flock additions

  1. ChickenNewbie2020

    Broody hen with chicks about to hatch

    We discovered one of our hens was broody. She now has 5 eggs under her and will likely hatch some next week. As I am new to this I don’t know what to do. We have 2 other hens and a rooster (who is not nice) Once the chicks hatch do we have to take mama and babies out of the coop and raise...
  2. L

    What breed of chicken is this?

    Help wanted! What breed are these BLACK chicks? I know there is a Rhode Island Red (she likes to photobomb). Hi! I am newly registered to this website, so I hope someone sees this. About 9 weeks ago, I purchased two baby chicks from a Coastal Community Store. The cashier who checked me out...
    • lian_kugler6
    • Thread
    • blackchickens blackfeather chicks flock additions headfeathers hens identify identify chick breed; baby chick identification rooster whatbreed
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
  3. Scrumdidlyump

    6 drakes and 1 girl.

    I have 2 blue swedish, 1 definitely boy 2 buff orpington, 1 definitely boy 2 rouen, definitely 1 boy, 1 girl 1 mystery choclate runner All three months, all have grown up together. Everyone gets along swimmingly. Only one quacks. I feel the ponderous cloud of puberty is right around the...
    • Scrumdidlyump
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated drakes ducks flock additions
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. L

    Rooster/Hen size Mismatch?

    We are pretty new to chickens and I have a question about our new rooster. Sorry for the long story 😣. Tl:dr is a leghorn rooster too big for half bantam Easter egger hens? We currently have 2, 1-year old mix breed hens (Easter egger type, one looks like a black polish[Wesley], the other is...
    • LiseeLou
    • Thread
    • bantam easter egger flock additions leghorn mating problem new farmer pecking order polish rooster
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  5. B

    How to coop train chicks when you have no run and with hens

    I have 9 Amberlink hens and 1 leghorn. I let them free range all over my yard. I got 12 new chicks 6 weeks ago and I am about to mix the two groups together. The problem is that without a run if the chicks don’t go back in I can’t catch them. I have them in a dog cage in the coop and plan on...
  6. C

    Broody Chickens! - What’s your ‘go-to’ breed/ crossbreed?!

    Hi everyone! What’s your ‘go-to’ chicken when you want a broody hen in your flock? Yes incubators are great but mama hen is my preference when I have a choice!! I know silkies are renowned broodies but I’m just wondering what your favourite breeds or particular cross breeds are to use as...
    • Clucker98
    • Thread
    • broodiness broody chicken breeds egg layers flock additions hatching hatching eggs large fowl mother and chicks self sustainable flock
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  7. Reiki Rooster

    Help me choose breeds please

    Hello, I am adding to my flock, I have 4 buff Orpingtons hens and want to add to them. I’m wanting to get 2 maybe 3 more breeds, dual purpose and attractive. I’d really like diff color eggs blue, dk brown anything but white. Any suggestions would be a huge help! I’m overwhelmed since my husband...
  8. R

    HELP - Rescued Bantam, Flock Introduction

    Hi Backyard Chicken Raisers - So I have a small flock of 4 hens - two australorps, one rhode island, and one barred rock here in Central PA! A friend of ours had two small hens show up in their yard last spring and none of their neighbors claimed them. They had been putting some food out for...
  9. VTHobbyDucks

    Integrating adopted ducks

    First time posting, but definitely have read through a few threads as my husband and I got both ducklings and chicks for the first time this spring! We currently have 4 ducks we’ve raised from ducklings, they were unsexed and unfortunately we ended up with 2 males, 2 females (they’re mixed...
  10. J

    Should I Wait?...

    Ok so this is gonna be a bit of a long one so apologies in advance. I had two flocks before (was watching a rooster and hen for someone else And they took them back so i was only left with one) apparently I live in an area where you’re not allowed to have roosters (even though you hear like 20...
  11. S

    Duck ratios and mixing flocks

    First post, so please bear with me. A few weeks back after much research I finally jumped into the backyard fowl and got 5 Muscovy who are now 8 weeks old. These are a complete first for me, I've never had ducks or chickens before. As nature would have it I ended up with three drakes and two...
    • Scovyfive
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    • flock additions flock behavior integrate khaki cambell muscovy muscovy drake
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. 5

    How to seperate young brooder pair?

    Hi everyone! :frow I currently have 4 RIR hens named Carole, Pinky, Minnie and Big Betty who are all healthy ladies just over a year old and 3 younger Lavender Orps new to the flock as of this year: one a 5 month old roo named Teddybudz a.k.a. "Trouble" and the other 2 are brooder pair named...
    • 589205
    • Thread
    • adding chickens to flock brooder pair coop additions flock additions lavender orpington lavender orpingtons pair pecking order rhode island red seperating broods
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  13. A

    New young rooster

    Hey everyone, new to the forum! Getting my first chickens tomorrow, we’re picking up 4 hens and a rooster. The 4 hens are about a year old and already know each other, the rooster is about 4 months and whilst all birds are from the same guy, the rooster doesn’t live with the hens. We’ve just...
  14. CHlCKEN

    Are they ready YET?

    I’m super impatient to getting my little girls mixed with my big girls. I’ve been wanting a bigger flock for a while now and I just want it to happen already! The big thing is I’m wanting to do a coop Reno for them but I need to take my separation wall down first. I just need to make sure I’m...
    • CHlCKEN
    • Thread
    • adding chicks adding to the flock chick chicks flock additions intagrating chicks
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  15. BzKneez

    Coop Dynamics question

    I need some advice about what to do about a new rooster attacking an older hen. Here's the coop scoop :) I had two Auracana hens that are about 4. I purchased six chicks in February. Two of each: Easter Eggers, Buff Orppingtons and Silkie Bantams. All guaranteed to be hens except for silkies...
    • BzKneez
    • Thread
    • flock additions flock behavior flock integration rooster attack rooster behavior rooster behavior flock separation rooster silkie
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  16. AbbysSilkies

    Civil Unrest in the Coop

    Hello! i have 4 2-year-old ISA Brown hens who are as sweet (to people) as can be. One of them can be testy but nothing like a leghorn or RIR; if you move too quickly they crouch. They’ve always been absolute babies, and they let me cuddle them and get along well with the goats. In February of...
  17. Madimhunter

    6 week olds introduced to the flock.. I have questions!

    Hi everyone! For the past two weeks, I have implemented the “look but no touch” method of starting introductions of my new babes to the flock by keeping them inside the coop in a small metal kennel. Today, I let them run free in the coop! I made an opening in the kennel only big enough for the...
  18. N

    Advice

    My two girls are 2 1/2 months and They've been spending a lot of time with my Drake but they have not shared the same space without a fence between them because I’m worried they’re still too young to mate. At what age can I let them freely share the same space with my 1 year old drake? The girls...
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