I don’t know if anyone’s ever had a situation like mine. But last December in 2021, my Black SexLink hen of 5.5 years passed to an illness. But around June, my father and I decided to incubate some of the eggs of the many chickens we have and to see our results. Surprisingly enough when hatch...
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So I ordered my chicks from Cackle Hatchery, their City Town Special- 3 where I can order 3 of the breeds they offer, and I bought an Easter Egger, Blue laced Wyandotte and a Silver Laced Wyandotte. Well, I ordered 3 and received an extra Silver Laced Wyandotte. From the very...
Hello, so I really don’t know what else to do at this point. My Sapphire Gem Hen has been isolated for a few days from the flock because her vent was bloody a few days ago and I thought she had been pecked because another hen was pecked by my brother’s Muscovy Duck, but it wasn’t that. It had to...
Heyo hope everyone’s doing well. Just curious as to why my 3 pullets and also other pullets from the flock haven’t been laying at all but they’ve already reached 6-7 months old? Understandably my older hens have taken a break especially due to cold weather lately and just overall egg productive...
Hi, so one of my newer pullets I’ve had for a few weeks now along with another hen, seems to have just laid her first egg I’m assuming. It’s very VERY small haha! It’s smaller than a pigeon egg. At first, I almost thought it was a young cockerel soon to be rooster because her hackle feathers...
Hello chicken lovers, so this was my very first time ordering chicks online. I bought them from MyPetChicken.com. Got myself a Speckled Sussex, Blue Laced red Wyandotte, silver Laced Wyandotte and Plymouth Barred Rock. It went perfectly well, and I didn’t even have to go to the post office. They...
Hi, my hen fell off the roost. It was Night time(12am). I was taking out my dog and while we passed the chicken coop, me and my dog heard a big thumping and flapping sound. At first I thought it was a predator that somehow got to either the chickens or pigeons. Or was climbing the fences. But I...
Just here to show some photos of my chickens. Nothing big or fancy haha. Just a spring update I guess, and to post something to update my BYC account.
Just them enjoying and picking at the grass and scratch grains on a peacefully warm and sunny morning. Plus the egg laying has peaked once...
Hey every chicken lover, keeper, enthusiast, etc. I’ve recently encountered something that I’ve never seen happen with any of my other hens before until now. BUT, my white hen who is huge, she sometimes bullies my new blue sapphire gem hen, who is actually so sweet and too nice! I only had the...
I’m wondering if anyone might know the breed of these two chickens I have been raising.
My orange hen is about 4-5years now, is small like a bantam so I thought she could be a mix of a buff Orpington and a bantam of some sort but she has black streams around her neck and blackish tail so I’m...
Hello chicken lovers and keepers, I’ve had chickens just about half my life now and I honestly just enjoy their company in the backyard, roaming around and rummaging through leaves and grass, taking dirt baths. Without any chickens in my backyard it would just feel empty now, even though we have...