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my dad has a rag tag mix of chickens- some mixed breed home breds, some feed store chicks, some “rescues” from people that have given him their flock. He gave me this rooster today and I’m not sure which category it belongs in! Is this a typical color pattern for a specific breed or is it most...

Hello all! I have a flock of 5 hens who are in their second year. My dad has an "extra" mature rooster that's getting a bit beat up in his free range flock that he has offered to give me. Here are my questions: 1. The hens are all currently going through their first real molt and on top of...

I have a broody hen! :celebrate I know a lot of people wouldn't celebrate this but I told myself that the only way I would get new chicks this year was if one of my hens went broody, I'd buy her some eggs to hatch. I figured it was unlikely but one of my BSL's (about 10 months old) has been...

I just want to mention this for anyone who might be interested. When I built my nest boxes I didn't put enough thought into the design, and as a result I had a hinge on the top that allowed rain and snow into the nest boxes. After we had a blizzard in November and my nest box was COMPLETELY FULL...

Hey BYC fam! Wondering the best way to stretch a coop to fit more chickens? With spring finally looking like it's coming to the midwest, all the peeping at TSC has my willpower threadbare... but my coop is close to at it's limit already! Is there some contraption that will magickally make it...

I have 6 chickens, 3 are 6 months old and 3 are 9 months old. Two of the 9-moth olds seem to be molting or losing feathers just on their heads... is that likely? It looks like the feather shafts are still there but they’re spiky and white. Hopefully these pictures will come through ok, they...

I did a quick search but kept getting the cock-a-doodle-do kind of crow as opposed to the large black bird kind. I noticed several crows around my pond today and wondered if I should be wary of free-ranging my chickens with them around, but the chickens didn’t seem concerned at all.

I have 8 pullets. Half of them are 6 months old (2 RIR, 2 GLW) and the other half are 3.5 months (BSL). I have attached pictures of my coop setup. It is 4’ x 8’ with two 4’ roosts, 16” from the wall and 16” between each other, both about 3’ High. Their feed and water are also in there. And i...

Looking pretty cocky to me... what do the eggsperts say? Slightly smaller bodied than my other RIR, not aggressive at all, very talkative.

Hello all! I wouldn't dub this an emergency, but it is an ongoing situation I am keeping my eye on. I have 6 pullets that are almost 10 weeks old- 2 RIR, 2 Barred Rock, and 2 Wyandottes. One of the BR has always been a bit of a runt. History: At 4 days old it was super wobbly and couldn't...

So, while my babies are still just 4.5 weeks old and I'm impatiently waiting to post new photos of my suspected cockerel... now I'm coming to terms that Caramel may indeed be a boy (his crest is soooo pink). What would be any interesting/fun characteristics of a Golden Laced Wyandotte rooster...

How do you make sure your ducklings have access to relatively clean/fresh water all day without refilling or changing it constantly? I am not at home during the day (work) so what can I do to make sure they don't just drink it all or splash it all out within an hour of me leaving in the...

4 weeks + 2 days today... comb is definitely getting reddish and there are some teeny reddish waddles (i thought one was a scratch at first) that I didn’t get a picture of.

Hello all! I'm currently raising 6 chicks, but my hair-brained little brother decided to buy two mallard ducklings and raise them in his dorm room (don't even get me started:rant) "until they get too obnoxious to keep in there" so I'm sure they will end up at my house in very short order. I have...

So! The chicks have moved to the coop and it's pretty much all set in there, with the exception of nest boxes which I'm not going to worry about for a while. My attention now has turned to the run. I have 50 linear feet of 6' tall chain link dog panels attached to a side of my coop, so my run...

Starting a thread here now that I actually have my chicks! The Beginning: Fall 2017 we bought a property with 9+ acres so I could bring my horse home. Shortly after I got the itch to get chickens. I spent the winter months researching and planning for the chicks to come home over spring break...

General question: Excluding obvious sex-linked breeds like RSL, BSL, and other auto-sexing breeds... are there chicken breeds that can be sexed earlier than others? Specific case, advice welcome: I don't want any roosters but I think where I'm getting my chicks there are some breeds that are...

Short question: is there anyone who has nests in their coop that aren't enclosed boxes, meaning they don't have a "roof" on them? I would like to just use a box or a basket for them to lay in. I'm not having my next boxes built into the side, they will be inside my coop, but within reach of the...

Just curious... I'm still a long way off as I won't even get my chicks until March so I won't need an answer to this question for many months... but I was wondering if I could use a mason jar chick feeder with a base like the one pictured for oyster shell and grit (separate feeders) when the...

Hello all! I have a 4' x 8' shed that I plan on converting to my chicken coop (4-6 chickens is my plan, I know- I've been warned about chicken math but I have pretty good self-control). The roof slants one way, it is approximately 7' tall on one long side and 6' tall on the other side. I want...