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Indoor Plant Show
2025 BYC Summer Fair
Ends on August 24th, 2025
Do you adore your Aloe plant? Pamper your Philodendron? Spoil your Spider Plant? This is the perfect place to show them off! Share your house...
They're trying to pass this ordinance in my town all because of a couple people who have way too many goats. There are so many ways this will effect me and many in my neighborhood. Everywhere you go, at least someone has chickens and with the raising egg prices, many more have gotten chickens...
My dear sweet hen, Beth II passed away peacefully this morning. She started going downhill earlier this week and the past couple of days she refused to eat then drink. Beth was a rescued battery hen whom my Mom rescued on the side of a busy highway. Beth, though she stunk like no other chicken...
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2025 Valentine's Day Contest Series
Wattle I Do Without You?
Ends February 17th, 2025
This is a RANDOM Winner Contest...
Do you have a favorite bird? Maybe they're extra friendly and...
I clicked on BackYard Chickens on my laptop, and it opened up like this:
I opened it up on my tablet and it was fine, and I opened it up in a new tab on my laptop and it was fine there too. I'm assuming this was just a fluke thing but I figured I'd post a thread on it anyway.
Edit to add: I...
Favorite Grinch Movie: Who’s the Best Grinch of Them All?
It’s that time of year again—time for the Grinch to come down from his mountain, and we want to know: Which Grinch movie is your favorite? Whether you love the original animated classic or can’t get enough of Jim Carrey’s hilarious...
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Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2024
Are Your Chickens Molting?
We Want Your Pics!
Ends December 31st, 2024
It's that time of year again when our birds start their...
Most times I can easily tell the gender of a chick, and on most I'm determining what they are as early as a few days old. The issue for me is my guesses tend to stick with me and on favorites I don't want to think I'm wrong even though I have a strong feeling or fear that I am. I'm seeking a...
My broody hen has 11 seven, almost eight-week-old chicks and has been an excellent mother. Today, I caught her attempting to pluck several of her chicks, which is new behavior. Starting yesterday, one of the chicks who has been showing some surprisingly aggressive behavior towards the other...
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Official BYC 2024 Summer Fair
Car, Truck, Motorcycle, RV & Boat Show
Ends August 25th, 2024
Trains, planes, and automobiles! We all have our own modes of travel, whether it be for...
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Official BYC 2024 Summer Fair
Meat Bird Show
Ends on August 25th, 2024
Attention meatbird enthusiasts! Join us for the highly anticipated Meat Bird Show at the Summer fair, featuring both...
I know someone whose peahen escaped the day before yesterday and they haven't had any luck finding her. (This if their only peafowl.) They posted this on Facebook, and someone this morning claimed that they saw something strange about a mile and a half from the lady the night before and wondered...
I unexpectedly lost my precious girl, Sarah, today. :hit:hit:hit:hit:hit :hit:hit:hit:hit She was a Whiting True Blue hen who had just turned two years old last month. Sarah was one of my favorite hens due to her friendliness. She loved to sit on my lap while I petted her until she'd fell asleep...
I am asking on the red things that hang below a chicken's face. I sometimes get the spelling messed up, so I'm asking this question for myself and for those who also have the same mistake.
Monday morning I came out to my Lemon Cuckoo Orpington with what looks like prolapse vent. I brought her in and soaked her in an Epson Salt bath and cleaned her vent. Upon cleaning it, I discovered that the 'ball' hanging out was all full of poop. I cleaned it out as much as I could, and the...
Welcome to my photography thread! As anyone who has seen my watermark must know, my photographer name is Duckwing Photography. I will be posting most of my pictures watermarked to protect my photography. I am Autistic and I struggle with Dyslexia, which gives me a unique view in photography. (I...
Good morning. I have a Black Copper Marans hen that isn't doing well this morning. She's all fluffed up and inactive. (I was able to walk right up to her and pet her without her moving.) Is there a way anyone could help and identify what is wrong?
Things noted:
Her crop was empty. (This...
For awhile, I have been having issues with inserting links. Everytime I fill in the link and the name for the link, it would insert it at the start of my post, instead of where I was trying to insert it. This is an issue on more than one device, so I would either copy and paste it from where it...
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2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series
Cutest Couples Photo Contest
Poultry Edition Edition
Ends on February 17th, 2024
The most romantic day of the year is fast approaching -...