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Hello! I have a Cream Legbar pullet who is 35 weeks (8 months) old. She has never to my awareness laid an egg. I have however been away from my house and in college so I can't officially confirm this but blue eggs have never been found. She is incredibly flighty so I do not handle her as it...

So long story short, I put up nesting box curtains and now my chickens are terrified of the coop. They are roosting in trees and I can't find them at night :hitIf I'm lucky I can find half of them. I removed the curtains and they will not step foot in the coop. THEIR ONLY FOOD IS IN THE COOP AND...

I have two eleven week old cockerels for sale. They're purchased directly from Greenfire Farms (usually 60 a chick!!) I'm asking 20 as that's the price I bought them for in their assortment. They're nice boys and are friendly! They were also raised by a broody and have been free ranging well...

Methyl Anthranilate (MA) is a known bird repellent and is environmentally friendly. Information on methyl anthranilate and birds. I had some left over from a research experiment on color association in chickens and haven't had any use for it until now. The first thing I realized when I smelled...

I know their breed and at this age (four weeks) it's too young to know their genders. They're being raised by my broody so I have a bit of trouble getting decent pictures of them. Thought you guys might have fun guessing them and they are indeed a pure breed, not a mix!

Long story short, the last couple of months have been pretty dreadful for my flock. From heatstroke, to one dropping dead and receiving an inconclusive autopsy to three different types of daytime predators, almost everything that could go wrong went wrong for my flock. The beginning of April, a...

I was just curious what the new profile category of "Showcase comments" was! I hadn't seen it before and couldn't find another thread mentioning it :) Thanks!

I have asked permission to make a thread on these birds who are not mine, just because I'm very curious to see if anyone else has ever gotten chicks with this appearance from TSC before. I've seen some chicks on here with fibromelanosis with non-silked feathers with single combs and a Bantam...

Not sure if anyone would be interested but a couple years ago I helped design and conduct a year long research project on the effects of confinement on chicken behavior and eventually the paper was published. Just thought I'd cite it in here in case anyone were curious :) I'm a super big...

Hello, my almost nine month old Buff Brahma boy has a very bruised and swollen half of his face and neck. Is this injury or respiratory infection?? He acts healthy even though he looks pitiful. I heard a small amount of sneezing from the flock the last couple days, but not large amounts or any...

Just wondering if this has happened to anyone. I received a mystery Orpington bonus chick from a breeder that had a multitude of varieties, among which they raised red and partridge Orpingtons. Seeing her as a chick, her down and first set of feathers seemed to be partridge. Her down was very...

I love helping others sex their chickens, but these guys are throwing me for a loop. I just keep overthinking it, so I'm going to just let everyone else put their opinions in. I need to work on rehoming extra cockerels because I bought them straight run. I won't share my biases other than that...

Purchased some chicks from Carolina Rare Chicks. The different varieties of Brahmas were labeled by leg band, but from day one this one didn't look black like it was supposed to be. It's coloring looked like a Light Brahma chick, but then he started getting in the black feathers, so I dismissed...

This is my fifth time with mail order chicks and I have never had anything like this happen. We received 21 chicks in the mail, but 2 were weak and we couldn't revive them and died the first day (nothing out of the ordinary.) I had them on electrolyte and vitamin water for first three days while...

My five 20 week old Polish have always acted healthy. Then about two weeks ago, I found one of my cockerels sitting on the roost with his head limply hanging down in the morning when I let them out to free range. I picked him up and discovered that he was almost completely limp and had no...

My Rhodebar, Chocolate has developed a new habit of staring at me through our glass sliding door on our deck until I go outside! I have tried giving her treats when she climbs down, but as soon as go inside she climbs back up! Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution that works?

This is a thread where you post pictures and stories of things you find normal now that you have chickens!

For this contest you post a picture of your recognized pure breed chicken that is a standard variety and I will judge it by the standard of perfection! There will be a first, second, and third place winner in each class. The first place winners of each class will go on to compete for reserve...