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Here are the chicks after I picked them up from the post office. They had to come to work with me, yikes! But the day was perfect sunny and high 60s and low 70s, which kept my car at about 90 degrees. Though I did have the equipment needed just in case they needed to come inside the building...

Just wanted to say how much I enjoy the easy access to BYC while at work, using the face book site. My whole facebook site is post after post of Back Yard Chicken posts, once in a while there will be a post from friends or family. Keeps me entertained all day.

I have an order of chicks coming the week of may 19th. I have managed to get my silkie hen broody, so they will go under her to be raised. She did a great job with other chicks I fostered under her. Here is my problem, I can not take a day off work right now. But I can take them to work. I...

A few of my hens are laying eggs in a depression they have madein the bedding that is on the poo board, YUCK. I do clean it each weekend but the area they seem to want to lay eggs in is right under where two of the hens perch. So it is very poopy. They have several nest boxes and also have a...

I have a Silkie hen named Baby Blanche who has been broody for most of the time since November. Poor thing really wants to have a family. I broke her of being broody a couple of times but she reverts to broody after a couple of weeks each time. So I had a friend from work bring me in 4 eggs...

Hi everyone, Sorry it's taken me a day or two to get these on here. I will post a couple of pictures and then when I can get some of the chicks I will post more. For those who haven't seen my other posts, I was worried about it being so cold here and yet still wanting to give my Silkie ( Baby...

I am going to place some chicks under my broody Silkie hen tonight. Should I do it early in the night? Like about midnight? Or in the morning, but still dark? Like at 4am?

I have a Silkie Hen that is broody a lot. I got 4 eggs from a guy at work, but they are not fertile. Poor Baby Blanche has been broody for much of the time since November! I have a small rabbit hutch that I use for Chicken Prison. So I got that all ready for Blanche to have the baby chicks in...

Fox2 had on the news this morning that Milford was going to take an elderly man, Archie Moon, to court to keep him from getting 6 backyard hens. His set up and coop looks wonderful and it looks like they will be penned not free range. Also from what you see his yard looks like a decent size. I...

Hi Melissa I tried to make a second page with lots of pictures and text of the fence but its not working out for me. I don't know?? Maybe I am to tired? I am considered good on a computer and I am able to do most anything with a camera and with the photos, but I am used to Mozilla and used to...

My oldest hen has for the last 3 days layed eggs in spots other than her favorite nest box. One I found in the coop on the floor in the center of the coop. It was crushed, and seems like the deep litter soaked up the mess? Then I found one outside in the run, just in the middle of the yard...

I have 4 standard chicks and 3 bantam chicks in the house right now. I need advice for when they can be together in the run and in the big coop? My web page shows my coop and run. Maybe I need to section an area off and put my small tiny coop in for my bantams? But I want them to share the big...

This is my standard Polish hen. A white capped blue was ordered, But I asked them to send replacements if needed to so that I would get the chicks when I needed to. This is my bantam silkie, She is from the assorted bunch. I also ordered a black silkie and did get a black one. So CUTE. This...

Hi everyone, Ok I am not sure why but I had a long hard time getting the web page here just how I wanted it. I have a family blog and I use a lot of printing sites and programs, yet took me two days.....LOl. And I normally use mozilla, now I remember why, explorer just HAD to shut down three...

Its from Sunset barns and I just love love love it. I tried to post a buch of pictures on a BYC web page but I am thinking I did it wrong? My girls. I have 4 standard hens and 3 bantams in the brooders I made. Silver Cuckoo Maran, Silver laced Wyandotte, Buff Orpington, A polish, 2 silkie...

I made a BYC page and have been working on it for hours. I thought it was done but when I went to check it out there were no pictures? only the link where they should be? Is there a moderator who can tell me what I did wrong? Not sure I have the energy to fix it

I built my coop myself. It didn't turn out much like what I planned in my mind. In my mind it was the most wonderful coop, in reality I or my husband have to keep adding corrections to it. And it still leaks. And it looks like a bit of a junk pile, what with the extra wood and tons of plastic...

My EE hen laid her first egg, (green by the way), and she arranged the nest box into an elaborate deep nest. One on what she must see as "her" side and also one on my RSL hens side. The Red sex link lays a big brown egg everyday on one side and till today neither used the other side. The nest...

I live in Michigan and it's in the low 20s and the teens at night. I have replaced the heated dog bowl twice. I have the bowl outside on the ground. Am I getting bad bowl after bad bowl? Or do I need to add more heat, or just have my husband buikd an insulated wood box to put the bowl in? My...

Hi and thanks for the help. I had 2 pullets in the spring, one was sneezing right away and didn't make it, the other started to crow. So since I cant have a rooster in this area, once my neighbors complained, and I cant blame them, he had to go. Since we couldn't re-home him or give him away, I...