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I have a Naked Butt Barred Rock - she's defeathering herself to line the nest box (her favored nest box is full of her distinctive feathers) and she's 2nd of 5 in the pecking order, so I'm pretty sure it's not the other chickens. I've tried adding material to her favorite nest box (straw...

I have four 12 week old hens (two EEs, one GSL, one Barred Rock) who have been living out in the coop and run about 3 weeks now. I also have two 8 week old Welsummers, one pullet and one cockerel. I don't want to keep the cockerel and plan to give him away, but I didn't want the pullet to be by...

Continuing on from this thread, wherein we were playing "guess the gender": https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=318348 The chickens in question are now 12 weeks old. Both are EEs, although Lucinda is looking very RIR. Lucinda on the left, Frankie (Francesca, formerly...

Not sure if this belongs in "Raising chicks" or here, but I'll try here first. I have four 9-week-old hens (well, one is probably a roo, but I'll keep calling it a hen until I have absolute evidence otherwise). They are outside in the coop and run. I also have two 4-to-5 week old Welsummer...

Well, since 2 out of 3 of my EEs are probably boys, here are my other two chances for pullets. (Edited to add: these are 5 week old pullets.) First up, the Silver Wyandotte, Wynona (these chickens are all named for singers. Next batch will probably be authors and then characters and then...

The farm store I got my chicks from now tells me that they got a mixed lot from the hatchery the week I picked up my chicks and the GSLs and "red broilers" were mixed together. At 4 weeks, the chick one of the smaller chicks out of 3 EEs, a Barred Rock and a Silver Wyandotte. Wouldn't a meat...

I have 6 chicks, somewhere between 3-4 weeks old. I believe I have a Silver Wyandotte, a gold sex-link, a Barred Rock and then 3 EEs. My favorite EE, of course, is the one I'm not sure of. Very inquisitive, the first to try a new food. Reasons to think it is a pullet: yellow comb no wattles yet...

We brew our own beer (extract method) and grind our own grains. Fellow homebrewers, do you feed your chickens the left-over cooked grains?

After buying Damerow's book, I've been collecting items for my "chicken emergency" box. So far I have some basic supplies like scissors and bandages and tape, but I've added blue kote and a poultry-approved dust for lice and mites. What other kinds of things would you add to the box? (Yes, I...

My chicks are only a few days old, but I want to start seeds for a "chicken garden" so they'll have something ready in a month or two. I used to grow lettuce on my porch in those long red plastic planters (about 3' long and not quite a foot wide), but I built myself a lettuce cart on wheels, so...

Pics here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=50509 Including the new chicks!

The organic poultry starter I bought is not medicated, and the feed store didn't think any of the chicks had been vaccinated. There are no other chickens in the area, although we do live on a wildlife/bird refuge that has a large wild bird population (from golden and bald eagles, pelicans...

My local farm/feed stores have just started getting chicks in, and they usually have them through the end of April or so. We're about to build a an insulated outdoor coop, but plan on raising the chicks in the house, at least at the start. I'm fine with small chicks in the house and maybe moving...

Hi, all! Just registered to post, although I've been reading for awhile. Reading through the forums, browsing books and topics, I've made my first attempt at a design. I plan on around 8 laying hens, but I am also planning on housing my laying retirees. The basic floor plan is 8'x6' . The...