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  1. JoeO

    Advice on restoring flock

    OK - this is a rather surprising issue, since we've had hens now for nearly ten years, but here goes. First the bad news. Locked the coop Wednesday night. Opened it on Thursday morning to find every single bird dead - a mink somehow got in. Two roosters, fourteen hens wiped out in a single...
  2. G

    New member Introduction + Question

    Hello BYC family, My name is Levi Garrison and I am a new member here. I have a quick question for yall but will first introduce myself. (Question will be posted under introduction)… (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? - I am pretty new to having my own chickens yet...
  3. castillo_de_luz

    Introducing: the Spice Girls!

    After months of anticipation and preparation, I finally brought home my five sweet little Dominique pullets! Please meet Pepper, Poppy, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and Ginger. One is already showing quite a personality, and they're all currently out in their coop/run on a cold and rainy New England day...
  4. blazzin

    Starting a New Flock!

    Hi everyone!! It’s been a while (3 years) since our major coop overhaul project and we are starting a whole new flock this spring! Don’t worry we didn’t eat the old hens, they are now retired on our farm in Northern California to live out their golden years, lol. Since all the feed stores...
  5. SinnahSaint

    New Flock in Nova Scotia

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I’m brand new to chicken keeping. The birds have been in my care less than a week but I’ve been learning about chickens as part of my homestead research for many years. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have a very...
  6. K

    Brand New to Raising Chickens!

    Hello from Eastern Massachusetts! My family and I finally have the property of our dreams that will allow us to garden and raise chickens. We are brand new to this adventure and are working with coops and fencing that came with the property. Two days ago we purchased 14 chics with which to...
  7. Sparkzthechickenkeeper

    Starting the Sparks flock

    I’m starting a flock @19 years old, I still live at my parents house (yes I know it’s in the works) my mother raised chicks and had chickens of her own 10 years ago. I had been wanting to raise chicks again for a long time! I figured with all the egg crisis stuff going on, my family goes...
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  9. Chixmixopolis

    Bought the Boks!

    Hi all. Was around chickens when little (grew up in MT) but just started a backyard mixed flock in SW WA where we have 3 acres. (But also giant hawks, eagles, coyotes, wild dog packs, weasels, coons, etc so a larger run and a coop more than open free range unless we are out with them.) Focused...
  10. F

    Beginner's mistake with mycoplasma, how do I start over?

    Hi everyone! New to backyard chickens and unfortunately just got back the diagnostics saying one of my girls had mycoplasma (I had to cull her since she wasn't doing very well). :( This was my first flock and I've loved having them. But I made several beginner mistakes that I wish I had known...
  11. TheBirdBabe

    Help me name my chicks? 😁

    I have some chicks that need names! We were trying to stick with snack themed names.. but our creativity fizzled out after just two! 😅 We're thinking Baby #1 is a rooster & we KNOW Baby #2 is! lol Here are pictures of the ones that need names & the two that are already named. (I have 4...
  12. McChicken752020

    Hiiii! New member

    Hi everyone! When I was in High school, my mom was a member, we had about 15 chickens. Now that I've grown and moved out, got married and now have 7 baby chicks that I would absolutely love to share with a community that my mom was once apart of.
  13. F

    Help with molting

    I only have one laying hen that I bought a few weeks ago that laid two eggs for me then stopped laying! I thought maybe it was the stress of the move being with all new chickens but it’s going on too long for it to just be stress. My guess is molting since she’s missing some feathers around her...
  14. Dsearle

    New Faverolle Flock in Cleveland MO!

    Hello! New Chicken Flock here! Bought 15 straight run Faverolle chicks from Heartland Hatchery here in Missouri about 3 weeks ago. Chicks are growing nicely I believe. No real issues as of yet. Have lots of cool feathering starting now- they are so different. Will be cool to see how they all...
  15. L

    Help me build a mixed flock of backyard pet laying hens!

    Hi there! I am looking to build a backyard coop this summer in Florida with 3-5 laying hens. They will be pets so I care that they are sweet and calm for my kids, and I am intrigued by funky egg color (would love to have three or four different egg colors from them... at least one blue for...
  16. Summerfield

    First Flock in SoCal

    Hi BYC Community. Been reading so many of your posts getting started, so thank you for all the info I've received to far. Myself, my partner, and 12 yo son, have embarked on having a small flock in our suburban backyard and so far we're loving it. We have three 3.5-week old chicks currently in a...
  17. MetroMutt

    morning/night? What times to let them out in the morning.

    Ok so getting my hens Saturday, wondering good times to wake them up in the mornings my current schedule is I wake up between 10-11am (I have sleep/health issues and go to school around 11-12:20 if its online or not.) I plan to wake up a little earlier so they have more time in their run. I...
  18. Coopshaus

    New and getting 6 week old hens

    I have my coop and am currently working on finishing my run. I have purchased 6 week old chicks and I will get my two Plymouth Barred Rock and two Midnight Majesty Marans at the end of April. It's exciting thinking that my chicks are now hatched. I purchased started birds to avoid getting any...
  19. HenreyTheRooster

    I need help desperately

    Hello I am here to ask for help/ tips introducing a one year old Jersey Black Giant who lost her flock too a group of sixteenish week old chicken that include, one Candy Corn Polish, One Cream White Legbar, and one Barnevelder. They currently live in two coops next to eachother but I dont want...
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  20. Lone Star Leghorn

    Chicken Journal?

    We are getting chickens for the first time in late August. We will have around 25 Cornish cross for meat birds (short term), and 10 Dominique's for egg layers (long term). I have seen some people suggest making a journal of everything we do. Is there anything in particular that we need to make...
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