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  1. Cheepwizard

    Hello!

    Hello! I’m new to BYC, I’ve raised chickens since I was a little girl and I’ve recently got my first chicks as an adult out on my own. As of now I have 8 chicks all about 8 weeks old. They are all beilefelders 6 hens and 1 roo and a mystery chick that was added into my order that I don’t know...
  2. Sadejweeney

    Hello Chicken Friends!

    I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself as I am getting back into the chicken rearing and community is everything! Hi, I'm Jade! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes and no, lol! I got my first 2 chickens when I was 5 in 2004, but I never had any chickens after...
  3. A

    Hi, I just joined

    Hello, I just joined this group and look forward to getting advice and tips. I have a flock of 37 chickens currently. I have 27 Buff Orpingtons, 10 Red Isens, and 1 Jersey Giant. No roosters yet. Heres some of the little babies a few months ago
  4. Cannon Coop

    Phoenix and Silkie

    Hello Again! I was able to confirm that the Red Pyle OEGB is for sure a Rooster. Now, I think the Phoenix could be one as well as the Silkie. The Silkie is just very feisty, and seems to want to try and pick a fight with everyone, especially the OEGB. The Phoenix just has a very large comb, and...
  5. T

    Urgent help needed with a Baby Duckling

    I want to preface this by saying I do not have the option to send him to a retreat. Due to Avian flu they are not excepting newcomers. We saved him because he mom was gone, even after searching. His leg was really busted aswell. Fast forward a day, and he ends up continually jumping up on his...
  6. Elliesfarm

    What colour Pekin will this chick become?

    Hi all, My first time hatching eggs produced a single super cute Pekin chick. I put 6 eggs (delivered via post) under my broody hen - and thanks to people on BYC found many answers here. He’s currently known as George until old enough to confirm a gender :D and is 6 days old. The egg that...
  7. E

    New Nebraska Chicken Member

    Hello everyone! My name is Elisabeth and my family and I have been living in NE for a year now. We have 2 boys and a mini schnauzer and it has always been a dream of ours to have chickens. While we live in the city, we have 1/3 acre, which is enough room for our little garden and some birds. We...
  8. L

    New member

    Just got my first flock of baby chicks last week. I believe they are about 9 days old. So excited to have chickens again! Last flock I had were older when I got them so first time with babies. Woowee they are a lot of work.
  9. D

    Need advice for re-homing domestic ducks in California (Bay Area)

    Hi everyone! I'm posting here in the hope of getting some suggestions and directions for finding a new home for the abandoned domestic ducks at the pond in our neighborhood park. Sadly, people have dumped several domestic ducks (Pekin, Muscovy, Swedish, crested ducks, and a few mixed breeds)...
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  10. Jaylou88

    Newbie in the UK.

    Hello everybody My name is Jamie and this is my first time hatching eggs. We are a family of 5, have a small dog name Buddy (Shih Tzu) and a budgie named Blue. My husband works as a Thermal Installation Engineer and I am a Pharmacy Dispenser, although I am not working at the moment. After...
  11. M

    Hello!

    Hi! I'm a new chicken farmer in Atlantic Canada! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm new to chickens but have wanted to have a farmstead since I was a child (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 10 chickens so far, 1 rooster, 1 hen, 2 pullets and...
  12. kanami

    hiiii!! chickie mama newbie here :33

    hi everyoneee, my name is kanami and i’m a first time chick momma. i’m 18 y/o and currently have nine 3 1/2 week old chickies. i might as well just start calling them pullets at this point! they grow up so fast i swear. i was only meant to get 8 babies but the hatchery accidentally gave me 9 and...
  13. B

    Hello, new chick mom, first night in the coop 😧

    Hello, My husband and adult children convinced me to get some chickens this spring. We got 2 Barneveldts, 2 Golden Sex Link and 2 Buckeye. They are now 5 weeks old, spending their first night in the coop, I am so nervous for them to be out. I may need to post this somewhere else, but when I was...
  14. H

    Adding a Rooster to my Pullet flock

    Okay so I’m lost here because I see so many varying opinions- My flock is 14 pullets, they’re barred Plymouth Rock, buff orpington, and australorp. Thoughts on adding a rooster to a flock of my 17 week old pullets? They’re all just now beginning to lay. When I first got them I only wanted hens...
  15. H

    help with new chicken being bullied by other two australorps?

    hello, I've had two black sister australorps for the past 6 months and I introduced an adult blue australorp yesterday. the blue is a little bigger than them but she is very gentle and the other two have been pecking her/bullying her to the point where they aren't letting her eat or lay an egg...
  16. Valrek777

    New brahma flock owner from NC

    Hi, I'm a relatively new chicken owner (had some as a kid, don't remember much) and we got ahold of about 14 buff brahmas(unsexed chicks so that will be fun). We've got them for eggs and meat, but will likely have fun with the chickens until the time comes. The wife and I have about 8.5 acres of...
  17. ThreeLittleRedHens

    Newbie in New Zealand

    Hello everyone. I am new to being a chicken mum. I have three 14 week old red hybrid Hyline chickens, bought three weeks ago. My husband and I are dairy farmers in the South Island of New Zealand. The hens now joining our menagerie of five-hundred dairy cattle and three pet cats. I have never...
  18. Shugercube

    Hi y’all!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I’m a proud new chicken owner! I’ve always wanted chickens, and we finally moved to where we’re allowed to own them. So of course I wasted no time! Lol (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 8! (3) What breeds do you have...
  19. creedatticus

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  20. K

    Duckling semi-hatched, yolk still present...Please Help!

    Hey everyone, first time ducky mummy here! I've never hatched anything before and have been a panicy mummy this whole time! We have 6 cayuga eggs (which we're unsure if anything is happening with them) and one mallard, which was laid by a wild duck and abandoned so we tried to incubate. She's...
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