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I’m pretty new to homing pigeons. I’d been letting my birds loft fly for about a week and they hadn’t really been flying a lot. Just a little. But not routing. I did have one get scared off by a coops and the bird still came back an hour later. I was kinda worried about them getting lazy. I’ve...

Hiya friends, So my hen welshie just started laying. It’s currently a very solid fall here in the midwest and I’m not entirely sure what to do. These are her first eggs. I’d like her to go broody and hatch out babies, but I’m thinking this is a poor time of year for her to be doing that. If I...

Hi all, I have tried looking for threads with more info, but I’ve had little luck so I decided to post here. Feel free to direct me elsewhere if I’ve missed something. I currently have a mixed flock of a few hens and a few ducks. They seem to get on well enough. One female mallard I’ve had...

Hey all, I know this is a long shot but I’m hoping some of you lovely folks can help me. I lost my favorite chicken this past Memorial Day to a fox. It has really devastated me, as she was so special to me. I know there won’t be another chicken just like her, but I’d like to get a few more...

Anyone willing to offer opinions on my 3 welsh harlequins? I purchased them locally as a male and two females, which is what I think I may be looking at, but I’m fairly unfamiliar with how the breed typically colors as juveniles (I don’t even know what phase they are, as I didn’t ask). I know...

Is there any way to tell with a red mixed bird what it might be if it's not laying eggs yet? I'm leaning towards starlight egger, since it was part of an 'egg color variety pack' but I'm not super positive on what I have. I know they're all mixed breeds, but I'd like to know what to say these...

Hi all! In my recent order for chicks I selected 6 for ‘egg color variety’. Hoover lists only marans and various Easter eggers for that pack, but I’m pretty sure 3 of my chicks are not Easter eggers. After using their ID page and talking with a friend we are leaning towards golden comets. Would...

Sorry if this is in the wrong place. This is mostly just an...'I need a hug' style thread haha. I have been waiting to get chickens for SO long. Years now. We finally have a house, and I was going to wait another year, but things were hard and I was struggling. My hubby wanted to help cheer...

So we moved to a new place in December of last year, and I'd been planning for chickens at some point. Finally figured out what we were gonna do with the coop, and made some progress on it. Since we were gonna easily have everything ready in time, the hubs gave me the go-ahead to get chicks. Of...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new-ish. I have not yet kept my own chickens, but I have spent plenty of time on farms helping family members with them, and caring for chickens when the owners go on vacation etc. (2) How many chickens do you have right now...