I just found you, although I've had chickens for years

[CT chicken lady]

A woman from Kansas, who gardens at our community garden told me about this group, to my delight. I have taken sick/injured hens to my local 'bird' vet, but she's not really a chicken doctor. It's good to have other chicken lovers to run things by. When I had guineas, I did treat wounds from roaming dogs, and my mother's nurse at the hospital gave me a bunch of steri-strips to stitch them up with tape.

I bought chicks the Friday before Easter, and they are growing by leaps and bounds. The farm store where I purchased them said they were 95% female. The zoning officer said I can't have roosters, so how do I tell sooner rather than later if any of them are male?

 

[b.hromada]

I wish that I could tell the roos from the pullets at a young age too. I guess you need a trained eye for that.

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from S. Florida! Glad to have another chicken lover on board.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

I had raised chickens for years before finding this site, also. It's a whole new world, isn't it?

Welcome! Show us some pictures of your chickens so we can help you out.... but mostly because we just LOVE looking at chicken pictures!

 

[Firework]

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from Minnesota!

 

[wolftracks]

from California

 

[Henrietta23]

If you post pics on here you'll get opinions. People here pegged my roosters at just a few weeks with 100% accuracy.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Welcome to BYC from Cape Cod.

 

[Woods_Woman]

from Oregon. So glad you found the forum, you'll love it here.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

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from Ohio.