelve had already been decimated down to four. My daughter and I went back today and found one last live hen, for a total of...

I have five tractors that are identical in appearance. I conducted a little free ranging experiment today and I firmly believe my adult rooster couldn't figure out which tractor was his to lead his ladies back to their roost. In the end it took a combination of four tomcats, me, my daughter...

...and crows for the next three hours, until I feed at about 7:30. He's in a traditional A frame tractor, half roof, half wire. Tonight I threw a blanket over much of the wire portion so it will hopefully keep things a little dark a little later. Is there anything else I can do? Aside from...

These two were hatched from eggs bought from a teaching supplies store. I got them for free from the local classifieds. I can tell you they are HUGE for 8 weeks old; maybe some kind of Cornish X? They lived in a rabbit cage up until 2 hours ago. Just caught their first bug!

Well, I am hoping some are. Definitely got at least one Olive Egger. Tell me what you think! Green legs!

I have some hope for this one, although maybe Marans? This one looks like it might feather in blue, at least. Look at those green legs! Olive Egger? Right color....here's hoping.... This chick is the youngest and is neon yellow. How about a lightning round of "What the...

In my defense, this egg is completely oblong, like a football lol. There is an embryo developing in it but all the veining is at the pointy end of the egg. I turned it right side up; this is day 7. Have I doomed this chick? Should I assume it will be malpositioned? Or will 2 weeks be...

I bought a flock of four pullets and a young roo (some sort of Faverolle/Legbar/Silkie crosses) at a poultry sale on the weekend. Just one pullet is laying; she gave us four eggs last week. I put them in the incubator and the first two developed for a few days and quit. I know absolutely...

I bought a cheap Hovabator to try hatching eggs, and wasn't happy with how much the temperature fluctuated It seemed I was always fighting with it to maintain stable temps and after opening it (which I tend to do a lot) it took too long to come back up to temp. I ordered a fan for it (still...

My daughter and I are raising two batches of lavender Orpington chicks to breed, and for egg and meat consumption. We got a little impatient waiting for our first egg and decided to hit the local poultry sale and swap to buy some laying hens. It was our first time, and from what we heard we...

I have had my bigs (7 weeks) and littles (3 weeks) in the same coop with the littles in a completely enclosed 'play pen' for over a week now. I haven't attempted to leave the littles' door open so everyone can mingle yet. There is a BIG size difference between the two flocks and I am not sure...

I'm completely new to chicken keeping, but did a ton of research before picking up my chicks. These are a few things that I didn't know or expect: 1. They would always prefer to scratch around to find their food to eating it out of a dish. 2. From about a week old on, they will spill their...

I have a Tupperware of ground almonds, wheat germ, shelled hemp, ground flax, ground oatmeal and a pinch of Himalayan pink salt that I have been 'treating' my chicks with. They're now on strike when it comes to the store bought chick starter and seem to be waiting for me to show up with the...

This thread will be my account of my first foray into keeping chickens. Originally I wanted barred Plymouth rocks, but I am not known for my patience and I would have had to wait until mid-April to receive chicks. I wanted to buy directly from a small local supplier and the farm I found had...