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So, we have 10 chickens. One of them is a two year old Ameracauna that lays Large grennish blue eggs. The chicken herself is only about 5 pounds. Then there is a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte which is about 8 pounds. She is about a year old and lays eggs that are so small, you would think they...

I have lost over half my flock in the last two weeks to something. I have covered the run. ran chicken wire along the bottom two feet of the run and buried a foot of it. There are no holes or areas which have been dug out. I am at wits end here. I have raised birds for many years in the past...

I have two black chicks...one is a black orphington and the other is an Ameracauna, or so i have been told. Is this one a Rooster too?

Anyone ever see a yolk sack on a 6 week old? I had two marans (down to one). They are half the size of other chicks of the same age and only have feather out about half way. Still fuzzy on the chest belly and neck. The other chicks are feather out nearly completely. Anyway, one of the...

So, the parents of these first three birds are possibly Splash, Blue or Black Copper Marans. These are the only three chicks to hatch out and survive out of 18 eggs. Two othes hatched but one was severely deformed and the other never absorbed its yoke and bled to death once it broke through...

My EE and Speckled Sussex are laying some big eggs and are the same size as large eggs at the local grocery store....my Maran however is laying eggs that do not even fit in the egg carton. she lays one every other day....and their gigantic!! She has been laying for over a month now. Body size...

So I got one gal that constantly poops in one of the nest boxes. Any ideas as to how I should go about stopping this short of throwing her on the grill??

I have a Blue that was hatched April 3rd of 2011 and she has yet to lay her first egg. I have a Speckled Sussex which you can see on the ground to the left of the Blue who has been laying for the last two months, and she was hatched March 21st of 2011. The rest of my flock was hatched on May...

I live in the city of Atlanta and my wife called me yesterday and said a hawk swooped into our tiny back yard while she was watering the plants with the chickens, and grabbed one of our 12 week old pullets. Ripped a good amount of feathers out but my wife said she kicked the hawk off our...

i have posted pics a few times of the flock and of this one specifically. she has become more and more red in teh face over the last few weeks and i dont think it is sunburn. everyone still think she is a she?

I want a speckled Sussex to add to my flock. Wifey said "no more bleeping birds"!!! I am getting rid of two or three on Saturday and have an appointment to look at some speckled Sussex hens afterward on my way to work. My question is this: Would you go ahead and get the speckled Sussex...

Can chicks get bird seed at about 4 weeks?? Ours got into a bad of wild bird seed while we were out. They going to be ok if they get into it again or should I put the bird seed elsewhere?

Help me with these two....this barred rock is one of the friendliest in the group....but...i am wondering if she is having idenity crisis issues. And this one is just a monster compared to her litter mates. This one is easily half again as big as her sister who is also a Welsummer. She...

So my seven 4 week olds LOVE crickets from Petco. They also go bonkers for giant mealworms. I brought home some wheat yesterday and they spent an hour working it all over. They hate yogurt but in the last week introduced them to fruits and vegetables and I found they love limes, bananas and...

At 4 weeks old, all 7 of my chickens are the same age, but two are half again bigger than the rest, 1 being a welsummer and the other being our only Silver Laced Wyandotte. All 7 get along fine except when I walk in with treats and then it's a vicious fight over the goodies. I posted pics of...

This one is growing much faster than the others and was wondering if it was rooster... If you need more pics, i can go outside at some point today and get a few.

Been slowly putting this coop and run together at the old house (we moved over the weekend). I built everything to be mobile. The walls of the run were built in 8, 10 and 12 foot sections with the front (8 foot sections) being wider sections than the others to allow for pitch and runoff. The...

Received my order from WELP Hatchery yesterday morning and I for to say, I am extremely impressed with the chicks I received. I ordered 10 Ameracaunas, 5 Welsummers, 5 Silver Laced and 5 Barred Rocks. I received an extra of each and they all were perfectly happy and running around like...

Police and code enforcement are not bad folks. Generally the only reason they will knock on your door in regards to busting you for your illegal chickens is if someone else called and complained. Knocking on your door to rile your feathers is not exactly what I think 99.9% of the police and...

I have 5 Welsummers to be delivered on the 17th, but have heard mixed reviews about them. I originally wanted Black Coppers, but the place we ordered from did not sell Black Coppers. Should I keep looking for black coppers or will the Welsummers make good family pets? I have a little 18...