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Ok, that makes sense. Thanks everyone for helping me figure this out!

...so what does that make my chicken...?

No, he's only four months old

Wow, this is new. What breed do you think he is?

I'm pretty sure it's an ameraucana, the people at the farm and garden center where I got him said it was kinda rare for ameraucanas to be all white like that.

I got my hens (2 ameraucanas, 2 barnevelders) in April, so they're about 4 months old now. I worry that one of my ameraucanas is a rooster...it's the noisiest, bossiest, and has the biggest and brightest comb out of all of them. I've included a photo, and I'm not sure if you can tell or not but...

I have a tall bush growing along my fence in my backyard that grows these small red berries every summer (picture included). Each berry is about half the size of a pea. I always see birds swooping down to eat them, so I was wondering if they were safe for my hens. I'm not sure what type of...

Thank you! I will try this, all this info helps a ton.

This video helped me a bunch:

I'm currently raising two 3-week old barnevelder chicks and two 2-week old ameraucana chicks. They get along fine, they're all eating a healthy amount and everything. Yesterday I noticed one of my ameraucanas had wet poop stuck to her butt, so I got a paper towel to clean her off and didn't...

Introducing 1 week olds who know each other and have established the brooder as home to other new 1 week olds won't be a problem, will it?

I'm slightly worried. I got two 1 week old barnevelder chicks recently. They're perfectly healthy and doing fine together in the brooder. My city allows a max of four hens per property, and I also want to get two ameraucana chicks in addition to the barnevelders. My problem is that the farm and...

That makes sense, thanks.

This is all great information. How exactly would I break a bird from broodiness, though? If it is possible for them to become un-broody, I definitely want to know how.

So, having backyard chickens recently became legal in my city. I can only have 4 hens and no roosters, and city officials need to come to my house and make sure the coop and run are suitable for having chickens. I've done tons of research about them, and I'm pretty much ready to submit my...

Thanks so much! It's really great to get an experienced opinion on different breeds. I think I'll get mine at the Anoka-Ramsey farm and garden center, though, that Cluckies recommended earlier. I called to ask about different breeds available and the operator guy said they have all of the...

Thank you so much, this is wonderful information!

Excuse my ignorance, but what's an SS?

Haha, that is life. Well I live in Coon Rapids, slightly north of the twin cities. I'm really not looking to get chicks this instant, because in order to keep them legally you must submit an application and everything, then have people come and inspect your land and give you the ok to build the...

Hellooo! I'm new to the site, but I live in central mn and want to know more about raising chickens at home, so here I am! Raising backyard chickens just recently became legal in my city, so I'm super excited to possibly get into it. Do any of you know of a good place to purchase chickens in mn...