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Well, the terrible thing happened. We went out Friday morning to feed our 24 chickens and found all but six chickens had been killed. I'd like advice on care for the rooster and identifying the predator. We have a secure coop with an automatic door into a fenced and covered but not completely...

But not in the way you’d expect. One of my cuckoo marans has been broody for over two weeks now. Every day I’ve been moving her out of the nest box and blocking her from returning. She would hang out in the nice big orchard with food and water with two other broody hens (!) and my buff Orpington...

Today I’m making six (!) chicken saddles for my flock. I’ve found a few how-tos and patterns, and I have a few questions: what difference does the shape make? Some of them have little extended curved area at the corners. Does that help keep is smooth for the wings or something? It seems like...

I put chicks under Buffo after she’d been broody for over ten days, this past Tuesday and Wednesday nights. She’s taking good care of them, and they all seem to be doing well. Side note - these chicks seem so happy to have a mom. I will probably never do a mechanical brooder again. anyway... at...

Ok, I pulled them out. 😣 Gunther and I had a disagreement this morning about who’s in charge. He’s generally a good cockerel, but he goes through short phases where he forgets I’m bigger than he is, and I have to remind him. I usually lightly whack his hackles with a small stick or grab a couple...

Hello! Not sure if this is a problem, or just dirty chickens. Is this normal, or should I be investigating some sort of respiratory illness? There is some sneezing and ear scratching, but I’m pretty new at this and don’t have a really good gauge of what’s abnormal. It seems like not a lot. they...

My cuckoo marans cockerel just started to show purple tips on his comb. Did I read somewhere that this could indicate a heart problem? It just showed up yesterday. And he also had a really sudden change in personality. He’s been reserved and mellow and suddenly got aggressive yesterday when the...

Are my chickens dummies, or is there something undesirable about these roosts? The roosts are under a roof inside the netting-covered run. It’s helpful for shade and keeping them out of the rain, but they don’t seem to care for the (1x2”ish) roosts and just hang out on the ground. This outdoor...

Hello! I have a cuckoo Marans cockerel and a few hens. I’m wondering what would happen if I incubate eggs from any potential crosses in my flock. Has anyone here crossed a cuckoo Marans rooster with any of the following breeds? Any photos? Any sex links? X gold laced Wyandotte X barred rock X...

There‘s a lot going on in the coop lately, and after the smoke, heat, and rapidly shortening days, I wasn’t surprised that my four 6-month-old wyandottes started laying fewer eggs. When they did lay, about 3/4 of the time they were laying on the floor or the ground in the run. Mostly I was...

This is Scout. He’s 23 weeks old and needs a new home. I raised him thinking he was female, and so he was handled a lot and thinks we’re buddies. He rushes at me sometimes, but not my husband. I think it’s just me, and we don’t need two roosters. Olympia, WA. He’s just beautiful, really sweet...

Two of our wyandottes started laying this week, and I’ve been anxiously waiting for one of our Marans to start. Well, today Rebecca almost laid her first egg. Unfortunately, it got stuck and she prolapsed. I looked over to the run as I was eating dinner and saw her sitting with her head tucked...

In Thurston County, Western Washington. The hatchery that may or may not remain nameless made a huge error on sexing. I was going to keep these three, but they’re just too much for the pullets all the same age, and I don’t have a place to keep them separate until the pullets mature. They’re all...

I’m currently the “big chicken” to a flock of 28, including three cockerels I’m keeping, thanks to a huge sexing error at the hatchery. (I ordered two intending to keep one, received seven, now have four, including Stewie.) The oldest chickens are now about three months old and I have almost no...

Can you help me identify the breeds of these 6-week old chicks? I ordered five mystery female chicks from the hatchery with my gold laced Wyandottes and Marans. One is almost definitely an Andalusian, another seems likely to be a silver laced Wyandotte (and maybe a cockerel), but the other three...