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To all the BYC family - Calling out to all the Runners, Crossfitters, O-RUN and Tough Mudder participants. My brother-in-law, Charles Tumulak of Atlanta, GA was participating in the O-RUN in Florence, SC on March 23, 2013. This is his story: Charles was taking part in one of his passions...

Ok, I have never had chickens wait this long to lay! All my others started laying between 18 and 22 weeks. I have 7 girls I that will be 26 weeks old tomorrow and still no eggs. Almost all have done the squat and some of them I know have been doing it for weeks. I haven't checked the bones...

I know this is crazy but I was wondering if anyone gives their chickens cooked chicken like the fat and yucky parts that go in the trash?

This afternoon I let the girls out to free range a while since they haven't gotten out much this last week. I noticed Summer (my welsummer) who will be 18 weeks old on Wednesday limping a little. The kids and I started watching her and yes she was definitely limping and favoring one foot. We...

I haven't seen an answer to my question abut worms. So here it goes. I Have 11 girls, on Tuesday I saw what appeared to be several small worms in the banty's poop. (It is like having babies always looking at the poop!) Anyway I picked it up and put it in a baggie called the avian vet but...

We were not home much this weekend and the girls weren't able to get much time outside the coop/run. Our banty had been laying in the nesting box pretty much all day from what I could tell. This afternoon when I checked the nesting box she was laying there and my daughter said she had lifted...

Ok, the extra chick I got with my order from Chickensforbackyards.com is a roo (I was afraid of that). So I have a pair of 6 week old Silver Laced Wyandottes that need to find a good home. Selling the pair for $20.00. I have hand raised them since they were a day old and are very gentle...

I ordered several chicks from a hatchery and they were supposed to be marked, well they weren't so now I am trying to figure out who is who, I should have 2 barred rock one cuckoo marans and one dominique. I need to get rid of 1 of the barred rocks but I am not sure which ones are the barred...

In my hatchery order I ordered 1 silver laced wyandotte pullet chick, but the hatchery threw in 1 extra chick and it looks like a silver laced wyandotte, but I am wondering if they threw in roo?? First and 3rd picture is the same bird, wondering if a roo because the waddles are larger than on...

She is 18 weeks old.

My 18 week old Tetra Tint did the egg squat!! Woo hoo can't wait to see her eggs!! The other 2 I got at the same time a red sex link and a banty haven't squatted yet but soon, real soon!!

I have never had to deal with this before. I have searched the net and BYC and am still not sure what to do. This afternoon I went out to check on the 6 week olds (12 of them) in the run and found 3 dime size blood spots. It was easy to tell it was blood because I of course touched it to tell...

Something had been eating my tomoatoes, I have my garden fenced off to keep the chickens out and couldn't figure out who/what was getting my tomatoes, I was starting to blame the chipmunks! Well tonight when hubby was leaving for work he called and said he saw a "huge" opossum in the alley...

I have 1 chicken who is just over a year old (Nutmeg), she had 4 friends but they were killed by a dog. So I got 3 girls when they were chicks and introduced the 3 "babies" when they were about 7 or 8 weeks old. I put them in a cat carrier at night and during they day I let them out in the...

I went out to get some shavings from the garage for the baby chicks and got distracted in the yard. My big girls were out free ranging. I heard my oldest hen (Nutmeg) start making this noise and the best way to describe it was like she was growling. The 3 others ran in the run with her and...

Ok, I ordered from "chickens for backyards" and paid to have the chicks marked so I would know who was who. I ordered 16 chicks some for me, some for a few other people and I figured I may have a few to sell. I ordered Dominique, Barred Rock, Cuckoo Maran, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Speckled...

Baby chicks are almost a week old and the power has gone out due to a severe storm, may not be on until the morning. Brooder is at 80 right now. They are huddled in groups. Will they be ok? Should I do anything?

I had let the 9 week olds into the run and let Nutmeg my 1 yr old out in the yard. I was laying in the yard when Nutmeg came over to say HI. Well she did more than say hi. She pecked my diamond earring and pulled it out. I freaked out, all I could think is what in the world am I going to...

Ok, I cheated on the coop and bought one from Leonard but is it so much better than the homemade one I had and I can fit more girls in it!! Run is in the process of being built. It will be covered all in hardwire, repurposed a screen door, I can't wait for it to be finished!!! I hope it will...