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I can't stop laughing...

I was working on my laptop today with my back to the door. Imagine seeing this when I turned around. Apparently, my cats had managed to open a sliding glass door. My girls decided to silently creep in and sit with the head chook. They absolutely knew what they were doing, since I didn't hear...

Greetings from beautiful Milpitas, CA. We're just a few miles from Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Apple, to name a few. We have four pet chooks in a standard suburban lot. Looking forward to hearing from other BYC members and hooking up with local chicken pet owners. Here's a photo of my girls:

Rhettie, my two year old Black Star, started laying 3 1/2" eggs. Is this normal? She's very healthy and doesn't seem to have any trouble laying the supersized eggs. Ouch! That must hurt, though.

I'm not sure if Gertrude was angry with this video or just singing along.

I was experimenting with the close-up feature on my new camera today, when I caught this shot of Mildred the Hen. The close up shows things I never noticed with the naked eye. It's funny how much the chooks resemble their reptile ancestors.

I decided to try a very scientific experiment today. I'm retired now, so I can do amazingly awesome things like this. I thought my four spinster hens might like to hear a rooster. Youtube to the rescue. I took my laptop in the backyard and played a few clips of roosters doing their rooster...

Before chicken: Beautiful herb garden. After chickens: Hen hangout

Hi, I'm fairly new to raising chickens, so I will apologize in advance if there is an obvious answer to my question. I have a flock of 4 girls who free range in my somewhat small suburban backyard. I recently noticed that one of the ladies feet are dry and bumpy. Based upon what I've seen in...

I have a small flock of four ladies in a typical suburban sized backyard. I would like to start bee keeping this spring. Nothing extravagant; just a single hive. Does anyone know of issues with keeping bees and chickens within close proximity? Will the chickens eat the bees?

We have a young possum living under our deck in the backyard. Usually, he only comes out at night after the girls are asleep in their coop. Today, I threw a big juicy tomato out for an afternoon treat. I looked out a few minutes later and the possum and our small flock were at a standoff over...

Does anyone else remember Super Chicken or is it just me?

Hi, I'm new to BYC and this has probably already been posted sometime in the past. I, my friends and family have come up with as list of chicken related phrases, idioms, words and references that you might find amusing. Please feel free to add to the list. Have fun! Don’t count your...

Hi All, My family is new to BYC and to raising chickens. We live in Milpitas, CA which is just north of San Jose and at the South end of the San Francisco Bay. I've wanted to raise chickens for several years now, but didn't think it was practical in a densely populated suburban area. How...