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Had a broody hen who I left alone to do her thing. Checked her when I heard chirping. Realized she had stolen others' eggs. Separated her, chicks and eggs to allow the other eggs to hatch. After 2 weeks I pulled the old unhatched eggs and sat them on the counter last night. Earlier my...

I have a group of 10 Australorps from same clutch. At 7 mths. Only one rooster does not crow or mate where as the other roo does. He is healthy, not bullied and is happy. How long should I wait before I replace him?

My chickens are 11 weeks old. We are going on vacation and have 2- 5 gallons bucket waterers. While we are gone the temps are to soar in the high 90's. I have Australorps which I have read, don't do well in very high temps/humidity. I also saw where Gatorade is not recommended because of the...

Received my 15 chickadee's and 2 roo's, Black Australorpes. I was told take pic's as they grow fast. Boy howdy did they ever. I took out the heat lamp because we are in the 80's now and they are still in the garage. I will put them in the coop outside next week after we get the chicken...

:weeMy 15 Australorps will be arriving, and I am a first time owner. For those of you who do not know me, I have medical short term memory and I have done so much research, reading up on things, watching video's, etc. I want to make sure that I have not forgotten anything so I may purchase...

:):)Hello everyone! I am from Southeast Missouri. I joined a year ago with intensions of raising chickens for food and eggs. My husband had some major health issues, and we aborted the plan. Now the plan has changed slightly. Still wanting to raise dual chickens but I am opening a bakery and...

I am really confused! I did some web searching and got 2 completely different answers on the Cornish Cross. First few articles said there is no such thing as a GMO chicken, they are just selectively bred and considered hybrids. But in order for them to stay classified as non-GMO to feed them a...

Hello Y'all! So glad I found BackYard Chickens and hope to become a familiar face. I'm from Missouri and my husband will hopefully be retiring in January 2021. I would like to supplement our income with the selling of Poultry/Eggs. I just started my research last week and when I say I am a...