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I am sorry if this is selfish, but I need help, even if it is just some stranger halfway around the country keeping a good thought or prayer in mind for me. I am having a very hard time, and I know I am not the only one. Which is why I feel selfish about writing this, but ya know what? This is...

Hello! I wanted to share a post regarding telltale signs you have an Easter Egger cockerel. This was only my experience, and I hope it helps somebody identify whether they have girls or boys. Basically this is not a for sure guide, just hopefully a helpful post. I was able to tell my cockerel...

I have two chicks from the pullet bin at the feed store. One from the Ameraucana bin (EE's) and one from the Rhode Island Red bin. I am posting pictures wondering... a: Is my Easter Egger pullet or cockerel? b.) is the little red chick a Rhode Island Red? I have never had one before so just...

LOL! I wonder if some chickens just.. Don't lay eggs.. I have an Easter Egger pullet who will be 1 year old in about two weeks. So she is about 11 1/2 months old. No eggs from her yet and I am certain there are no hidden nests ect in the yard. Has anybody else had a... Pullet I guess?? Go for...

None of you that's for sure!!! Hahaha. Went to the local feed store today with a friend, neither of us had intentions of getting chicks... We all know how THAT story goes! LOL! I got a Rhode Island Red from the pullet bin, along with a DARKLY marked Easter Egger pullet! Both just arrived...

Snapped some pictures yesterday. Sorry for the quality! The girls were VERY busy looking for worms and grubs to be photogenic hahaha. Enjoy! Munk and Roe dustbathing! Munk is an 11 month Easter Egger and Roe is a Black Australorp, not sure of age but she just started laying recently. Roe...

I know this is a dominant trait in dogs... But how about chickens? I have a Barred Rock hen (laying) and two new girls, a Black Australorp and a Black Copper Maran cross. The Barred Rock hen will run to one of the newer girls and they will usually squat and Joon, my BR hen, will MOUNT the other...

I got this from my Blue Ameraucana/Penedesenca x Black Copper Maran girl! Her namy is Abby This is Abby This is her normal egg, it is the darkest in this carton I got THIS today!!! COOOOOL!!!!!!! I loooove chickens!

I lost a 11 month old Dark Brahma last week to unknown causes. She went downhill very quickly and hadn't been eating or drinking by herself. I now have a second hen showing similar symptoms. Butternut is a 9 month old Wyandotte, fed all purpose/finisher crumbles with oyster shell suppliment...

She was a big beautiful sweet hen who laid huge 2.2 ounce eggs nearly everyday. She was sweet, and I loved to see her fuzzy panted legs running around the yard... She passed last night, warm in the house, from unknown causes. She was coming out of a molt and because very ill at the tail end of...

I have a Dark Brahma who has fallen very ill over the past few days. I need any advice or help! 1) What type of bird , age and weight.: Dark Brahma, 11 months old, unsure of weight but has lost a LOT in the last two days or so. 2) What is the behavior, exactly.: Very lathargic, not eating or...

My 10 month old Barred Rock finally laid her first egg today! It was MASSIVE. 2.1 ounces. She was tiiired after here are some pictures!! She was hatched around March 29th, 2010. Next to a large store white egg (washed out from flash) Next to my Wyandotte hen's egg

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/pet/2178755323.html "i have 6 hens and theyre too big for their coop so they end up sleeping on top, in the rain, like idiots... so im re-homing 3 of them. i have 3 females. 1 buff lace polish and one "blue" lace polish that threw silver/white instead of the...

Hello everybody! Well after a bad experience with finding a builder on Craigslist, some friends and I have decided to just do it ourselves with the help of some wonderful wonderful friends. So, what took this earlier "builder" 3 months to do, we will have finished in about a week (weather...

I ordered a coop from a builder on November 12th, 2010. That's when he got the deposit. Since then, it has been delay after delay, the builder has been VERY difficult to get a hold of, and it is now well past 3 months since I ordered it. The contract says 4-6 weeks, and his emails stated 3-4...

Alright so I have a Barred Plymouth Rock pullet who is about 38 weeks old, not laying. No squatting, no real big comb or redness, nada. She is my alpha hen so I actually was convinced she wouldn't squat ever, even when she lays. Then my Mom starts wondering if Joon, the BR, is confused on her...

Hello all! I am looking for two point of lay pullets. I would like any of the following breeds, Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire Red, or Black Australorp. Can be hatchery or otherwise. Looking to PICK UP, so not able to recieve shipments. Looking for anywhere located in or around the Sacramento...

Monica - 10 month old Dark Brahma (molting, but has laid) Joon - 9 month old Barred Rock (not laying yet) Munk - 9 month old Easter Egger (not laying yet) Butternut - 8 month old Splash Wyandotte (laying currently)

Monica - 10 month old Dark Brahma (molting) Joon - 9 month old Barred Rock Munk - 9 month old Easter Egger Butternut - 8 month old Splash 'Blue Laced Red' Wyandotte Right now, Butternut is my only laying girl. Monica was laying every day huge 2.2-2.3 ounce eggs but has stopped since molting...

Got pictures? Come on over and post them! More pictures are needed and I knew this would be the place to look for broody+chick photos! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=434361 Broody Hen Contest