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  1. CluckkyKrista

    Share pics that make you smile!

    Hello all, It brings me joy to see pics of kiddos with their feathered friends. Please share your favourite pics and stories (with or without kids if you have them). Anything that warms your heart 🫶🏼 We can all use more of this in our feed :)
  2. Z

    Threat of Salmonella & Your experiences

    Hey everyone! New to chicks and chickens. Ive read handling them can be a vector for salmonella - have you experienced this with yourself? with your children? Im vigilant and wash hands after handling and hand sanitizer if changing water/adding food Any anecdotal experience and advice is...
  3. Joyfillednomads

    Old fashioned Donuts pan fried with fesh eggs

    Trying always to make stuff with eggs, of course, that's not just the same old same old thing... so this morning I made delicious donuts. The orange Halloween sprinkles are pumpkin spice.
  4. casschumama

    First time outside

    Here is one our EE chicks, Henny Penny. My 3 year old son and 5 year old daughter played with her outside for half an hour before she went back to the brooder. :) Henny Penny is 4 weeks old!
  5. C

    Question about indoor quail

    So I am researching getting quail. And was thinking about keeping them indoors. I was thinking about keeping them in my classroom since I homeschool. But was not sure if that would be smart since my kids would be in and out. Would that disturb them too much where they won’t lay any eggs?
    • Cbelt1218
    • Thread
    • indoor birds kids
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Quail
  6. ARM5078

    Keeping Chickens Away From Child's Play Area

    We are in the process of building a coop for 6 chickens. We plan to let them free range much of the day in our large fenced (split rail) yard. It was brought to my attention that the chickens may want to spend a bunch of time in my daughter's play area and will poop all over it. Is there...
    • ARM5078
    • Thread
    • children daughter destruction destructive deterrent kids play area prevent
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  7. BigBlueHen53

    Looking for a Sheltie Puppy....maybe

    My sweet Gracie is coming ten years old... and ... well, she has this lump. Vet says it is probably benign, but .... it's about as big as a tennis ball and it's on her left flank, in the hollow behind her ribs, under her left ribs; it's big and I think it's growing. Benign, she is ten. And...
  8. Wisewillow

    New Chicken Enthusiasts

    Hi! My name is Suzanne and I live in the PNW. My kids, age 12 & 14 are super excited to FINALLY be getting chickens! The entire family has worked to build the coop and yard: dug deep, hardware cloth, build up, fence it in... They even built a special solid door with jigsawed eggs, a chicken and...
  9. S

    Teaching my daughter! (First time I’ve hatched eggs in 10 years)

    Hi all, thanks for reading. My two year old daughter is desperate for hens and ducks, and for someone her age she is extremely inquisitive. She understands they come from and egg and grow - and even that in some cases they’re eaten! So this will be my first hatch in 10 years (I used to keep...
    • ScottishLad
    • Thread
    • buy education eggs hatching incubating kids swap
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Swaps
  10. BGcoop

    Maybe she should be an accountant when she grows up?

    Tonight I was watching the movie Speed with my teens. They had never seen or heard of the movie before. About half way through my daughter says to me, “with all this destruction happening, wouldn’t it have been cheaper to just pay him the money?”.
  11. cnol

    Hen pecking my kids

    Not sure what to do in this situation. We have a Rhode island red hen who keeps pecking us including my children and actually breaking the skin and drawing blood. She is about 6 months old. We only have 2 chickens, her and a buff orpington hen who hasn't pecked us at all. What do we do?
  12. Amberly98

    Silkie Rooster Behavior Help...Please

    We have a silkie rooster that is very nice to myself, my daughter, and my husband, but is constantly challenging my 5 year old son. My son loves our chickens and hand feeds them treats and even holds them frequently. However, since the rooster it about 7 months old he jumps up and scratches my...
  13. ejtrout31

    i need help with my book

    hi i am looking for inspiration for my next children's book. Any topics would e great and an illustrator. i want to write this book for my nephews and niece. i have 1 niece and 4 nephews from the age 1 to 5. my family is christian and chicken, duck, and cattle farmers. I am thinking doing real...
    • ejtrout31
    • Thread
    • books children kids writing
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Hobbies
  14. n2h20

    Worms, chickens, dogs, and people.

    I currently have 40 hens, 10 are several years old and 30 are two months old. I let then free range on the weekends and evenings when I am home. For the most part I'd say they are fairly helathy. A few years ago, I lost 4 or 5 within a 2 month period . All seemed slow, and sitting in the corner...
  15. C

    mum of 4 humans and 8 chooks

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? when we bought our home 18 months ago (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 8 (3) What breeds do you have? 3 Australorps, 2 isa browns, 3 silkies (so far) (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? google (5)...
    • citychicknik
    • Thread
    • adelaide australia autism city crazy chicken lady kids pets side of the house chickens south australia
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  16. KadeSilkies21

    Goat Weaning and Milking HELP!

    This should probably be on BYH but anyway here goes... Tommorrow we are picking up a mother doe and her female kid. The kid is ready to be weaned I am told. They are both Saanen but as I am fairly new to goats, I'm unsure of this weaning process?! If anybody could give me advice or explain...
  17. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

    Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

    Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water when she and her parents move from Los Angeles to the farm they’ve inherited from a great-uncle. But farm life gets more interesting when a cranky chicken appears and Sophie discovers the hen can move objects with the power of her...
    • Kiki
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    • cute kids kids and chickens
    • Comments: 3
    • Reviews: 3
    • Category: Books
  18. SassyK

    New from Mt. Pleasant, MI

    Hello, My family first got chickens 3 years ago. My two daughters begged for chickens and the next thing we knew, we were building our first coop. We started with 6 Isa Browns and they have been great laying hens thus far. My girls take an active part in their care taking. We love having...
  19. Mountainwalker

    Rooster attacked and injured my 3 year old

    Hello I have australorp hens which we raised since they were chicks and an australorp rooster, the rooster we got when he was already adult(about a year old) and he recently attacked my 3 year old boy and scratched his face, very close to the eye. I am ready to put him down but since we only...
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