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Hi all! I have a broody buff who has been sitting on a small clutch of eggs for 2 weeks and another broody who has been sitting on a clutch for 8 days. All seems well after candling but now the hen who was on the nest for a week has decided to give up! This was her first clutch, my buff is a...

Hi all! I got my constantly broody buff Orpington four fertilized eggs, 2 copper maran and 2 cream legbar to make her dreams of being a mom come true. She has dutifully sat on the nest for 21 days and now I hear chirps coming from all four! I’ve read all sorts of things about hatching mostly...

Hi everyone! My very large BLRW just went through a molt, I increased her protein and most of her feathers have now grown back in beautifully however she’s displaying some odd behavior. She seems very lethargic sitting in one spot a lot. Even when I threw out some mealworms everyone else went...

Hi everyone, one of my girls is a huge BLRW who refuses to use the indoor nest boxes so we made her an outside box which worked great until a local scrub Jay found it and now waits outside the box for her to lay and then pecks a hole in her egg as soon as she leaves! I have tried ceramic eggs...

Just finished our coop by adding the nesting boxes (counting down to our first eggs 4-6 weeks!!) It cost us about $600 to build but is way bigger and sturdier than anything we could have bought pre made for that price. The roosting area is 7'x4' and the enclosed run is 11'x4' with the outside...

Hi, I just went out to my coop and my RIR Rosie had a fly paper stuck to her!! I have no idea where it came from, I managed to get it off gently but now her feathers all down one side are matted and gummed up together with this horrible stuff!! Any ideas how to get it off appreciated! I tried...

Hi all! These are my first hens, I have six and am noticing they seem to be losing quite a few feathers. You wouldn't know to look at them, they are Just over thirteen weeks old and their feathers look amazing and so soft! They seem really healthy, I'm feeding them an organic complete layer feed...

Ive had my girls for 11 weeks now and have spent a lot of time with them so they are extremely tame. As well as the usual maintenance jobs around their coop I take a chair out in their run and they flock to me for cuddles, sit on my shoulders, preen my hair, maybe take a snooze in my lap, I...

Hi everyone, I'm new to chickens so would appreciate any help. Several of my 9 week old chicks are doing little sneezes and releasing a clear watery discharge. They seem otherwise completely happy and healthy. Their eyes are bright, they all have plenty of energy are eating well (medicated chick...

Hi everyone at BYC! Firstly let me say thank you, your site has been absolutely invaluable to me as a new chicken mom! I've wanted chickens for years and finally had the opportunity so we built a 6x4 coop with a 10x4 enclosed run in an 18x18 fenced run and I got my six lovely girls (1 BO, 1BR...