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Barred Rock male or female? This is the only barred rock I have so no one to compare to. S(he)’s the most “aggressive” towards all the other chicks (and me) and notices everything. Also is the cuddliest which is interesting. Her/his comb is def the most prominent of all my chicks. A few Photos...

If there’s anyone out there who tries to follow a path of nonviolence / ahisma / do no harm in their life, I’d love your perspective on this. We have this rat who visits our chicken run. My girls & he were simpatico: they ate together, hung out in the yard together. He never took their eggs...

Hello! I have chicks which are roughly 3-4 weeks old. Two were listed as “Amerucauna” breed at TS. They look distinctly different from one another already which is interesting, but particularly noticeable is the lack of tail feathers on the one. I’ve never had this breed before. Thoughts? Pics...

Hi. I lost five chickens in one night to what I presume was a mink or weasel. Just looking for some validation this was the predator. The only way in at night would have been through a rat hole in the side of the run. The entire run (underside too) and all openings in the coop are wrapped in...

Hi folks! My accidental rooster started crowing last week and it was super cute at first as he was learning. Now it’s developed into a full/blown very LOUD and FREQUENT crow. Like sometimes of day he’ll crow every few minutes!!! We work from home and the coop is right below our bedroom & our...

Hi friends. We have a family of foxes that moved in to our area a few years ago — right at the corner of our & two neighbors’ farms. I feel the foxes have as much right to be here as we do, but they’ve taken turns decimating each of our flocks over the years. We’ve researched rehoming them, but...

I lost my buddy. She was only 2 years old and one of the cuddliest, sweetest, people-oriented chickens I’ve ever met. She would follow us around the yard, help us garden, then hop out of the yard to perch on the porch chair and look in the window when we went inside. A fox got her. She was...

Hi y’all. I have a 2 year old Easter Egger who is a sweetie to humans and her “sister” a 6 year old buff orpington. A few weeks ago I introduced 6 babies (8 weeks old now) to the 2 big girls. We started with just a visual “greeting” the chicks in a completely separate space where the big girls...

Okay experts… two buffs; around 7-8 weeks. Pullet? Cockerel? What do you think? And how certain are you? Ty!

Hi friends! One of my “pullets” this season appears to be a cockerel! 🤔 As I’m new to rooster raising, I have what is probably a really basic question, but please set my mind at ease here. We’ve got pescatarians, vegetarians, & vegans in my household, so I want to fully understand the...

Photo update post! These 2 buff orpingtons are the same age; 6 weeks. From TS supposedly pullets. What’s your opinion?

Hi all! I have 6 chicks around 5-6ish weeks old. They’re still inside because it got down to 27° here last night(!!) Come on Mother Nature it’s MAY. Anyhow, two of the chicks are buff orpingtons, the same age. One is a bit smaller than the other, her tail is shorter, yet her comb is much bigger...

Hi. I have 6 chicks ranging in age from 2.5 - 4 weeks. The last couple of nights they’ve all gone to sleep on their roosting bar instead of under the warmer. This seems super early to me, but it’s been a couple of years since I’ve had chicks. The oldest ones have lots of feathers but my youngest...

My Buff Orpington (6yrs) has a pretty bare butt. I’ve seen her coopmate snatch and eat her butt feathers and she doesn’t seem to mind so I’ve let it be. But she was laying next to me in the sun today and I saw how really bare her butt is. On closer examination there are tiny tiny white bugs...

Hey folks! My flock is down to just 2 girls (due to a ravenous fox over the last 2 years). Especially during spring — peak fox season here — I’ll be keeping my girls closed in their run. It is covered, and open to the air/sun on the side. Would love some ideas of what to put in there to keep...

Hey all, When letting the chickens out of their run into their fenced yard this morning, I found a squirrel skin! No bones, no meat, no squirrel at all, other than the skin/fur/tail. It was NOT there last night when I closed the girls in their coop/run. We have a feral cat that I feed — he’s...

Hello! My 3-5 year old Orpington (she’s a rescue so don’t know her exact age) was attacked by a predator bird of some kind today. He must have dropped her — she’s big! We have lots of hawks. Eagles too but we don’t think an eagle would have dropped her. We found her deep in the brush & carried...

Hello! I have a ~5 year old Buff Orpington hen who has had a slight limp for about 3 weeks. I’ve checked the pad of her foot and leg for injuries and see nothing. The last 2 days she’s begun really favoring one foot and hardly puts any weight on the right. She does NOT like being handled, so...

Hi! I have a 26 week old Speckled Sussex named Brownie. She’s sweet as can be, but I don’t think she’s laying yet. Her “sister” an Easter egger of the same age has been laying for a month now. Her other sister, Crossword a SS was killed by a fox 😡 10 days ago and I haven’t seen any SS eggs in...

Out of my flock of 7, 6 are not laying. 4 buff orpingtons are ~4 - 6years old. One may never have laid (half of my flock are rescues) 1 red star maybe 2 yrs old. 1 speckled Sussex 5-6 months old. 1 Easter egger 5-6 months old. The Easter egger lays nearly every day. Most of the orpingtons are...