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  1. Duck_Lover123

    Hatching Supermarket Eggs

    Hello, I have been looking to incubate some supermarket eggs out of curiosity to see what would happen. Obviously, conventional egg brands almost always cull males. So I was wondering if there were certain brands like for example, Vital Farms which pasture raise chickens and have chances of...
  2. Hmenzi

    Chick color outcomes?

    Hi! I have a self blue lavender true ameraucana rooster and a bantam salmon faverolle rooster that are both sharing about 22 hens. The hens are mostly purebred (other than Easter eggers, but I'll leave them out since their coloring is always wild) My flock consists of: white leghorns, barred...
  3. P

    Chicken has blood in its poop

    Hello everyone, I noticed that one of the poops in my run has blood in it, I have an idea of who it is, which is my rooster, I have attached a photo bellow of how it looks. I believe it is Coccidiosis and have started my whole flock on corid as I have dealt with it before. But I want advice...
  4. chickenking190

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  5. L

    When Cats and Chickens work together…

    So today, we came home from church to so many surprise chicks!!! We have 10 cats we inherited when we purchased our house. They were supposed to be feral, but they have since turned into big babies. They have a heated cat house up next to our house and several additional cat boxes they can use...
  6. Windy Wings

    RIP Chicken... :(

    Yesterday, my family let our 13 chickens outside to free range...and only 12 came back inside. My dad and I looked through our woods to see if we could find feather evidence. If a coyote got it, there would be feathers dragged through the woods. We found nothing. I theorize it was a hawk or...
  7. ShamrockFarmsGlaspey

    New to Backyard Chicken!

    My tween got here first and wanted me to join him! Looks like a great community. We have 10 chickens (Barred Rock, Choco Orpingron, Easter Eggers, Black Star, Australorp) in a coop and run and 3 Coturnix quail in a coop and run. Looking to add button quail this weekend!
  8. Quacking ducks

    Guard geese?

    I had 13 standard chicken hens, 2 bantam hens, 11 ducks and 2 ten week chicks. Yesterday a fox came up and took 1 bantam, about 7 minutes later he came back and tried to take more but I saw him and chased him away. I’m thinking of getting a guard goose to help protect the ducks and chickens...
    • Quacking ducks
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    • Forum: Geese
  9. AmeraucanaLover20

    Hen with white stuff on her comb!

    Hi everyone! Simone my Silverudd Isbar hen has some strange flaky white stuff on her comb and waddles. Is it from the cold or is it something worse like Favus?
  10. W

    4 Easter Egger Hens need names

    Hello, I'm not very good of thinking of good names that fit my chickens personalities. I have 4 Easter Egger Hens and they all need good names that will fit their personalities. List of the chickens: The Grey/Brown Silkie Easter Egger: She is quite energetic and curious, she will run up to me...
  11. D

    Free chickens

    I need to rehome some chickens asap I have to move thank you so much Dallas Texas
  12. Australorp Chook

    New treadle feeders help with training

    Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve been on here but our chickens are doing well :) however, we’re struggling with the new treadle feeders we got them last week. The girls are terrified of them when they move, and we’ve been propping them open with a brick, and I’ve been reading multiple...
  13. M

    9 month Rooster is showing signs of aggression

    Hi all! My 9 month old rooster is showing signs of aggression towards me. It’ll be sudden or when I have my back turned. He has 6 ladies that he’s a total gentleman for. I have more younger chicks in the nursery still and aren’t ready to be introduced. He is a Rhode Island/ Buff Orpington mix...
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    6x12 Chicken Coop with 5 Chickens – Looking for a Good Home (Centereach,NY)

    Selling our 6x12 chicken coop (about 2 years old) along with 5 healthy chickens looking to find them a good home. They have only been fed quality feed by Mile Four, and I try to get them out every day to pasture in the yard so they are well taken care of. I will also provide a 45 lb of Mile Four...
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    • chickens coop for sale long island new york
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    • Forum: Everything Else
  15. Windy Wings

    Free Ranging Chickens: Stories and Such

    Watching my 13 chickens free range is both entertaining and hilarious. They love to run up the hill, flapping their wings like they think it'll make them go faster. Then they peck around at the top for a few minutes and run back down again. I always get a smile on my face as they peep happily...
  16. Windy Wings

    Hi!

    Hi! I just got chickens a few months ago! They've been laying since mid-summer. I've got 13 in all, 5 red stars, 5 black stars, 3 americanas. I also have a labrador :) They are doing pretty good!
  17. Windy Wings

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  18. Crow craftsman

    Advice needed on introducing new flock member to a grieving hen before winter. Ostrich died of...

    Hi, everyone! Basically, the sad tale goes like this: I had 3 chickens, ostrich, dodo and emu the rooster. Emu bit me and bit ostriches comb in half, so we gave him away. So life was good, i had two young hens who were laying daily. Till suddenly ostrich got sick, slowly by slowly, as in no...
  19. HolyHenHouse

    Random Chicken Pics

    This is not a contest, just a place to post pics of your birds!
  20. LoloCluckCluck

    Coop Heater Advice

    Hello! Looking for advice on a safe heater for a wood coop. I’ve seen the plate heaters that you can hang from the walls and wondering if that’s 1) safe and 2) efficient at giving extra heat to the coop? I have 5 buff Orpingtons and am in northern PA so it’s going to get below freezing quite...
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