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I recently had a flock of 16 chickens! That was a lot for me because I could sadly not maintain a flock of that size. Fortunately, my friend took nine, and I was left with 7. This Friday, I am dropping off a rooster to a lovely home and hope to have his three sons rehomed soon. After those four...

Hello BYCers! 👋🙂 I’m coming to you in this thread with a sticky situation. I hope that this is problem that can be solved and will not result in me losing any of my hens. The Story: Two of my year-and-a-half-old hens caught the broody bug over a month ago. Being good mothers, they separated...

Hello BYC! Recently one of my smaller hens hatched 16 eggs that my family and I were unaware of until hatch day. Sadly, due to cats and a hawk in the area, we’ve lost 7. We tried our best to enclose them, but they seemed always to find a way out. They’ve been growing rapidly, and Mother Hen has...

This little guy seems to be in deep trouble. The chick is a week and a half old. I’ve arrived home from school and saw the chick's leg injury. I have no idea what could have happened. Its leg is very bruised and swollen. Its bleeding is minimal. Most of the blood came from one of the feather...

This is Rocky. I received him from a neighbor at three months old, and he is currently a bit over a year. They didn’t say what breed he was or anything about where he came from or his parents. I assumed that he was a Barred Rock, but now I am second-guessing my assumptions. His barring doesn’t...

Hello! I currently have a year old hen who I’ve concluded is broody for apparent reasons. Two of these reasons are that she is very dedicated to her nest rarely leaving it, and is aggressive when I approach her. I’m allowing her to hatch two eggs. This is my very first broody hen, and I wanted...

Hello all. I’ve noticed a change in my chickens’ legs and have become concerned. I believe, according to some research on the internet, that they have scaly leg mites. I have concluded this because of the dead-looking, lifting scales on their legs. The mites don’t seem to hinder them, though the...

Hello everyone! Flappy Bird, here. I’ve had chickens for about a year now. Just a few months ago, I had a healthy flock of eight chickens, but unfortunately, two have been taken from it, leaving me with only six. These chickens have been the source of my healing since my grandmother passed. My...