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So I have one hen in my flock that seems to be above even my rooster in the pecking order. I’ve noticed she picks feathers of some of the other birds, especially our rooster. Today I noticed she really injured another hen. We’re planning on building a tractor type run tomorrow to separate...

Picked up a few chicks from Rural King back in September. Was supposed to be a silver laced Wyandotte… definitely not but what is she? All black, feathered feet and single comb…

After hatching a couple of our eggs with a broody hen this spring and getting all roosters we decided to get “pullets” from the feed store. I’m only really questioning one of them being a rooster. I also think it’s not at all the breed it’s supposed to be. Was supposed to be a silver laced...

Trying to figure out if these are hens or Roos… the blonde is a mix of whiting true green and ameraucana. The other is all ameraucana. They were born in mid June. I appreciate any input.

Someone’s dogs (3) came onto my property this morning and somehow got into my chicken pen. I’ve lost 4 birds, possibly will lose another girl not doing well. Most of the injuries are fairly minor considering on the ones still alive. A lot of feather loss. My rooster however is pretty bad. He’s...

One of my BPR girls went broody. 8 out 11 hatched. 6 were from my EE girls and 2 are either BPR or BJG. My rooster is a BPR so I will most likely be getting barred Easter eggers?! They are 2 weeks old, here are a few photos...

I had 8 out of 11 eggs hatch with our first round with a broody hen. 6 eggs were from my Easter egger hens under my BPR rooster. The other 2 are either BPR or jersey giant BPR crosses. Wondering if I can use the feather sexing technique to sex the babies. Based on this it seems like I have half...

For quite awhile now my rooster has had a black spot on his comb, at first I thought it was a scab but it has not gotten better. Now I'm noticing a few very small black spots on my some of my girls... Is this fowl pox? What do I do? Help!,

My girls have been laying for about a week, week and a half or so now. I went into the coop this morning to find one of my Black Jersey Giants laying. Came back in after a while and Brown Chick one of my Easter Eggers was sitting on the freshly laid Jersey egg, while I was in the coop she laid a...

I have 12 girls. They just started to lay. I was out of town for a few days and am not 100% sure when exactly. So roughly about a week or so now. 4- Easter Eggers 5- Barred Rocks 3- Black Jersey Giants So far I've gotten some beautiful green-blues from my EEs And a few shades of...

I adopted a silver laced polish from a friend. I'm pretty sure I've heard it crow once so far. I think he's 12-13 weeks old. Not very sure on sexing birds yet, and am brand new to polish. This is a roo?

Has anyone had any luck breeding bantam Roos and standard females? I am taking in a bantam silver laced polish roo from a friend of mine. I currently have a mixed flock of dual purpose (BPR and BJG) and my Easter Egger girl for eggs. With the timing of quarantine for the new boy my other...

So I currently have a flock of 13. 12 ladies and 1 rooster. They are about to be 14 weeks old on Monday... A friend of mine who has chickens also ended up with a rooster and cannot keep him... What's the best way to introduce them? I have 4 EE girls, 3 bjg girls, 5 BPR girls and my roo is a bpr...

Just installed solar and switched my coop over. Running the Poultry Butler Automatic Coop Door and small light currently. I will add more to this post as I get results from this set up. 20w solar panel Deep Cycle Battery (100 amp hours, I believe) Power Inverter (up to 400w) If I were...

Hello, I am pretty new to this chicken business. Question: What humidity level is comfortable for chickens? It's been raining off and on all week, my humidity level currently is around 70-75% Highest yet! My birds seem fine but I am wondering if I should worry. Normally its at around 30%...

This is my first time raising chickens, building a coop and all the things. I started construction in January of this year. My chicks arrived in late February and are now 9 weeks old. My boyfriend is pretty construction inclined and has been a huge help with this project. He helped me a lot...

I live in the mountains of colorado, we have Hawks and Eagles, bears, Bobcats, foxes...etc. I noticed some paw prints on the side of my coop under the window, most likely a fox or bobcat. I have since purchased two solar motion lights, which work great. What else if anything can I do to...

Hello all, I will be receiving my first batch of baby chicks Wednesday. I live in Lyons, CO. Currently it's 10 degrees outside. I live off grid and am using a generator for power in my 8x8 insulated shed. I have constructed my brooder in this shed. It is roughly 7.5x3 for 15 chicks. I am using a...