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To my fellow BYCers... This week has and is a difficult one. We lost a loved one over the weekend and we will be heading down to California from Idaho for services this week. The most difficult part is that the services are on my daughters 17th birthday and it is her great grandmother (my...

I decided to go out to the coop in the dark to see what I could get for pics with my new camera. I startled them off of the roost when I opened the door and some ran outside. I got this pic and absolutely loved it and had to share.

I have a broody banty that wants to set eggs. I've decided I'm going to go ahead an let her but is it too cold at night or will she keep them warm enough? and will she be able to keep the chicks warm enough if/when they do hatch? We are dipping down into the upper 30's at night but the coop...

I got these two from a lady off of craigslist. She says they are not brother and sister but I suspect otherwise. Age is almost identical based off of growth rate, he just started crowing and she is not laying yet. She said they were the only two she had and that they would make a good...

I have two french standard cuckoo marans hens and love them. I am having a hard time finding them a Mr. though. I called a lady the other day that breeds BCM's and she was nasty about the Cuckoo's and stated they are worthless birds, you can't show them, and that she would never suggest anyone...

We entered 6 of our birds in the show and three of them took ribbons... It was our first experience with chickens at the fair and it's been fun! Houdini My Easter Egger (2 yrs old) - Blue Ribbon - Mixed breed production layer Mazie my barnevelder (5 months old) - Blue Ribbon - Fancy breed...

This barnvelder needs a name: This is my daughter's favorite chicken that we have. Help us give her a name. She's five months old now and still no name. Thanks

One of my bantams is sitting on a pile of rocks (Not sure how they even got there) like they are eggs. Here's the catch though, she hasn't even laid her first egg yet. If i try to move her, she pecks at me and goes right back there. I thought she was sitting there to lay me her first egg but...

I would love to have a small incubator, nothing too big. I'm currently a student and funds are limited so would like to trade if possible. I have several jams and jellies that I have recently made including raspberry jam, strawberry jam, strawberry rhubard preserves, pomegranate jelly, and...

I picked this pair up today. They were sold to me as a mating pair (so... it goes to assume that one is a hen and one is a rooster). I picked them up yesterday and I was told they were hatched in February so that would make them 6 months old. I've only noticed one problem - neither is crowing...

I'm going to pick this pair up tomorrow... They are about 6 months old and I can't wait.

I'm just curious how many fellow BYCers are also geocachers? I'm thinking about placing a geocache that has to do with chickens!

Is it too early for my hens to be molting? If so, what other reason would there be for them to be dropping feathers?

I have two little cochin banties and up until today they wanted nothing to do with me and would run away from me, even when the rest would take treats out of my hand. They are now about 6 months old and when I went out today, not just one, but both of them came right up to me, one standing on...

I've been told they are mixed chickens, jungle fowl, and modern game fowl. They were just added to my flock. I need to know if they need different care than my chickens or whether I should keep them or not. I also posted in the "What breed is this" under the chicken breed thread. Any help...

I picked these up today from someone on craigslist. They said they couldn't remember what breed they were but that they were a pure bred bird. They are a little over a month old. I've never seen anything quite like them. Any ideas? Please... I'm pretty sure that whatever they are, that I have...

My girls and I want to experiment with some cross breeding this spring to see what we can come up with. We are looking for colorful and unique traits such as the top hat, frizzle, silkie, etc. Any suggestions for rooster and hen combinations. I'll be building a new coop this spring...

I would really like to see a picture of a true aracauna... the rumpless with tufts on the cheeks. I know they are not very common. I would also like to see what the coloring is on one. Thanks.

I'm really confused on this girl. I got her from a small local feed store and she was the only white (yellow at the time) chick in the store. The lady I got them from said they were all supposed to be single breed chickens but I'm not sure what she is. She is 5 months old and is laying brown...

I have an older hen that lays brown eggs and I'm not sure if one of my pullets has started laying. I have posted pics of the eggs side by side. Help me out if you can, do I have one brown egg layer or two? I have not picked up two brown eggs in the same day so I'm not sure. Can eggs color...