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Hello all! I have a broody hen, she is a rhoad island red and has been incubating some eggs for a while now. I was out of town when she became broody so I honestly don't know whose eggs she is sitting on but I know they're a mix of everyone's as some are white eggs and some are brown eggs...

Hello everyone! I have two geese, one goose and one gander. My goose is a white chinese and she was hatched April 11, 2023 so that would make her just barly over 24 weeks old. I also have a variety of chickens that are the same age as her. Rhoad island reds, white and blue breasted leg horns...

Hello everyone! I'm 90% sure I have 1 roo and 1 pullet. I got them the same day at the same tractor supply store. They are about 8 weeks old give or take. I was told they are blue breasted leghorns. One of them has a comb and waddle that is very small and still orange in color (Louise) and...

Hey y'all! So I have a rooster. I didn't raise him from a baby but he was given to me and I was told he was about eight to nine months old at the time. So he is estimated to be about nine to tenish months old now. I was worried he was going to be aggressive but he was actually more curious and...

My birds usually free range all day long. They have their coop that they go into at night to roost but I open their chick door for them about 0500 every morning for them to free range the yard/grass area. However, I have workers coming to the property to install some chainlink fencing so I've...

Hello everyone! I was just wondering what is your preferred method for feeding grit to your flocks? Do you guys set it aside in a separate container for them to pick what they need? If you do this method, what containers have you found works the best so they don't scratch it out? Do you mix it...

Hello, I have a mixed flock of chickens, geese, ducks, and one rooster. I am still very new to owning backyard birds. Most of my birds are around 2 months old with a couple of them younger (ducks and a few chicks) except my rooster. He is older and was given to us by friends of our neighbor...

Hello, I purched two different breeds of chickens from my local Tractor Supply on Monday. I was told they received their batch of birds on Thursday so the estimated they were born either Tuesday or Wednesday of the previous week which would have been May 17th or 18th. I was told that chick one...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? - I am new to raising chickens. I grew up in Norco California, if anyone knows where that is, it is a horse and livestock community. I never had my own chickens there as my father was raised with chickens and never wanted to...