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Anyone else have weird cross breeding going on? My Easter Egger with a beard & fuzzy cheeks laid eggs fertilized by a black silkie roo. Two babies hatched and they are adorably unique.

Anyone else talk to your chickens like they should understand you? I have 20. They all have names. I assume they know their names and I refer to them as such. I also have conversations with them like I would a human. Me: "Does anyone know what time it is? I should go start dinner soon."...

I love this man. 💙 He's so good to me and my chickens.

So, in the most normal way possible, I keep acquiring chickens from neighbors. The latest batch are a group of five; four different breeds. The neighbor told me "I'm pretty sure they're called bluebells." But everything I find about Bluebell Chickens makes me question that. She's a female for...

Happy Halloween! 🎃

No advice needed really. Just need a shoulder. My roos are 7 months old and have been together their entire lives. They have never had an issue. Not one peck, chase, fight, etc. Nothing. Today out of no where my neighbor calls me to tell me both roos are a bloody mess in her lawn (we each have...

I got a later start than I would have liked, and it took some work to figure out how to get the chickens to stop eating the shoots, but the birdhouse gourds are finally growing. In my area, they have until late November until harvest. Soon I will have to add hammocks for the bigger ones, which...

We live in a very rural area where everyone has chickens. But our road is very isolated and people often ditch roosters, dogs, cats, etc over here. Yesterday, I found a box in my driveway with four little silkies. They are probably four months old or so. They still have a lot of baby fluff. I...

My flock consists of 2 grown hens that I acquired from a neighbor and 7 pullets I raised. I've had them all for about 5 months. In the pictures below, you can pick out the two that came from the neighbor. They are skinnier, not as shiney, their feathers are weaker, their immune system is not as...

Can anyone tell me about this mess I found in my coop this morning? To me, it looks like a pullet's underdeveloped egg came out when they let out a poo, but tell me if I'm wrong. I have two mature, laying hens; one possibly with a very mild case of vent gleet that I'm on Day three of treating...

Hey, y'all. Thanks for reading this! My seven pullets have been laying about two weeks now. They are doing great, no issues. They prefer only one nest box - all of them, the same one. To the point where they'll share the nesting box if they need to lay at the same time. I've tried different...

A bunch of my pullets started laying this week. All the eggs have been as expected for pullets, but this yolk seems weird. (Upper egg)

They still think they're babes and try to squish everyone together. 💜

Anyone else enjoy watching wild birds? I love watching all the birds that visit our farmette. We have several feeders, lots of birds houses and are surrounded by woods and streams, so we get a great variety. I recently discovered the app Merlin (not an endorsement) that allows you to record...

All my babes sound like they have a kazoo stuck in their throat. It's the funniest thing when they all get going and yelling at each other. 🤣 Anyone else familiar with this cacophonye?

Henry, fka Hennifer, is 12-14 weeks-ish. He's just starting to get his roo feathers, not crowing yet. He's a beautiful golden color with some grey and white and fluffy feet. His temperment is calm and trusting. He's starting to become a little frisky. The only reason I'm not letting him is I...

What else do you have in your run? Ya know, besides water, food, dust bath area, a perch or two. What is your chickens' favorite item?

This is a barnyard mix mutt acquired from my neighbor. You can see the others in the photos. The other golden/brown is 100% roo. This one in question is a little smaller, maybe a week younger (?), has fuzzy pants and just a little bit more black in it's cape. ETA: Could be 10-14 weeks old...

Do you coop your guineas? How big is it? Can you show me a picture? Where do they sleep? How high are their roosts? Where do they lay eggs? Do you collect them? Tell me more!

I have two hens that I believe could be responsible for this. I found one of these piles of gravely poo yesterday and two today. If you have instructions for me, please walk me through them or link me to a video or an article. I have a brain injury so very specific instructions are needed...