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  1. Lynnsey25

    Newbie from uk

    Hi all ive been using backyard chickens for information and tips since becoming a chicken owner earlier this year, to be honest we jumped into getting chickens very quickly, my family loves all animals and we have multiple others, our children wanted chicks so my husband said "sure i will build...
  2. SirPecksALot

    Cowardly roo-advice please

    We are new to chickens. We currently have 2 Roos (hatched may 19 of this year) 4 hens (same hatch date) and 4 pullets. They live in a large wooden coop with two 100sq ft rooms. They also have a 200 sq ft outdoor area. Our Roos are both Ameraucanas. One of the boys is a lovely cuddle bug who is...
  3. K

    Newbie

    Hi! We just bought a house on several acres and planned to do a coup and chickens. The woman who owned the home before had a coup and 1 lonely chicken (the others were picked off by predators). I planned to learn as I went but I got thrown in to the middle of it with an existing coup and chicken...
  4. Sweetiekjo

    Hi there! Newbie here!

    Hi Kristy here from Fancy Feathers, just leaving a little bio of me...Michigander, Wife to EKO, Mother of 3, Graphic Artist, Newborn photographer, homesteader, gardener, and I adore my beautiful chickens. God’s creations are amazing! I really hope to make some homesteading & farm friends here...
  5. Joylime322

    How long from Internal pip to External Pip??? (Quail)

    Hello Community! Yesterday, I saw some small "lifting" of the shell (like a pip) but it hadn't broken the membrane or very much of the shell. I simply assumed that the chick inside had made their internal pip and pushed hard on the inner wall of the shell. A few eggs have this, I think. Its day...
  6. Joylime322

    The Quail-venture....

    (Note: I started posting a new thread for all my questions and decided it was over kill. Now I am simply gonna post questions and updates on one thread! Welcome friends! I thank all of you who have already given me help and advice as I begin my quest into this new hobby! Hopefully someday I can...
  7. Prof Luna

    Hen or rooster all are 17 weeks old. I am quite attached hoping no roosters, especially my astralorp!

    Easter Egger Ginny 17 weeks old Barred Plymouth Rock Rosie- top of the pecking order! Poppy I nursed her for 2 days holding her and keeping her warm and feeding her, hope hope hope she is a hen Molly, friendliest likes to sit Omni my shoulder. Also investigated my eye and scratched my...
  8. Joylime322

    Assisting Eggs/ Touching Baby Chicks

    Dear Community, I have some eggs soon to be set into the incubator but I am a first timer and I have a few questions that the internet just doesn't seem to have a direct enough answer for. Firstly, If I do open the incubator in the last three days, is it really as bad as I have heard...
  9. jwheatley3

    Hello from a Denver Chicken Newbie!

    Hello everyone! I’m the proud owner of a couple of Australorp hen chicks and excited to get started. Any apps you all would recommend? I was thinking of one that helps track age, when to change feed type, any kind of health maintenance reminders, and of course egg and expense tracking. I’ve...
  10. Prof Luna

    Winterizing a tractor-help

    Hello I am a newbie, Trying to design insulation and ventilation. I have a 10x20 atomic zombie chicken tractor. Made with hog panels and completely covered with hardware cloth. The design called for that plastic corrugated cardboard stuff for the coop, not ok for winter. I live in...
  11. B

    It's me, b0ckb0ckg0rl

    Hello fellow bird parents! I'm a 22yo lady with two beautiful black tailed buff Japanese Bantams, a 4-5yo hen who doesn't really have a name but is amicably called 'fattie' and a 3yo rooster whom I have named Samuel Pepys, but the other members of my family disagree with that name and choose to...
  12. Jilly1425

    Small Flock in MD

    Hi - I have a small flock in MD. I have had some experience with Black Sex Links, Production Reds, and Golden Laced Wyandottes. My laying flock was usually less than 5 and right now I have 2 - a RP and GLW. I also just recently got 4 baby Black Copper Marans from a local hatchery northeast of...
  13. M

    Complete Newbie

    I bought a house recently that has a chicken coop. I've always wanted to raise chickens for eggs, and I thought I would use this as the perfect excuse to get started. =) I need all the advice... How do I clean my coop, what kind of chickens are best for laying, how do I care for the chicks, do...
  14. ajsflock

    greetings from Montana

    Hello there! I’m AJ, I’m 17 and a beginner homesteader! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? April 23 of this year, I brought home 6 white california pullets, and June 19th (just yesterday) I saw that tractor supply had ordered more chicks! So of course, now I have...
  15. H

    Couple questions about 3 week old chicks from newbie

    Hello, we are new to chickens and bought 4 chicks of about 2 weeks old last week. I have one concern and one question (haha for right now). 1. Concern: I’ve found blood in their brooder a few times (starting the day after we brought them home). They were in one of those large rubber storage...
  16. abmurry914

    One chicken not roosting

    Hello again, We have 9 chickens that are about ten weeks old, they've been out in the coop for about 4 weeks now. The first week it was still pretty chilly at night and the girls weren't roosting at night, the were all huddling together. As time went on they began using the roosting bars. We...
  17. rkpaulsfamily

    City Chicks N Gardens

    City girl here with my first set of backyard chickens! Love chickens, gardening and flowers! We’ve had our chickens for 4 weeks and bought adult chickens. We have a total of 8 hens right now; and a variety of breeds. We have 3 RIR, 1 Buffed Orphington, 1 Barred Rock, 1 Cinnamon Queen, 1...
  18. Elie And Her Flock

    Elie And Her Flock

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  19. I

    Hi Everybody!

    Hello peeps! My name is Izzy and I am, alas, without chickens at the moment. I live in an apartment with a landlord who is NOT KEEN on the idea of having chickens on the property. Sad. But I have plans! Plans for chickens when my husband and I get a house of our own, preferably in the...
  20. Missjlee4377

    Purple Hair Poultry: The Journey

    I just have to get this out to SOMEONE! Bear with me this first post is a condensed 7 week journey... So here me out, I'm green at this chicken business. I feel like I've moved my way up the ranks you know? Crazy Cat Lady to Plant Lady and now (holy sh*t I have a farmhouse and property, this is...
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