moodleroni farms

Not an emergency, but topic best fits this thread since I don't know what this is: I have 14 chickens total, 3 roosters & 11 hens. I check 1-2 chickens rotating, daily for bugs, visual signs of illness or injury. I dont have the time or energy to check all 14 all the time, and don't want to...

Good morning. I am not sure if I am being paranoid so I figured I would post and see what you guys think. Popcorn is a Cuckoo Maran rooster (born early March 2023) who currently has a swollen head/face. More specifically, the left side, above and slightly around his left eye. He does have some...

Hello! This is BBQ, she answers to BB, and I have no clue what breed she is. I got her from Cal-Ranch, she looked like a little chipmunk with really prominent eyeliner, yellow featherless feet, and black, gray, & redish-brown feathers. Her eyeliner faded as she grew, with it now not visible...

So I've noticed that since we (my husband & I) are new to chickening, that we may have inadvertently taught/trained our OG chickens to some weird .... lets call them.... moodleroni traditions. in addition to talking to them like they speak human, we also try to speak chicken & my husband has...

They are 6-7 weeks old now & I'm pretty sure they're all pullets but feel free to correct me. Also, what breeds do you guys think I have? Honey & Sesame have some weird hairdos happening so I dunno: Parmesan ^ (supposedly white leghorn) Honey ^ (supposedly Americauna) Teriyaki ^ (supposedly...

This is Nugget, is she an EE or like an Americauna or something? She's almost 1 year old and lays large green eggs. She has cheeks, a beard, a pea comb and darker legs but I don't know.

I currently have 3 hens wearing chicken saddles to protect their backs from my roosters. It's starting to get really hot here, so my question is: how often, and for how long, do I need to remove the saddles? I don't like removing them for too long since they will lose the feathers that they're...

Setting the scene: So I live in Southern Arizona, in a small city within a suburb, in a tiny pocket of county zoning. I have an 8ft. cinder block fence separating my backyard from a random alley, and my backyard is sectioned into two sides by a black metal fence (for safety): the yard side & the...

Hello all, 'fairly newbie' chicken mama here, excited to be part of the BYC community! I come here VERY often and would love to chime in, share, and interact with equally cooky chicken mamas & daddys. I was flung head first into this mania when I 'got' (long story for its own post soon) my...