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  1. How to keep healthy, happy hens!

    How to keep healthy, happy hens!

    Hi guys! these are my top tips [rules] in maintaining flock harmony and health. PS: these methods may not work in a high predator area or you may be buying a new flock pretty soon! 1; ALWAYS, ALWAYS make sure your girls have enough to eat, enough to drink and are given a balanced diet of greens...
    • Nats Chickens
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    • 2 min read
    • beginners flock free range girls happy healthy
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  2. N

    Surprise baby!

    Hey all, just joined to seek advice. I have a degree in Animal Science, but it's been quite a few years since my chicken class and I've not been in this situation before so I'm seeking the wisdom of the crowd. I have a very small flock at this point (2 buff orpington hens, a wyanndotte hen...
  3. KLIL

    My Flock Journey

    Hi Everyone, I have 8 Australorp chicks that I purchased at 2 weeks old. They are now 29 days old. I will be posting my journey here. As we just moved to 10 acres and will be letting our chickens free range. And may need advice on the journey ahead. Hope to hear from you all.
  4. Bobet50

    what kind of breed do you think she is ??

    I'm not really sure what breed this hen is, she is mostly white with some tiny black feathers here and there, she has very little but some feathers down her legs and she lays green eggs. any ideas ??
  5. Nats Chickens

    Show off your cross bred super layers!

    Hey peeps! come to this thread to show off your super layer cross breeds! here are some of mine, this is Jewel. my year and a half old Black Star. this is Jewel with by two white super layers, Pip and Tinky. Pip is at the front. This is Sherbet. my 8 week old Golden Comet. Mini is the...
  6. ChickLOVESChicks

    Is this normal?? Too aggressive or just Top Pullet?

    My 12-16 week old EE pullet (well, at least I'm 80% sure it's a pullet, lol) has always been the one in charge and is bigger than her sister of the same age... but more and more recently she's becoming more aggressive. I'm wondering if this is normal for the "Top Girl" in the pecking order, or...
  7. HuskerHens18

    Rooster Flock Observations

    Long story short, I was given 5 Silkie roosters. They hated my bantam flock who was working so nicely. They bullied my beautiful RIR/Silkie/Cochin and completely removed his feathers on his head and neck. So I decided to make a bantam rooster flock to put them all in and save my hens from...
  8. Chicken-Boy

    Not so new introduction

    I've created an account on this website 6 years ago I believe, I just was never active until now... talk about procrastination lol! I did not start out with chickens, our first birds were guineas, I think we had at least 30. Then we got 70 pheasants and then 10 or 15 turkeys.We no longer have...
  9. |Aphrodite|

    Two new chicks, need help with names

    Today I bought two chicks from the store to put under my hen when her own eggs hatch, I got a buff orpington and a blue laced red wyandotte. I named my orpington Honey Bee, but I’m struggling with a name for my wyandotte, and other names for my chickens chicks might be nice(she is a welsummer...
    • |Aphrodite|
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    • blue laced red wyandotte broody buff orphington chickens chicks flock hatching chicks name rooster welsummer hen
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  10. |Aphrodite|

    Scared hen out of broodyness??

    So my welsummer hen had been sitting for about 4-5 days, but she wasn't eating or drinking, so I took her off the nest and plopped her on the floor. After a couple of minutes I realized her eggs were getting a bit chili, and she was still happily on the ground. I tried to place her back on the...
  11. shiro5

    Lone Silkie in Flock After Friend Died

    Morning All, Just looking for some help with my flock. One of my flocks were a flock of three a 6 month old silkie (Hilda), 18 month old silkie (zelda) and a 2 year old ex battery hen (believed to be bovan brown called Lucy) The 6 month old silkie (Hilda) adored the 18 month old silkie...
  12. BantamAmy123

    New Chickens

    I need help my hen lost her rooster awhile ago. We got her a new rooster but they did not get along so now she lives with me. I don’t want her to be lonely can I get her a friend?
  13. Mckennas poultry

    Adding new drake to the flock while duck is broody

    Right so I have a weird question here for yous My old drake got killed by a fox and now I’m left with my two ducks, one of them is broody and the other one is out all alone, poor thing :hmm So I was wandering if I could add a new drake to the flock too keep the other one from getting depressed...
  14. Chickens&duckies

    Everytime I Google a Chicken Question...

    Hey BYC friends! I'm of course new here! I have chickens and ducks. 1 Wyandotte and 2 Mallards are already big enough to go in the newly built coop outside, and I just received my Rhode Island Reds (8) just a few days ago. (Now I wish I would have gotten assorted, instead of just one...
  15. tinkerjessica

    HELP do I have pullets or cockerels?!

    Please help me identify what sex they are, it's a mixed flock and all are over the age of 9 weeks, some are 12 weeks and none are crowing, do any look like a roo? And guesses on their breeds would be appreciated too!!!!!
  16. |Aphrodite|

    Can a broody hen sit on old eggs?

    My hen started showing signs of being broody, and today she started sitting, but the eggs she’s sitting on are a bit old (some are about a week old and others maybe older). So I was wondering if she could still hatch them, or if I should buy her some knew eggs (though I might not be able too)...
  17. Meet my 8 little egg poopers!

    Meet my 8 little egg poopers!

    You love chickens, too? Wonderful~! Allow me to introduce you to my 8 feathered friends! Baoji the Silkie Bantam: My favorite and the only one who's truly mine. Ain't she cute~? :love I love my floof princess! Her name means "bun" or "little bread" in Chinese. Suiting for a little, fluffy...
    • Aspen Anderson
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    • 3 min read
    • chicken coop chickens feathered friends flock hens introduction my flock pets
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  18. GoldenCometKeeper

    Bullied Hen

    I have a flock of 5 hens and one rooster. Lately we have noticed some bullying going on in the flock. One hen, Pinky, is being singled out by every single chicken. The rest don't let her get near them, they run her off, peck her, chase her. She has to forage by herself, she can't socialize, and...
  19. chickenkeeperUS

    Little about me and my small backyard chicken flock!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had chickens for about 5 years now? We just got our first rooster though a couple months ago, so I am super excited about that. I always wanted a rooster with chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have a rooster...
  20. |Aphrodite|

    Does anyone know the gender/breed of this chick?

    A guy brought three chickens, but one died and I’ll post about the other one later. But I’m unsure of its breed or gender, but I think it’s a hen.
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