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I once had an Amberlink, I have no clue if it's the same as an Amber Star hybrid, but anyway, she was the sweetest girl ever, hopped up on my chair outside for treats. Very very smart, let me just say, however if I can recall she could be kinda sassy to the other chickens. Not really mean exactly, just not the nicest. Her name was Lucille. Lucille laid very pretty medium brown eggs if I can recall. I think she died of congestive heart failure.

Make sure you have this in your poultry first aid kit!
I use it for my rooster's wounds when another roo attacked him. He had a big chunk taken out of his comb, so we applied this stuff wherever it was needed. It seemed like it worked great. The only down side is that it is very thick and gooey and sometimes hard to apply.

my black sexlink is very food obsessed, she loves her crumble. She has a few BFFs in the flock, Vicky, who passed away, Flo, and Phyllis. She likes humans, but is more a chicken "person". She likes the older chickens more than the annoying young ones. She is not that picky about what she eats, which is good. She is not vocal at all.

My darling hubby bought this for me (perhaps I talk too much) and I didn’t do a minute of housework for a week. It’s absolutely fascinating. So much info so clear and well explained. The index points to problems quick and explains advise to the most horrible problems that we should never have to deal with. I read it from cover to cover, only ever done that with stories before.

I have only purchased one Rhode Island Red Bantam and they would probably be my top favorite breed that I have ever owned. In the Spring of 2023, I bought four bantams from Tractor Supply: an Old English Game Bantam mix, a Golden Sebright, a Silver Sebright and a Rhode Island Red Bantam. I named the fourth one Ruby, and she quickly became my favorite flock member of all time. She is the sweetest and friendliest chicken with the cutest appearance, and she also has an adorable voice－she does not make normal clucking noises, and instead makes squeaks and cries. Egg production is not an important factor for me, but Ruby seems to produce an egg almost every day, whether there is a thunderstorm or a predator that showed up during the night. Ruby is currently being trained to ride in the car, and she enjoys it very much. When she gets her harness and diaper in, she will be riding places with me.

I love using puppy pads to line the bottom of a crate when a chicken needs to come inside for whatever reason. It's really easy cleanup, no poop gets on the bottom of the cage and and water spillage doesn't leak out either.
I don't use this exact brand, I get mine at Dollar Tree which work awesome for chickens.

When my rooster got frostbite really bad where his wattles swelled up like balloons, I used this stuff and sprayed it on every day. When there was puss and blood oozing out of the infected part I sprayed it with my vetericyn. It probably saved his life because the infection could have gotten worse. They don't like being sprayed, but a trick I learned was to distract them with a yummy treat and then spray them. Remember to cover their eyes when spraying!

I can't stress enough for you to get this breed!
They are literally the most sweetest breed ever. My hen Gert is a very big chicken, has stocky legs and feet, and lays huge eggs. My rooster Ledo.....The most cuddly rooster in town. He loved to cuddle as a baby, and still to this day he will jump up on my back. He is so darn heavy, you could probably use these as a dual purpose breed if you had to, looks like they got a bunch of meat on them (although I would never use my chickens for meat.) Great beginner breed. 10/10 recommend. Just before you get them keep in mind that females are dark gray and males are light gray with a white spot on their head. Tractor Supply sorted them wrong when I got my two. Light colored roos were in with females.

2 broody mamas hatched 10 chicks last year, but I could never handle them because they would zoom away. They are very skittish, but that's because I never handled them. If you hatch some out, there is definitely going to be more roosters than if you got them in a pullet bin at a feed store (you will still get some but not as many.) I got 5-6 roos which I gave away and 4-5 hens. One that we gave away we weren't quite set on the idea that it was a roo, so that's why I say 5-6. I like sticking to the breeds at hatcheries and not the mixes. Why? Well
1. With pure breeds you know for sure how many eggs they are going to be laying, for instance around 250.
2. And you have a better chance of getting a nice chicken when getting a breed from a hatchery because that breed might be known for being calm and docile, whereas barnyard mixes you will never know how the personality might be.

Here are my mixes (they are much older now). #1 is an easter egger x sapphire gem. She always gives me the evil eye

#2 is a sapphire gem x olive egger.


I have a few mixes that I ended up giving away, here are some pics of them as a few weeks old.

this one is a light brahma x olive egger


this one is another brahma mix, he is a brahma x sapphire gem or olive egger

My chickens love this. Yes, don't overfeed. It is meant as a daily snack, will probably make your chickens fat if you feed this to them too often.

I wouldn't be without them now that I'm so used to them. They prevent waste as the chickens can't knock them over. They will just eat from them.

I bought a second set two years after the first, and I can't tell a difference. They don't wear out or lose color.