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Sunday afternoon tragedy struck. 2 dogs from a half a mile down the road (owners have chickens too) massacred my flock. My babies free range from 12 to 6 daily. We heard something and my husband ran outside and saw the dogs. He grabbed a gun and while chasing to get a shot he fell. He broke a...

I got my chickens in January and have discovered a deep love for birds. I have one in my house now who is recovering from an injury but she is going back outside soon to rejoin her flock. I have decided to adopt a parrot or cockatoo. I am making a drive from MS to OH this weekend to meet several...

Hi, a few weeks ago I thought my chickens were ready to be integrated. They are 11 weeks apart. I think the youngest were about 6 weeks. I did the no touch for a couple weeks. Then did supervised free ranging and moved on to them being the run together supervised. After a few days of this I...

Poor baby was scalped and now she gets to go with mama to the beach and live it up! She is about 2 weeks out from her injury and doing great!

I waited 5 months for this and the day has come! My smallest chicken of my first flock laid her first egg and it was in the nesting box. I'm so proud of her. Thank you Georgia. She is a rhode island red. It's tiny but it's so perfect 🥰

Look at this girl....she is a total ham and I understand why. She is my only leghorn but omg she is nothing like described. So friendly and sweet. Her name is Butters

I have 6 rhode island red chickens. 3 are mixed with something else. They are 18 weeks. They have been bullying my smaller chicks and I have been working on integration for a month now. Everything had calmed down. Yesterday one of my 8 week Olds was scalped. She's doing ok. I'm considering...

I have had my 9 week old chickens free ranging during the day for about a week now this was after about 2 weeks of them being in a cage with the 18 week old chickens. Things were finally calming down and we also extended our run to allow plenty of space for everyone. They all hung out together...

My Easter egger has always been smaller than her flock. She's 7 weeks. Her legs are half the size of all the other breeds I have. Is she a dwarf? She has always been much smaller. She took forever to feather but she eats normally and is super spunky. If she is what should I expect?

It's a cheap fake pearl earring but will that little hag be ok? I'm so mad at her and myself and pray she will be ok. She reached up and snatched it out of my ear and swallowed it.....shes a barred rock. The earring is a medium sized pearl. She doesn't seem affected at all and it is not visible...

7 weeks Saturday Do you still say pullet? I appreciate your help and hope I'm not bugging everyone

I posted a couple weeks ago. Does she still look like a she? 6 weeks old. Her name is Buckbeak and she is so sweet and spunky.

I have 15-week-old Rhode Islande Reds and Mixes (5 pullets and 1 Roo) and seven 6-week-old pullet chicks (Buff Orpington, White Leghorn, Barred Rock, Red Sex Link, and one Easter Egger) I have set up a makeshift cage next to my bigger chickens run. I started putting them next to them yesterday...

This is butters. About 6 weeks now, almost 7. I thought I was getting a buff orpington but the man told me there were white leghorns mixed in too which I think I got lol. I did get and orpington also and she is a classic orpington. Is this a leghorn? Is it a he or she? I'm thinking she due to...

I am new to this. I have a group of 6 Rhode Island Reds. 3 of those are RIR Mixes. The group has one Rooster, he is full RIR. They are 14 weeks old. I hadn't intended to keep a rooster but really loved him. He is becoming a little bit of an A$$hole though. He pecks the ladies when they try to...

I let my 13 week Olds free range today for 4 hours. I normally do an hour and stay with them. But today I had to force myself to leave them. I'm so proud of them! They watched for hawks and stayed near the tree line. I kept an eye on them through the window and checked on them often. I am amazed...

I have a 3 almost 4 week old chick named Butters. I recently determined it is a white leghorn I think rather than the Buff Orpington I thought I was getting. LOL. It has been perching and flying its coop since basically week one. Super sweet but OMG it has the stinkiest poop. I do not think it...

I bought this from a local man. He had ordered straight run chicks. He said they were easter eggers. The one I purchased was the last one left when I got my other breeds. It has been a very slow grower but is eating, drinking, healthy, and feisty. By far the sweetest in my group of barred rock...

Hi, I am curious if there are signs to watch for to know my ladies are going to begin laying. I know I'm a while off but they are about 12 weeks now and I want to be prepared. I have 6 total. One cockerell and 2 rhode island red, and 3 barnyard mixes that also have rhode island red.

I have 6 rhode island reds who were fed Purina grower crumble. I am now giving them an organic layer crumble. I tried to give them some pellets that were also organic. They will not eat the pellets. They will eat mealworms but will not eat tomatoes, lettuce, beans. They picked at the cooked...