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Ok y'all, I need some help. I have a broody hen(BLRW splash-big girl) She's been in her nest box for about a month now I'd guess, maybe a week or so more. At first we we're removing the eggs daily and shooing her out of the box b/c it's the favorite box for all my hens. Then she became very...

Hi all, I have a mixed flock of 30 chicks almost 6 weeks old and I'm seriously thinking about adding Turkeys to the mix. We found a place up north selling all sorts of started birds, they will be 4 weeks old at the time of sale which is set for June 10th. I'm happy they will be 4 weeks old...

This is Sienna. She is 3 weeks 4 days old and is one of 15 chicks in an all pullet rainbow selection I got from Murray hatchery. I hope you can see it, a handful of her feathers are curling outwards. She is the only chick with this coloring. I suppose she could be a frizzle and that would be...

Hi all, Not sure if here is the best place to put this but I thought I'd try it since it involves the design of our run for the chickies. The plan is to put an apron of hardware cloth extending about 2 feet from the base of the run on the outside, but I'd like to line the outside of the run with...

We ordered the all pullet rainbow assortment from Meyer and for the life of me I can't figure out what they sent us! Most of our chicks were light colored, some with a little more reddish or brown chipmunk-y stripes on their backs, but I don't recognize any of the breeds now that they're...

I know it's a ways off for those of us who just got our first flock of chicks, but I was thinking about it today and found myself looking at basket weaving kits (something about having chicks and the thought of having fresh eggs has awakened a whole new level of self-sufficient...

Hi all, I am brand new to chicks. I have a mixed flock. One of my barred rocks is the runt and we can't get her to look down for food. She walks around, literally through the soft mash (chick starter mixed w/water and probiotics) to peck at other chicks like she's trying to get crumbs off their...

Hi to everyone! This site has been my go-to since before we got our chicks. Everyone is so helpful and I hope as I learn more I can be a help to someone too. My first chicks were hatched Monday 4/10/17. We ordered 16 from Meyer hatchery. It was 15 for the all pullet rainbow assortment...