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My friend works at the shelter here in San Diego and took photos of some chickens that were brought in last week- I was wondering if anyone could identify the breed of these guys? She said the rooster was pretty big- so he is probably not a bantam. Not sure about then hens, from the photos they...

Hi All, I have a flock of five hens including one standard size blue cochin, two weeks ago she stopped laying completely. The others girls are all laying just fine, but she does not even go to her nest spot anymore. For those who raise cochins or have a lot of experience with them- do they...

well closer to a year and half, but who's counting? I wanted to post pictures of my coop right when it was being finished, and my coop now- mostly because the bougainvilla has grown over the coop and it looks so pretty Besides the flowers, I have also moved my waterer from inside the coop, to a...

I have a flock of five hens, they are all approximately 6 months old now, the first to start laying was my RSL Lady, she has been laying for over a month and going strong. Several weeks ago my cuckoo maran Violet started laying too, but last week she stopped! I thought she was just taking a...

Took some more pictures of my lovely ladies out foraging in the yard. My beautiful black australorp Belle is STILL not laying! Just look at those wattles! Even her ears have wattles, if anyone who reads this has an australorp how long did it take them to start laying? I love my chooks, they are...

These are some images of my girls out last weekend enjoying the sunshine, please forgive my overgrown lawn, I swear I mowed it today! check out Speedy my supposed Welsummer- I bought these girls from a little farm and she was sold as a welsummer- and her coloring is right.. but I just don't...

I am currently out of town attending the Global Pet Expo in Orlando, FL. On Wednesday I got a terrible call from my bf, my normally sweet and well behaved dog killed one of my BRs. My bf had apparently left my dog staked out in the back yard while he ran errands, and also left the chickens out-...

Today my bf called me at work and said that Lucy my little EE had been scalped by my three BR girls, I went home and it is pretty gnarly, all her skin and feathers are gone from the back of her head and neck- I have isolated her in a box in the house and got her to eat a little scrambled egg...

So I got home late from work tonight and my bf had forgotten to shut the coop up and my three BR ladies were sleeping outside the coop, two EEs inside- I went to go grab the three girls to put them on the roost and heard a sound on the fence- looked up and there was a HUGE opossum standing and...

So my EE hen Gertrude has not laid an egg in a few days, she also seems more lethargic than the other girls- standing/laying around a lot, going to bed earlier than the rest, and her butt is really poopy- no sign of egg yolk or blood though. I brought her in and gave her a warm bath, cleaned up...

I am considering adding two bantams to my flock of three standard sized BR girls, I would be getting adult birds- Do you think there would be any issues with the larger pullets picking on the bantams? Would they get along? I just don't want to introduce birds only to have them picked to pieces...

I got my first egg! In fact I got Two first eggs!! Happened while I was at work, BF found one in the coop, I found one outside the coop when I got home! They are lovely little brown eggs- I am so proud of my girls next to a Trader Joes egg:

one of my pullets- DeeDee squatted for me today! Its the first time that has happened, I am so excited! She shook off after and it was so cute, hope this means eggs soon!

My three barred rock pullets are now 6 months old, hatched May 7th- they are still not laying! A few weeks ago I was sure they were going to be laying soon because they were being very loud in the morning- now nothing. They are very quiet, no laying behaviors at all- not interested in the nest...

My head hen Dottie was squawking her head off this morning at 7am, I thought something was out bothering the girls, but no just Dottie flapping around squawking and chirping and bawking, maybe she thinks she is a rooster. I was hoping she was laying an egg and it was the famed Egg Song, but...

Yesterday I let my 7 week old BR girls free range all afternoon while I was out back with them, they had such a good time. Wish I could let them free range more often Here is Florence Dottie and DeeDee, team foraging! All the girls My cat Dexter watched the chickens with me, though I...

I finally finished by chicken coop! Hope you all like it! I really appreciated all the great coop designs on this site, it was very helpful having other designs to work off of. I'm no carpenter but I think it turned out pretty well Here are some pictures of the process, and the final product...

well today I moved my three 5 week old BR chicks out to the big coop, finally finished it! When it started to get dark they were making quite a fuss, I closed them in the coop with a solar light and they calmed down. Checked on them at 8:30pm, all sleeping in a pile in one corner. then at 9:40...

I am almost done building my coop, I have three BR girls ( I want to add more chickens though! I'm hooked..) What size should I make the nesting boxes?

My 4 week old BR chick Dottie has been sneezing a bit recently, no crusties around her nostrils, or other signs of sickness. she is eating, drinking, and pooping normally. So far the other two chicks don't seem to be sneezing- but I am worried that this could turn into something worse. Any...