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I have a feeling I know what town this is. My mom fell in love with this adorable little town in Idaho, less than an hour from where my grandma was born and raised, and has been trying to convince me to move there with her. Well, I researched the city laws and saw that they are extremely...

I think your best bet is to plant something that the chickens *can* eat, but grows fast and heartily enough that it is not bothered by them. I have various herbs planted around my yard, yes they peck at them, but they are good for them (and therefore good for me via the eggs!). My favorite...

Oh wow, they definitely look a lot like the Golden Campine chicks at the bottom of the page of this page at Feathersite http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGA/Camp/BRKCampine.html. And that would explain the high set tails! Hard to tell at this age, but they look like pea combs. Maybe an...

These girls are supposedly 3 weeks old, though given their feathering I would guess a week or two older. The feathers were a bit ratty since they were over-crowded as well as being in with Guinea hens. Two of them have slightly puffy cheeks (nothing like my real Ameracauna chicks who looked like...

Seeing these pictures of hatching eggs makes my stomach fall-- how can I take responsibility for such an enterprise when I have no idea what I am doing?? (Nevermind that I lived at the poultry unit at Cal Poly and was responsible for tens of thousands of birds.... That was many years ago!)...

Hello! I was trying to read this thread via my iPhone, but could not really understand the first few posts so I just wandered away lol. I guess you caught me! I'm still on my phone though and the mobile app is really buggy so I can't use it much, and the page is big and cumbersome in my internet...

Thank you so much, Wyorp Rock! I really appreciate you taking the time to look at my chick pics and help to set my mind at ease. I will definitely be in the lookout for feather picking. I have a roost, sand, a box cubby for them to hide in (a friend's rabbit had outgrown it, the chicks seem to...

I just bought a few "Ameracauna" chicks, supposed to be 3 weeks old (also supposed to be Ameracauna but they don't quite look pure to me, cheeks are not as chubby as many others I have seen). Anywho, the feed store was closing so we were in hurry to catch them and pay and leave.... Upon getting...

He's finally starting to get tail feathers!! Heya! He's also starting to crow (and I have fairly close neighbors), so he is going to a friend of a friend's farm. Good luck little man!

Haha, small world, I grew up in Tehachapi!

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Has anyone kept a non-feathering chicken past a molt? I wonder if that would help? Hmm. The science of it all is intriguing me.

My Australorp cockerel is now ~4 1/2 months old, and still has less feathers than most chicks would at 2 weeks. Kind of. His neck finally feathered in, a couple days after I started supplementing with high protein feeds. But he *still* does not have any tail feathers at all-- nothing more than...

Hmm, I would guess rooster, especially because she is sweet and docile-- from what I have read young cockerels are usually the sweetest one of the bunch, until their hormones hit them they become anything from a bit standoffish to aggressive. I ended up with TWO roosters that were "90% sure to...

Are you still looking for a rooster? I have a young Black Australorp roo for free rehoming, he is a gentleman and was hand raised so I hate to see him go in a stew pot, but I cannot keep a cock as I am near neighbors. He is currently free-ranging daily in my yard with 6 other Australorps (5...

^^This is very interesting, I have only read about how much chickens lay, but it does not seem that literature takes into consideration how **long** they lay for! I would think that for many backyard chicken keepers, myself included, older hens will be kept, so length of lay is just as if not...

I have read that roosters feather slower than hens. I see that your post was back in April, how is she looking now? Update pic please?

I have heard/read that extra protein makes chicks grow faster (i.e.- necessary when growing broilers), so I was wondering if extra protein would help these runty chicks? It would make sense at least that it could help their feathering, since I read that chicks without enough protein in their...

Oh my goodness, I wish I could afford an incubator! Is anyone hatching some out in California perchance? I love the Australorp breed, but I also love COLOR!