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The chicks first outside excursion was an adventure. They're in the broody cage attached to another coop. The other birds have been interested but basically ignored them except for complaining that they couldn't get to the food. I opened the door, and this time she led her chicks out for the...

Long story omitted. I gave my broody two chicks yesterday. This afternoon she is out of the nest with them. I have two more in the brooder. Is it too late to graft them on? Should I just try and see what happens?

"It’s just easier to eat them when they're jerks." If there was a family of racoons in my living room, you can bet they'd be endangered.

I got 5 straight run Rudd Rangers this spring in the hope that one or two would be female to add to my landrace. One refused to roost in the coop at night (usually disappeared a couple hours before sundown) and didn't come back one morning. Of the remaining four, one is a cockerel. They are...

I'm curious. I crossed a JG to RIR hens, and all chicks were black. The one surviving cockerel has bright red markings. Because of good behavior over 2 generations I decided I wanted his sons for my new flock. I set 10 eggs, 7 of which hatched. In the 3rd generation the chicks segregated to...

Finally someone went broody! A second is showing signs but hasn't committed yet.

I am rather looking for second and third and however many opinions as I can get. I currently have two broody hens. I have eggs set aside for them. The combination is Biel x JG roo, hens might be JG, Biel, or BA. I had never planned to set the eggs of the Biel hen. She had some health problems...

I have a group of nine 7 week old chicks that I need to integrate into the adult coop. One of the hens doesn’t like chicks AT ALL and the roo doesn't seem to like them either. On that last point they'll just have to deal, but it applies. The chicks have been in the secure run since they were...

I finally got around to planting my greenhouse a couple of weeks ago. Everything coming up, beautiful! Then one night my spinach disappeared. I found the entrance hole, but since then every night something else is gone. Last night they finished off the last of my arugula and mustards. The...

I have a second coop with three 10 week old cockerels and ten 6 week old should-be-pullets. I have three feeding stations, all out of sight of the others. When I open up in the morning all three bowls are full. The three older birds immediately stake out all the feeding stations and drive the...

I think both of these are boys. These are just those I was able to get decent pictures of.

I noticed one of the Marans chicks was lethargic yesterday, lying down when just about everyone else was running around. She didn't come out of their heated shelter this morning so I brought her in. She seems to be walking just fine, eyes are clear, but her head drops to the ground like it's...

Not at all sure what this new behavior means. The three JGxRIR boys seem to be conspiring to keep the chicks in the coop. Not under their heater for the most part, and not away from the food and water, but in the coop. This morning one of the babies got past them (flew over their heads) and...

I have a situation I'm not sure how to handle. When I created the bachelor pad I built it under the deck. Convenient, unused space, so I wrapped it in chicken wire, reinforced it, built in a shelter... Well, since I built it some weaknesses have made themselves known. I have had up to three...

I got a group of 30 chicks from Hoovers. 10 were Marans, easily identified. 5 were Buckeyes and 5 were Rangers, again easily identified. Of the remaining 10, 5 were supposed to be Speckled Sussex but the 10 were nearly identical. Since a friend had asked me to order a colored egg assortment, I...

I bought a group of 5 unsexed Rudd Rangers this spring. The current plan is to raise the 2 boys for meat and keep the girls for my breeding project. I may end up eating them all, since my flock free ranges. We'll see. One of the 2 boys has an odd deformity below his vent and isn't growing...

For the last week or so one of my BA's has been acting weird. Not in the nesting box but sticking close to the coop, hissing and puffing up if I try to touch her. The boy she raised died last week and I thought she might be grieving. She won't go anywhere near the other young cockerel. She has...

This chick had pasty butt when he arrived. It took about a week to clear up. He still had part of the umbilicus attached and this is what the poop seemed to be catching on. Noticed during this time that he appeared to have two tails, with the vent below the top one. Now two weeks old, and...

I think I have a cannibal on my hands. Mixed group of 20 chicks, Rudd Rangers already split out into their own bin. Remaining chicks are Buckeyes, Speckled Sussex, Marans and possibly two easter eggers. Whoever is doing it seems only to be attacking the Buckeyes. Their tails are bleeding and...