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Hi everyone, I was scrolling through this forum trying to read up on what people thought of the taste/size/etc of the Cornish Cross chicken breed and decided to post my own results. We butchered ours at 5.5 weeks, and wow, what a range in sizes we got! Our runt was 2.5lb and Big Bertha was 4.3...

Hi all! I have 4 8 week old Silkies. This post contains 3 of them, as I was sick of getting covered in chick poo to get these photos, haha. The fourth has a single comb, perhaps is a Frizzle cross, so jury is still out on that one. What do you think of these 3 8-week-olds? Pullets or Cockerel...

Hi there. Here is my now 8 week old Olive Egger mix. S/he is SO friendly. I used to think s/he was a boy, but then her/his comb stopped progressing ahead of the other chicks. And now, her/his tail feathers look a bit pointy to me, and I’m not sure I can rule out that this chick is a boy. What...

I am deciding which breed rooster to add to my flock and saw a beautiful photo online of a BPR roo that had some blue tail feathers. Is that common or did someone cross BPR with another breed to achieve that? thanks!

Hi all, In September, I got 3 bantams from a neighboring farm, two hens and 1 roo. This is my first time having a rooster, and I chose this breed because my neighbor has the same kind and he’s very friendly. They are all 1 year old but have grown up free ranging and I’m guessing not handled a...

Did I buy a lemon? Will she not lay until spring? Located in SE Michigan, temps are 20s at night/ 30s/40s during the day. Her sister the same age started laying weeks ago!

Hello, I am hoping to move my chicks outside (3 weeks old) soon. Current nighttime temps are around 20s, and I have heard that some brooder plates don't work below a certain temperature. However, I am having trouble finding this information provided by manufacturers. I purchased one from TSC...

I’ve seen threads on here say it’s too early to tell gender, but this chick looks suspiciously roo-ish... thoughts?

Located in SE Michigan. Working on raising layer hens for Spring. I have some chicks hatched 11/6/20 that I could put new ones with. Let me know what you have! :)

Hi all, it is now day 24 and I finally took out the rest of the eggs that didn’t hatch. 3 were scrambled (probably rough shipping?), 1 was a double yolk, and 1 was this chick :( any ideas what happened? It is a BCM.

Hi all, I recently hatched 4 Silkies. 3 Blue/Grey and 1 black. I read some things about trying to sex them, and one article said round heads at hatch are female and square are male. If that’s the case, I think I have 2 hens and 2 Roos. Is there any way to tell the gender of Silkies? Some people...

Interesting color (or lack thereof):

I found this in the coop this morning, on top of the nesting boxes. Current situation: of my 6 hens, 4 are laying. Two EE's are freeloading, but they have both squatted, although not regularly. One squats more/longer than the other. All 4 hens laid eggs yesterday, so I have no reason to believe...

Hatching eggs arrived with some broken, the egg leaked onto other eggs. I carefully wiped them but am worried this will affect hatching rate. Anyone know?? Thanks

This is a picture of one of my neighbor’s hens. I’ve never seen any pecking or bullying first hand, but I noticed another hen before this that also has some bare patches. Sorry for unclear photo, I couldn’t get close to the hen in question. She has a bare neck... thoughts?

We have another layer! I mistakenly thought her egg would be white - Townline Hatchery states "cream white" - I would say more like light brown. Shouldn't be that much of a surprise as she is a Partridge Rock x Sussex.

Hello. My Mystic Marans hen laid her first egg today! While it is pretty, I am disappointed it is not a dark chocolate like Townline Hatchery’s website assured me they would be. I think these Marans are a mix of Black Copper and Barred Rock. Do you think these eggs will get darker as she...

Anyone have any idea what these chicks would look like? Dad is Mille Fleur d'Uccle. Found fertilized eggs and wondering if I should try a hatch...

Hi all, My birds free range, although they have been confined to their run the last week to let a food plot germinate (they were eating all the seeds). My Isa brown started laying, but when we tasted her egg(hard boiled), it was not great. My neighbors eggs taste amazing and his birds don’t...

Hi all, I have a chance to purchase a breeding pair of Golden Neck D'Uccle bantams from a local farm. They were hatched Spring 2020, same as my existing flock of 6 standard breed hens. Would it be okay to just put them together, since they are young? Or how should I go about this? I only have...