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I currently have two roosters At one point had five. One is a four year old Wyandotte the other one Leghorn mix and q year old. The white one is at the bottom of pecking order an had been attacked by the other roosters I had. But a month or so agoo I noticed his nails were bruised purple. Than...

I'll posts pictures when I get home. But I hatched some wynadottes (3). One I know for sure is a girl fast feather grower has wings an tail feathers. The two others are much slower barely seeing wing feathers. Those ones had a single row of feathers on wings unlike the other one. But now one...

I'll posts pictures when I get home. But I hatched some wynadottes (3). One I know for sure is a girl fast feather grower has wings an tail feathers. The two others are much slower barely seeing wing feathers. Those ones had a single row of feathers on wings unlike the other one. But now one...

So I made a plastic tote still air incubator an hatched out three chicks.but would of had a total of seven some how my humidity spiked to like 80%and I lost four. I candled them today since they were due Saturday with no peeps or movement. The air sack was almost the size of the eggs. But I have...

So lock down is tomorrow. Im having trouble with keeping humidity past 47%. Temp has been pretty constant at 102 °f for the past week. this is a still/dry air incubation hatch. I was pretty successful with this method before but in a wooden box with four chicks. This time I build a plastic tote...

So right now I have two chickens a white lehorn 10mmonths old an a 13wk pullet. Now my leghorn stella is the sweetest little hen and eeven with chicks is at the bottom of pecking order. She will not peck back EVER. And I want to build another coop an pen in my back yard keep my spring chicks if...

So I have a 10month cockerel Big Red well he has VERY large comb an wattles. Now I've notice since he got all better from being attacked an started to get frost bite on his wattles an comb that sometime an especially at night that it gets bluish like this. Now his wattles stay normal but the...

I have two RIR from what I was told when I got them. But I was looking online an seemed like mine were more orange than red. So I was just wonder do they have different shades ? Gene pools etc? Here are my girls its the best pic I have at the moment.

I wanna make a garden just for my chickens once we get warmer weather. But don't know how I should go about it so they won't eat it up and tear it up. I was going to plant a variety of veggies for them an some herbs. But how should I have it all set up?

I'm redoing my coop come spring an was thinking of replacing my roosts which are large thick tree branches. Should I use something else?

This is my second hatch. Im only doing another small batch of eggs (7). So far I can see development in all but maybe two eggs but its only day five. So far I haven't found to much about it unless a fan is uses. But im doing a dry bator method like I did before in a wood box an had good luck...

So I have a big 3yr wyandotte an two of his 9month old sons an they use to favorite my little 9month old leghorn. They mated with her so much her back went bare an i brought her inside because its Maine an freezing. All of her feathers are almost back now. But now that she's been inside for...

Well this chick of mine keeps changing in the coloring was all black with blue an green sheen but now is getting some of its fathers coloring. I've always thought roo. Some have said pullet but idk. Now that its getting its fathers colors it starting to look like a roo with saddle an hackle...

Do you have to cut them? Or can you file them? I noticed that all of my flocks nails have gotten a bit long since its winter here in maine an they atent able to starch the ground as much. I just dont wanna risk cutting the vien and making them bleed. And i have one of those dog nail filers i...

Planning a second hatch. I had good luck with a dry hatch my first time an wanna do the same once i get all my eggs. What are some simple easy ways that wont require much to put together homemade dry hatch bators ideas you guys have done? My first hatch i used a wooden box that i had but i...

This will be my second try at hatching eggs. First time i hatched austorlop(hen) × wyandotte (roo) and the eggs were easy to pick because they layed a regular normal size for the breed and they were a year an half at the time. But i have a wyandotte hen i plan to use that just started laying...

Heres my late feathered chick. Sliver laced Wyndotte×Austorlop chick. Its feathers still growing in some spots and starting to get some sliver laced wyndotte colored feathers. I think its a roo compared to the sister chick who is definitely a pullet.the comb color in the pics also isnt as red as...

So i normally buy pellet feed because last time i boughy crumble over the summer i felt like they ate way more of it even with treats an free ranging all day. But it was also the cheap brand walmart sells but same size if that makes a difference. But i sent by boyfriend to get me feed an came...

So i was going threw the channels an i didnt even know fresh eggs daily was in maine i read the blog an thats about it. But lisa has her own show lol well thats cool she sorta reminds me of marth stewart. She talks about taking care of chickens an cooking so far.. But ill definitely watching more.

Today was almost 50 out! Compared to negative temps weve had for the past couplw weeks! Everyone enjoying themselves: ) before the storm Saturday. More snow! But hey thats maine for ya!