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Chickenstock Returns to Delta Mills Park in Lansing Michigan on June 29th, 2024! When: 10:00 am -3:00 pm Where: Delta Mills Park: 7001 Old River Trail, Lansing, MI What: Bring a dish to pass, any livestock/crafts, and your smiling face! Please feel free to bring things like hatching eggs...

So... my beautiful Shuri-bird had the dreaded bumblefoot scabs on both of her feet. No other birds have them, so I'm guessing it was while free ranging. No limping, no swelling, no signs of pain... just the scabs. I did some research and soaked her feet, wrapped her in a towel, picked off the...

Mama hatched out two bantam chicks Sunday. Since then, I'm struggling with where to let her raise them, please help! The area I have is a coop and run I originally purchased for my flock of 6, and I moved them in after 5 weeks inside in a brooder with heating plate. Then we built our big run...

We're expecting two baby bantams today or tomorrow!! Eek!! Rocket went broody the last week of April and I tried to break her, but she refused. Then, I met a friend who has lots of birds, and she constantly has fertile bantam eggs. I asked her if I could have 2 and see if Rocket is a reliable...

Hewo! I have a broody bantam hen sitting on 2 bantam eggs. I have a raised coop she's in right now, but am thinking ahead to adding a removable ramp/access point to the side when Mama is ready to leave the coop with them. How do I design something that the chicks will be able to get back into...

Hewo! I have a broody bantam who has been sitting on two fertile bantam eggs for 5 days. She's only a year old and her first time broody. My question is, I put the eggs under her at 2 weeks of broodiness. Will she sit on them to term (21-ish days) or should I have a plan B ready in case her...

I figured I would finally stop lurking on the BYC page and join. I grew up in the woods and have always been fascinated with raising animals, although I never had the opportunity to. My husband and I finally bought our first home 4 years ago, but chickens weren't allowed. 2 years ago, we moved...