Hello fellow chicken peeps,
I have been tending chickens for 7 1/2 years. I started with 6, of those I still have 2; Lucy (Rhode Island Red) and Ethel (Buff). They don't lay anymore but they are happy matriarchs.
Two years ago I got 4 babies ~ two Ameraucanas; Thelma and Louise and a Cochin...
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I was contacted by a friend who knew someone who needs to re-home their two silkies. I love silkies and have wanted to adopt some soon. Turns out they hatched the same month (october '17) as my current crew - russian orloff (Polina), buff orphinton (Betty), Barred Rock (Darla) and Easter...
Hi, I'm currently in the process of integrating 3 new chickens, two white stars and a black rock, with my existing 2 speckedlys. The new hens are POL and the older 2 I'm not sure about. They're in a brand new, much larger coop and so it's new territory for all.The white stars are doing fine ...
I just got 2 quail to keep my pet quail rooster company(the 2 quail were female) and one of them just stands around and does nothing, even when my quail tries to stand and peck her. She just does NOTHING. Is this normal? I got the 2 quail from a farm, the rooster that I have I incubated from an...
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I'm living right now in the highlands of Costa Rica (pretty cold believe it or not haha) and we used to have 4 chickens and a rooster but a few months ago an opossum killed 3 so only the rooster and 1 chicken survived. A few days ago we got 3 chickens, 13 weeks old and...
For the longest time I thought y'all were crazy about this chicken math thing. How do you go to the store for one thing and magically double your flock? That wasn't going to be me!
My starting flock was just going to be two chickens. I ordered the coop and hardware cloth. Tuesday, the items...
My silkie Lola is a 5 weeks old and has a sibling Lolita. I got them from family, farm & home and noticed no issues but put them both in a brooder by themselves (they were bigger than the other chicks by a lot). Recently we got 3 small Rodies from the same place and put them in with Lola and...
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Recently I picked up two olive eggers and one passed last night :( I have 6 other adult hens in the back yard not one wants to be a mommy. I've tried;, leaving me with one bird that's barely a week old with no friends or a mommy inside the home. Question, do I have to get a second bird...
Hello All, I just had one of my girls pass away from being egg bound. So now I am down to two hens. I ordered some 4 week old chicks to supplement my flock. I'd like some advice on how to integrate the girls once it's time. I'm planning on waiting until they're at least 7 weeks before...
It's finally happening.
Our Peggy is finally well enough to get another hen to keep her company.
We first bought our little 7-month old Australorp a little over a month ago. As it turns out, she was in pretty bad shape; she was stressed, lice-ridden and suffering coryza*, and that was just the...
Hi. I am new to raising chickens. Hubby and I have a little coop and run in the backyard. Last month we got 3 Red Comet hens 19 months old, they lay 2 to 3 eggs a day. We also got 3 chicks from Tractor Supply (Plymouth Rocks). Our little peepers are 6 weeks old. Today we moved them out to the...
Hello everyone, I have introduced some new chicks to my flock. I have had them around 7 weeks, they are fully feathered and have had outside time in a cage every day, for the past two weeks to enjoy the sun and meet the older chickens. Well I let them run around my feet when I'm outside and my...
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I am a first time chicken mom, I have 2 silkie and 4 bantam. I am learning as I going... but so far so good. Just got one named Dolly that has some trouble but I have not left her yet.
Recently, about 2 month ago ago, I received several baby chickens. It had been a blast raiseing them. Unfortunately I've lost half of them to predators. A problem that has been fixed. Today I came home to a surprise from my mother, who felt bad about my loss. Our local farm and feed had some...
I'm looking to add two new chickens to my flock. I currently have two Golden laced Wyandotte a little over a year old and one Isa brown about 7 months. I was thinking about adding a Buff orphington and possibly a speckeled susuex, Americauna, Araucauna or Welsummer. What would be a docile...
Hi there, I have a coop that is 7ft*3.5ft*4.74ft. It says it houses up to 8 chickens. How many max would u fit personal? I have 2 golden laced wyandotres and an Isa brown now. I'm thinking about adding 2 more. Would that be ok? What breeds should I add. I was thinking a buff Orpington and maybe...
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Last week I bought 4 hens and 11 chicks at auction. I've had the coop and run sepereated so that they can all see each other but they can't get to each other yet. I bought four pekin bantams, and an unknown breed of hen and her 11 chicks. The hen and her chicks have been living...
One of my ducks went missing and my other duck is very upset, so I’m going to buy him a friend. Does anyone know where I can buy them, and how to introduce a new duck to my flock?