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Wool carpets are fancy right? I guess we'll see what the chickens think of it. I usually sprinkle diatomaceous earth and then top with a layer of pine shavings, but I ran out of shavings and I'm not going to make a special trip just to get some but I do have a bag (well more like 8-10 bags) of...

From the few experiences I've had growing chickens I've had more health issues with any chickens bought from a feed store thus from a large hatchery, than the ones we've hatched either from our neighbors hens or our own. Maybe this is more of a hybrid vigor factor since those hatched with us or...

My australorp hen (Poppy) has a swollen abdomen and it acting rather lethargic. She doesn't appear to be having any trouble breathing but her poo matches the chicken that had ovarian cancer that had spread to other organs from this...

So this all started when my two hens: Marigold (Buff Orpington) and Poppy (Australorp), were joined by a mystery rooster who showed up at our house, we named him Dundee (since he was on a walkabout). I hatched a several small batches of eggs and thus began the Mystery Rooster Lineage since he...

Here a picture from last week of my handsome boy, Glasspoole: My almost-6th month old Australorp/Mystery-mix-breed cockerel (pictured above) seemed sore on one leg yesterday so we moved him into the small section on the coop so he could recover from what I assumed was a pulled muscle since I...

I have a Buff Orphington named Marigold, who had a complete personality flip from previously being very submissive. I had her and my other hen with a rooster for awhile but he became people aggressive and started overdoing it so that my other hen was starting to loose feathers on her back. I got...

We currently have 3 little roos that we were planning to re-home/sell or take to the auction when they're a bit bigger. The handsome cream boy is only 6wks old and just learning to crow but so far he keeps his beak closed and it's the most adorable muffled crow. I'm assuming he'll learn to open...

My broody hen isn't feeling well so I'm going to take away her 1 egg and put it in the incubator. I have 1 egg in the incubator that is on day 16 and the egg from the hen is day 18. I'm planning to turn off the turner and go into lock down with both eggs today when I move in Day 18 egg. Though...

I have 11 eggs in my incubator, they were anywhere from a day to 2 weeks old when they went in, and all were laid within 3 weeks after I got rid of the rooster so I'm expecting a super low hatch rate. I'm still new to this but I wanted to only candle the eggs once (less chances of me dropping...

If anyone has hatched some older eggs I'd love some feedback about your experiences. I've been saving up eggs since the day I gave the rooster away (aggressive behavior), googled it and it said a hen can still be laying fertile eggs for up to 4 weeks after the rooster is gone. I was planning to...

I've got 8 eggs under a broody hen, got rid of the rooster since he got aggressive and when I did a quick search is said the hens can lay fertile eggs for up to 4 weeks. I'd like to get some input on if I should try incubating some eggs? Eggs are from another hen. Even if I don't incubate them...

Hen: Poppy the Australorp She was getting a bit bald from the big rooster who I re-homed a few days ago, trying to move her into the other coop resulted in the little Polish rooster being a psycho and keeping her forced in a corner and accosting her anytime she tried to go anywhere. We...

I've got two broody hens, one went into mama mode once the eggs started to hatch and the other is all about the eggs and doesn't care about the chicks. I have moved Coco (the mama hen) and chicks into a separate section of the coop so they can be together. Gucci the other hen is still on the...

I've got two broody Silkie/Polish crosses that I gave eggs from my big hens to hatch. So the big day came when the first 2 hatched and then Coco went mama mode. I have moved Coco into a separate section of the coop with the chicks. Gucci could care less about a chick crying next to her and only...

I just had 2 chicks hatch yesterday, we have them on medicated chick feed with broody silkie/polish mama taking care of them (she hatched the big chicken eggs). There are still eggs under the other broody hen that could also hatch at any time. How important is giving the Marek's vaccine right...

This handsome devil showed up shortly after I got my polish rooster and after I was unable to find his origins I just had to keep him. I'd like to get some input on what breeds he might be a mix of. His name is Dundee since he showed up on a walk-about. In the second pic he's with my buff...

My big rooster got pretty protective once he got his hens but he's getting even more so lately. He only has 2 hens, would getting more hens for him help? I figured maybe he's being overprotective since he only has the 2 and if he had more he'd mellow out a bit. I was thinking I might just get a...

Turns out when I went to pick her up it looks like a Slipped Achilles Tendon (with the foot almost completely twisted around, poor thing). Which the girl caring for her just assumed was a broken foot (I never really liked her). From what we've looked into chances are slim on fixing her leg since...

Hello, I had some chickens at the end of high school and they ended up staying at my parent's farm when I moved out, after a couple years my family rehomed them all for me since the 3 adult chickens I started with had grown into basically three separate flocks totaling almost 35 chickens after...