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It is always the little ones who think they are so tough! In my Backyard Flock, April is the only bantam hen but the large fowl hens are terrified of her so it works out well.

Aw, so cute! How do you keep the Tsouloufates from picking on the Seramas?

That sounds disgusting, LOL.

I can't stop staring at the Serama chicks, they are so cute and tiny! But, ugh, that brings back memories. Why do the chicks always want to poop on top of the brooder plate? 🙄

I think almost all of my chicks have had pasty butt because almost all of my chickens come from Tractor Supply. I don't know what is wrong with what they feed the chicks, but their chicks are going to get pasty butt! Or already have it by the time they arrive. The chicks I hatched from my own...

Almost all of my chicks eventually have pasty butt. I make sure they have water before I even give them food, but they still get pasty butt. I think it is a really common thing for chicks to have.

I knew chickens love to eat chicken but that is certainly a sight that I can only imagine!

I wouldn't be able to eat the chickens that I have raised, I would prefer re-homing any of the extra cockerels. That's just how I am, which I probably shouldn't be like that. Chicken tastes gross to me anyways, I see so many people saying it tastes good but I have to disagree!

Wouldn't it be good if you could tell them to decide female? 🤣

I will answer this question as well! This is actually my first time breeding my own chickens for various reasons. Our second rooster we ever kept was aggressive to humans and over-bred the hens. I did not want another rooster like him, so when he died, I started researching which breeds would...

I have some pictures, I will show them when I have time!

Excuse me for not following along much, but I hope the chicks grow strong and healthy! Hatching is such a fun adventure, especially when they are from your own chickens－you know their parents and it is funny when you make observations of them that you can relate back to something their parents...

That is hilarious! I love male chickens because of their antics, as long as those said antics are not too hormonal. I have a Cochin Bantam rooster that has had a deformed leg since he has hatched, which likely came from the fact that they took far too long to ship the bantam surprise hatching...

Sixty hours without power?! At that point, I would be sitting on them myself. I am totally okay, everyone . . .

Sorry for getting lost in this thread, I have been preparing for the hatch of my own chicks! I just had to reply to this because I am also hatching eggs from my own chickens to preserve their legacy. Ruby is my favorite flock member, I love her so much and I want to continue her genes down. Of...

I actually thought she had died from some kind of sudden shock. I was relieved to see that she was still breathing.

The main issue I have is that I need some males that can actually breed. My Cochin Bantam cockerel tries to mate with the Polish pullets but he doesn't understand he is too short and he falls off their back; or, when he actually climbs up there correctly, he just stands on their back while they...

@fluffycrow Any advice on how to make broody females smarter? (Not a serious question, I'm joking.) I just had one of my Speckled Sussex pullets go broody on a nest hidden under a fallen log, and we had to break her because there is no way unfertilized eggs are going to hatch and she wasn't...

Sorry to hear about your hens! The female chickens in my backyard flock lay in a hollow that is in the inside corner of the coop, but they cover the eggs up with dirt when they get done. I don't know if they do that intentionally or by mistake when they are climbing back out of the hollow.

Store eggs pointy side down. When in lockdown, the turner is taken out so they should be on their side at the bottom of the incubator. I doubt candling them every day is going to mess with the hatch rate－a broody hen gets off her eggs and has to go eat, drink, poop, and whatever else she does...