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I have been so blessed in the last week to be able to watch how families interact.. It's just amazing to me how they help one another out.. especially during hatching and raising of the chicks. I have two such families here and was able to capture on video what's going on.. First was Shadow...

I have a Beilefelder x EE hen that turned out rather smallish but has plenty of fluff.. I put her in with a Silkie roo with similar coloring. What I got was these two chick (now 5 weeks). The male has a big rose comb, and muffs and a sprinkling of the Beilefelder feather markings, while his...

Just want to welcome @Chyknwytch to the forums. She's from Maine and will be new to chickens this spring. :welcome

A funny thing happened today. When I collected eggs from the pen where my Cinnamon Queens and two EE hens reside, I found one tiny copper egg in the nest along with the regular sized eggs I have come to expect. Who or what could have laid that? Tiny copper egg on top is the one I'm asking...

I just put 10 eggs in the bator, well oops added one more. Due to hatch on Groundhog's Day! 4 Silkie crosses, 6, erm make that 7 bantam or bantam crosses. My new little guys needs some wives!

"I am in need of help, I have had a stroke and looking for someone to take some of my chickens for free. I am located in Covington County, Alabama. Please @CSolis or send a message!" 11-- 7 week old hatchlings 7-- 5 week old hatchlings

Just a pic to show you what TSC were selling as Ameraucana's and Cinnamon Queen chicks. Note the greenish eyes on the 'Ameraucana'? Nope.. can't be.

I have a genetics question for those who are experts here. I have a young cockerel (23 weeks old) who is out of one of the black hens in the photo (minus the one with red leakage) and possibly by a Barred Rock, Black Sex Link, or Cockoo Marans. My guess he's from the Barred Rock because he...

I already know what she is, but thought it would be fun to see who could get the closest to guessing her breeding.

Today is day 20 for the three eggs that are in the incubator. One got tossed early (day 6, no veins appearing), one got tossed day 16 (blood ring) leaving the 3 remaining eggs from my Black Sex Link hen and her Cockoo hubby. The two I've previously hatched from them are lovely kids... This is...

I've got several breeds all sorted by pens.. I keep a pair of Bielefelders, the biggest food hogs I have, A pair of Buff Orpingtons, do they even eat? EE's, a fair amount, and various others that fall in the same range. So what I have learned is everything I read about Bielefelders as far as...

I'd like to know which of your Roosters was your most favorite of all time.. Of course I'm still a noob at raising chickens, but by far my Cockoo Marans (almost roo) is my favorite. He's attentive to his partner.. sits in the hen house with her while she lays her eggs, then stays long after...

Lordy, One of the chicks I hatched and raised just turned 19 weeks old and when I go out to feed she'll come up and immediately squat and hold her wings out to the side... I pet her of course, but I can't believe she's already wanting to breed! The only 19 week old male I have (different dad...

I have a young Cockoo Marans/BSL cockerel who broke his wing. He had it amputated and has been in the house since Thursday morning. The first day he whined every time I left the room, and by Saturday I felt he was accustomed enough to get out and stretch his legs a bit. He's been a real joy...

I hatched 3 eggs from a Barred Rock Cockerel x Black hen, and 3 eggs from a Black Sex Link Cockerel x Black hen and all came out with some barring or speckles like this (GoOut.jpg image) However when I hatched eggs from my Black Sex Link pair, every single chick at 4 weeks is solid black...

I have 5 chicks nearing 2 weeks of age.. My first hatch ever.. 4 of them have wing feathers and the beginnings of tail, and the 5th is just now getting wing feathers although one of the largest. Has anyone had experience with pullets getting wing feathers before cockerels? Thought I read that...

I know the second photo is a cockerel.. all three of these white babies (6 weeks) were supposed to be EE's. The two with delayed comb development I hope are pullets. Any clue what breed?

I have 11 chicks in the brooder that are coming 5 weeks on Tuesday. I had put my first group of chicks out in their coop/run area at 6 weeks because they were HUGE and fully feathered. I have new areas set up for this batch, but they don't seem nearly as large as the first group. Of course...

Friday I picked up the last 5 chicks from a local breeder that are supposed to be EE's. I'm really not sure about that, because 2 of them, nearly identical (am only posting pics of one of the) have no cheek puffs, and the second one doesn't have any either and is dark grayish legged. These...

Yesterday I noticed one of my cockerels (13 weeks old) limping but still chasing bugs or whatever.. Today he was in the still open baby house along with everyone else but was the last to dismount and come to get treats. He's still limping but it seems a bit worse than yesterday. I've checked...