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Hi everyone, Is this egg fertile? We’ve raised chickens before and had some that we ended up hatching so I know about the “bullseye” on fertile eggs. We only have two hens now that just started laying and I swear that this egg has the fertile halo around it! Input please :)

I was wondering your opinions on letting your chickens be free ranged or keeping them in an enclosed run. I’ve heard that free ranged keeps them quieter because they have more to do but also that an enclosed run makes them quieter because they feel safer. Is one better than the other? Any...

hi everyone, We’ve had multiple flocks of chickens and we’ve always raised them since they were chicks. We always have introduced them to the dogs and cat and it’s never been a problem. Our newest chickens are completely fine with people and they’ve kind of just ignored the other animals (the...

Hi everyone, So our chickens won’t sleep in the coop but will stay in the run. We do not have any mites so my idea is that the door is too small for them (it is about 8inx8in). My fiancé doesn’t think that’s why but I think that they don’t like the possibility of being trapped. Has anyone had...

Our chicks are Rhode Island Red (pullet) and supposedly Bantam Golden Laced Wyandotte (cockerel) mixes. The lady who gave us our Reds said they MAY have mated with the Golden Laced Wyandotte. But we find it strange that we got exactly 4 black chicks and 4 gold chicks. Could they be sex-linked?

Our chicks supposedly are Bantam Golden Laced Wyandotte (cockerel) and Rhode Island Red (pullet) mixes. Could they be sex-linked? Because we find it strange that we got 4 black chicks and 4 gold chicks. :D

We got chickens for the first time ever and they happened to have fertile eggs. So we bought an incubator and so far it's been a 100% hatch rate (2 more to go in a couple of days). But does anyone know if their colors are possibly an indicator of their gender? The 2 moms are Rhode Island Reds...