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Welcome to the bare basics of farming. Even if it is only a backyard chicken coop. With life there is death. I have a backyard coop in the INNER CITY and had to put down 3 predators in first 4 months. Its the cost of doing business with chickens. ~G

Got my first egg! Guess it was not practice!

One of my Black Stars Evelyn laid our first egg at about 23 weeks! SO excited tasted amazing.. I have 2 Black Stars and an Amber Dekalb.. hoping to be at full till in the coming weeks. Also have 2, 1 month old Silver Hamburgs and a Sultan a ways off yet to be sure.

I have one Amber Dekalb and 2 Black Stars. All are about 5 months old.... so any day now should have first eggs.. Question is... Today One of them has built a nest in the nest box!!!!!!!!!!! Is this a sign that they are getting ready to lay? Never was a nest before and they have been in...

It matches your nails!

Quote: This is the first I have heard of this, comb at 4 weeks. I have two chicks and aside from not knowin breed they were born on the weekend of 8/21 so they are 4 weeks last weekend. Not comb what so ever. One has lost the fluff and there is a bald patch where the comb would be the other...

I know you listed your chicks... but... the black and white speckeled one (more black than white) with white wing tips and white tip tail.. what is that? I have 2 of these and am having heck of time figuring it out. I am new to chickens and bought three from a guy who had no clue, he ordered a...