#firsttimechickenowner

  1. D

    New Hoop Coop/Run

    Hi all. My wife and I are green to the poultry life, but here's what we've constructed so far. 8'x16' open-air coop and run. We've added a few roosts, but we're looking for suggestions on what's right vs wrong, or any helpful insights. The space will be filled by 9 chicks and 3 geese...
  2. MuthaCluckas

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    Hello from Kelly! New to Chickens, but Loving Every Moment!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I’m brand new to chickens! I got my first flock last summer (2024) from Tractor Supply Co. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have 16 chickens: 3 roosters and 13 hens. I also recently hatched 4 chicks that...
  4. mrsjshow83

    Good Evening

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Very new to chickens just got 1 3days ago (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 1 (3) What breeds do you have? No clue (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? We’re super excited about this (5)...
  5. groovy_chicken_girl

    MY OH MY- FIRST EGG!! What do I do!!??!!

    Hi all! So as you can see from the title, one of my 5 saphire gem hens just layed her FIRST EGG! I can't believe it! I really thought it would be much later- like when they were 6 months old, however unless TSC was wrong we got out 1-2 day old chicks in the very beginning of march so they are...
  6. S

    got a year old roo and might have accidentally got a cockerel(s) with the new chicks

    okay, so i'm a first time chicken owner. i tried to start with 4 pullets from TSC and accidentally got a roo. it wasn't a problem at first because it was just him, but i learned quickly as he matured that 3 hens wasn't enough girls to go around. the girls have started either turning on him or he...
  7. S

    New backyard chicken owner!

    Hi everyone! My very first chicks just arrived via mail two weeks ago, and these babies are growing like crazy! I ordered 15 from Sky Girl Farm in Texas. They specialize in colored egg layers, so I’m hoping I’ve got a good amount of hens. The chicks were on paper towel and rubber shelf liner...
  8. C

    Chicks smelling?

    Got 4 new baby chicks yesterday (all female) I was holding each one today and noticed my 2 brown ones had a stinky smell, almost like dirty barn smell but my 2 black ones had no smell at all. Why is that? This is my first flock. We’re keeping them inside since they are only a few days old, their...
  9. agold23

    First time chicken owner with a mystery sexxed bird!

    Hi, this is my first post here. I am a first time chicken owner with a flock of 5 hens and a rooster.... or so we thought. A bit of backstory: my dads friend is a HUUUGE chicken fanatic- she has over 200 chickens and countless more turkeys. She was so kind enough to lend me some for the summer...
  10. Fashionmom

    New chicken family!! We are so excited!!!

    Hello Chicken Ladies and Lads!! I am Karen and my husband, daughter and I just purchase our first baby chicks!! We bought 4 females and they are ISA Brown females, so they say..;0) We've wanted chickens for a long time, and when they became legal to have in Broomfield, Colorado, we got super...
  11. Aristocat123

    Pullet sitting in nest box no egg but singing egg song

    Hello everyone. This is my first time having chickens and I love them and find them fascinating. All my chickens are pullets 21–23 weeks old. I have a 23 week old Light Leghorn who started laying on 7/31 and has been a laying machine Cockerelsince then. Yesterday and today she sat in the nest...
  12. Rockhill Flock Rocks

    So EGG cited

    I'm so darn exited I've got to tell someone...my Miss Martha, black Australorp hen laid her first and second eggs today! I'd given up on her and Miss Dixie Chick, Americauna. I thought my husband was joking and he thought I bought another fake egg. Then I went to get my phone, wanted to document...
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