first time chicken owner

  1. A

    Help! Getting babies in a week. Confused on feed

    There are so many options for food it’s a little overwhelming.. where do I start?? I get day old chicks next week. What do I need to know/buy? What’s the best option? I’ve decided on everything but the food/any supplements. Also does it matter which brand of electrolytes I buy?
  2. MikailaF

    New from Eastern Washington

    Hi there! I just welcomed home my first flock of chicks! I'm so excited to start this journey of suburban chicken raising! I've wanted chickens for several years and the time has finally come! After TONS of research, we built our own coop and run and are looking forward to raising a happy...
  3. CloneFly

    New Chicks!

    Hello Everyone! Just wanted to share pictures of my new chicks. As I mentioned in a previous post, I have 2 chicks that I rescued a few weeks back and since we obviously can't/aren't getting rid of them, we decided to start an 'official' flock and take in 7 more. So here they are! We have: 2...
  4. YPiedra

    First Egg from Our First Flock!

    This lady has had me so worried for the past few days, she has been very vocal, irritable, running around, going in and out of the coop, and today she started laying! She is one of six chicks we received in September 2021 from McMurray Hatchery! The first to lay, super proud of her!!!
  5. MaybeMay

    One of my 7 week old Australorp chicks not feathering.

    I have 5 Australorp chicks 2 pullets and 3 cockerels all feathered out except 1 which is stopping me from having them out overnight. The temp is generally dropping to 5c overnight but they are outside during the day. I bring them inside at night because of the 1 that’s not feathered. Husband is...
    • MaybeMay
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    • advice appreciated australorp blue australorp can my chicks go outside chick not feathering first time chicken owner
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  6. C

    Older ladies - mirrors good or bad?!

    Hello! New here so please do point me towards any similar threads! :) I’m a first time chicken keeper with 2 Plymouth Rock hens, Princess Layer and Yolko Ono, both somewhere between 5 and 6 years old. They’re both still laying semi-regularly, have recently had a low worm count (50 epg) and a...
  7. agold23

    My flock as a first time chicken owner!

    Like many others on this forum, I love my flock and especially as a first time chicken owner I love showing them off, so why not introduce them? We got my flock from a family friend who now has over 200 chickens and turkeys, many goats, a couple dogs and soon to be some horses! She was kind...
    • agold23
    • Thread
    • canadian coop easter egger first time chicken owner hens lavender orpington meet my flock rhode island red roosters silkies
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
  8. agold23

    First time chicken owner dealing with upper respiratory infection please help!

    I have a flock of 7 chickens right now, my youngest is 2 weeks old under the care of my 1 year old silkie hen. Yesterday I noticed definite URI symptoms in my silkie rooster. He has a foamy eye, swollen comb and sinuses, head shakes and his breathing is definitely different. He is in the outdoor...
    • agold23
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    • 2 week old chicken chronic respiratory disease first time chicken owner respiratory disease respiratory infection sick chicken upper respiratory infection uri
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
  9. agold23

    Possible URI? First time chicken owner

    I have 20/21 week old easter egger hen who recently developed a swollen eye. I texted the woman I got them from and she said to isolate her (she’s in the 10x10 outdoor cat pen with a wooden crate to sleep in) give her antibiotic eye drops (we will shortly be picking up Visine eye drops) applying...
  10. Jlmiller5289

    I’m still not convinced 😆

    I’ve posted here a few times asking about my EE chicks. I’m still not convinced they are both girls 😆 They are 11 weeks old. I’ve noticed some rust color coming through on this ones neck and her pea comb looks more red and like it has more than one row. It’s definitely bigger than her sisters...
  11. LilNoms

    First time owner from CA :)

    Hello, I'm Nomi from California. I have 2 full grown chickens that I raised and I've had them since august 2020. The reason I joined this site because I want to be able to get real answers and help from other chicken caretakers. I was first inspired to get chickens because of my uncle Jr who...
  12. agold23

    Aggressive rooster! Help!

    I’m a first time chicken owner with a flock of 2 roosters (1 year and 14 weeks) and 4 hens (1 year, 18/19 weeks and 14 weeks) They aren’t my birds but they’re being lent to us from one of my parents amazing (and chicken obsessed) friends and we’ll be giving them back in the fall. Our one year...
  13. MelissaY33

    We built our own coop - first time chicken owners!

    We are first time chicken owners. Our ladies are about 11 weeks old. My husband and I built our own coop and run. We didn’t really know what we were doing so it took us way longer than anticipated and the girls stayed in the garage for longer than they wanted. When we came out in the garage...
  14. berIin

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  15. ldirk7

    Chicks first field trip outside!

    It was so cute! They were so happy! I have a 6 mo German wirehaired pointer and BOY she had murder on the brain when she saw the chicks (we took her out on leash). I think we will have to have her inside when the chicks eventually get their free range time! A question while I have your...
  16. Melody102

    Missing a lot of Feathers

    Hi everyone, I am helping someone out who has never had chickens before. He got them about a week ago and previous to me coming into the picture today I have heard he already lost the first 5 he had to a fox and they have escaped atleast 3 times by pushing out of holes along the fence. Now I...
  17. ShabbyChicInn

    Bylaws

    When I register my hens, does a bylaw officer come by to inspect placement of coop? In my area it says that my coop should be 3 meters from rear and side property lines. I talked to my neighbor and they said they are totally fine if i put my chicken coop up against our shared fence. They said...
  18. Z

    Little Lavender Orpington - Pullet or Cockerel?

    Hi everyone! I’m new here, but this website has helped us SO MUCH with raising our first baby chicks. We have six girls (I think)! A lavender orpington, a silver laced wyandotte, a buff, a cinnamon queen and two Easter eggers. I’m curious about my little lavender, Lottie. She’s had this comb...
  19. C

    Help! First time incubating eggs and a German incubator

    Hello I am the proud owner of two lovely serama hens. We have decided to expand our flock this season and with one of our hens determined to be a mother so we have about half of the eggs covered our other hen however is not very broody and I’m afraid she will leave the nest. To have a backup for...
    • Char93
    • Thread
    • brooding chicks first time chicken owner hatching advice help help ! incubabtion incubaor incubate eggs from large to small
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  20. P

    Breeding for the first time

    I have a silver laced polish rooster & 2 polish hens. One is a silver laced as well the other is a buff laced polish. I'm wondering if anyone had ever bred a silver laced polish roster with a buff laced polish hen & what were the results? I'm a new chicken mom & don't know how the genetics...
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