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Afternoon everyone! On Tuesday I picked up three Silver Laced Wyandottes that had been born exactly 7 days ago, they're now a week old. I bought them straight run so is there any way at this age I can tell if they are male or female? The breeder still has some left over and I'd want to get more...

I'm expanding my flock and will be building a bigger coop. This coop will be 14' across by 8' deep, and will accommodate roughly 30-40 chickens. My question is how many nesting boxes would be needed? My current coop (which will become our quarantine coop for newcomers) can accommodate 10...

Evening Everyone, Currently my chickens are free range but with winter coming we want to construct a run. We have 10 chickens and 1 duck, how big of a run should they have? I've been researching and getting a lot of different answers. Our coop can accommodate up to 15 chickens so I guess I would...

This morning my brother in law thought he was doing a favour by letting our ducks out when he came into work this morning. Normally this wouldn't be an issue but with the days becoming shorter it isn't as bright at 630 as it use to be. Anyways, I heard the ducks and chickens going nuts shortly...

Evening Everyone, I have 4 Swedish Blue ducks that are roughly 20 weeks old. We raised them in our garage and then put them outside with our chickens. They get along great with the chickens, even hang out with the barn cats, but will not sleep inside. We've tried putting them with the chickens...

Afternoon everyone, My Swedish Isbar (roughly 6m old) started laying today and her egg, which should be a solid olive green has a blue band around it. I was wondering if this is a first time laying fluke? I'm not overly worried just curious. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!

Afternoon everyone, I'm new to backyard chickens and I have a question about this one specific chicken. I was given this chicken/rooster(?) as a day old by a family member, but they werent able to tell me what kind it was as they were hatching a variety at the time. Anyways, now that it is 7...