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I’ve been keeping chickens for a few years, raised some chicks, but they’ve all been purchased and I more or less knew their breeds. It is always fun seeing the tiny fluffies grow into their different colors. Some chicks look very similar until they get older. I’m not telling you anything you...

I plotted and got myself a dozen chicks that I’m hoping are all different breeds (except one). Unfortunately some are super similar and I think I just have to be patient and wait it out to see who develops which breed traits as they’re so similar as chicks. Here is my graphic of which chicks I...

I know I may never actually know the answer to this question, but it is driving me crazy! Reading up on all of my hens, I have not found any that are said to regularly lay this egg. So here is what I have if you want to help me figure out the mystery. I have 13 hens right now. I know which egg...

I have a dozen chicks (mixed laying breeds but all full sized, no bantams) coming next week. I have current flock of 16 chickens that live in our old barn and free range on 5+/- acres during the day (technically 40 but they don't usually venture far into the cow pasture lol). I am actually going...

We got this chick as a baby fluff ball in March. She was supposed to be a California White. She is quite the character, first to fly up out of the brooder, first to fly up to perch on us ❤️ but she is not white. She has a few black spots like I’d expect. I thought maybe just strange coloring...

When I signed up here about a year ago, we lived in the city, we were planning our wedding, and planning a move to the country “someday”. Well, I am beyond pleased to announce that we closed on a 40 acre place in podunk Colorado just after Christmas! We got my horse and mini moved out here...

First off I'm new to chickens, and even newer to eggs from chickens. I got my first three chickens a few weeks before my second three, so I suppose I've had chickens for 6 weeks now? The first three hens are 7+ years old and I'm not really expecting any eggs from them. If I get any it will be a...

I'm laughing because I'm adding one more thread among the zillions about HEY what are these chickens? It also gets to be a tiny bit of a mystery reveal because I only snapped one picture tonight before the sun got too low and I didn't want to freak them out with the flash. Anyway, so I got 3...

I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but if I have 6 hens, some of whom are older and not really laying much, is it enough to have 2 nesting boxes for the group of them? I have one hen that likes to sleep in one of the boxes. The three new ones (that I don't have yet) will be laying more than the...

I'm trying to wade through all of the information on this site and the internet to see what is best for my chickens. I have some back story and information about the chickens now vs in a few months and I'd love to get some opinions on ways to improve what I feed them, some ideas on amounts, and...

More precisely, I have 3 hens. AND A cute little coop for them in my backyard. I have a couple of awesome friends who gave me tours of their chicken operations and then a waterer (and heater for under the waterer so it doesn't freeze), and a feeder, and of course the one who gave me these hens...

I'm SO EXCITED! I'm getting my first 3 chickens possibly this weekend (or as soon as I have housing for them). One of my friends has been wanting to rehome her 3 older hens and I found pictures of them. I know they're not the best, but from these pictures I think the one hen might be a golden...

Heather. I know my screenname says HBR Ranch, but can I tell you a secret? Said ranch does not actually exist yet. My fiance and I are working on getting some land in Eastern Colorado and then at some point in the future we'll turn that into our ranch, moving out there a bit at a time while...