first time chicken owner

  1. W

    2 Broody Hens 1 nest

    Hi all, I am currently having my first experience with broody hens. My husband has been doing the main chicken chores of feeding, changing water, and collecting eggs. When he went to collect the eggs, our first broody hen (white bird) bit him and he left her have the eggs. That was a few...
  2. mikka

    Bantams, Layers, Brooding, Oh My!

    Hi all! :love I have just been given the green light (a positive maybe) to begin my first flock! I just wanted to start a thread on breeds that will be good for this semi-first timer. My ideal traits are... Smaller breed; working with a pretty average amount of space Okay layers, will...
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    • bantam easter eggars first flock first time chicken owner silkies
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  3. green_thumb

    1st Timers- Recent Chicks? Breeds? Come share pictures!

    I've spent most of my time so far in the coop/run forums and I am so excited to make the jump over to here. I'm a first-time chicken wrangler and am set to pick my chicks up at Meyer Hatchery on May 28th (I'm lucky I live only 45 minutes away!!) Here is what I have ordered: 4 buckeye females...
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    • barnvelder buckeye easter egger first time chicken owner golden comet meyer hatchery ohio
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  4. E

    3 weeks old..breed and gender??

    Hey All, I have four 3 week old chicks. I was told the 2 multicolored chicks are Easter Eggers and the other 2 are sex-link Buff Leghorns. Can anyone help me confirm this, please? Also, is it too early to tell the gender? These are my first chickens-I am very new at this. I want to make sure I...
  5. xleslieanne

    Chicken Newbies in SE Michigan - Accepting ANY tips and advice!

    Hello all! First post on here, though I've been reading around and collecting some information! My fiance and I are looking into getting some chickens over the coming weeks but this is all very new to us! He's thinking he wants 10, but I'm thinking 4-5 is a much more realistic number for us...
  6. ChickenMama0330

    Squatting Behavior

    Hi All! I noticed one of my leghorns and one of my RIR's are just starting to squat. How long do you think til they lay? One of my RIR's was squatting and laid her first egg about a week later. Not sure about the leghorn though. They are all around 18 1/2 weeks old. Any ideas or guesstimations...
  7. ChickenMama0330

    New Chicken Mama

    Hello All! My husband and I just got our first flock of chickens this year! He has wanted them for a few years now and I have not, knowing that I would be the one who ends up taking care of them. I finally relented thinking, "okay now that he has permission, he'll give up and not want to get...
  8. U

    Mycoplasma Gallisepticum??

    Hello all, I'm a first time chicken owner who is very worried about her birds! I have 12 chickens who are almost 11 weeks old now, all larger breeds. All seemed fine until a week after they moved out into their coop. I have tried vetrx and it doesn't seem to be doing too much. Will post a...
  9. FarrellyGirls

    12 Wk EE, Cockerel or Pullet?

    Hello! Im new to all of this but My husband and I are raising chickens for the first time and though we ordered a pullet run (knowing there is always a small percentage you will get at least one Roo) Im wondering if one of our Americaunas (which I'm pretty sure is an EE) is a hen or a roo...
  10. Duckie1153

    Please help! Young Orpington lost her voice, now the rest of my pullets seem to be going “hoarse”too

    Hi guys. I am a first time free range chicken owner. I purchased 1 black Orpington girl, a white (ish) polish girl ( I think) and 2 silkie/Polish mixes. They were 6-8 wks old when I got them which makes them currently about 12-14 weeks of age, the black Orpington (Matilda) being the oldest and...
  11. M

    New to Chicken world

    Hi! I’m Meghan and I have had my girls since October 2017. I have 4 and love every second. Betty is a buff Orpington, Darla is a barred rock, Polina is a Russian orloff and Twiggy is an Easter egger.
  12. L

    HELP PLEASE

    Okay so maybe about three weeks ago i took home five baby chicks that were hatched in my biology class.One of them being a smaller one whose egg sac(or at least that's what I was told it was) grew on the outside of her body and dangled. It has then fell off and she appeared to be fine. She...
  13. HenHouse96

    RIR chick help- first time questions and concerns!

    Hi everyone! So my chickens are almost 5 weeks (friday) and they have most of their feathers. I live in GA, and its warm outside right now. My brooder bulb blew. I was going to shut it off next week so they can acclimate to the temperature difference. My question is- would it be okay to put...
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    • chicken help first time chicken owner rhode island red rhode island red chicks
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  14. N

    Bullied chick

    Hello! First time chicken owner here We got chicks last Saturday (4 day old black sex-links, 4 day old brown leghorns, 4 1-week old golden wyandottes) and I've noticed one of the wyandottes is being bullied. The other chicks are not allowing her to drink or eat. She is the same size now as the...
  15. GottaHatchAPlan

    GottaHatchAPlan Reporting to Chicken Duty!

    So, funny story. About a week and a half ago my mum goes out to market; 'I'm just going to buy some eggs!' she says. About a 3 hours later she calls my phone; 'I've bought a chook!' she says. Half an hour later I help get it home. I ask how we're supposed to look after it; 'It can't be that...
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