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Hi!! I'm new to keeping chickens of my own, but I've taken care of them for years. While I'm starting small with one hen and another soon to arrive, I'm trying my best to give my current chicken-- Mabel June-- the best of care. She arrived at my home after being henpecked, for the two weeks...

Hello! So we have two Embdens that we got as guard geese for our flock of 16 chickens. We have seven chickens that are six months old and nine chickens that are two and a half months old. The guard geese are not quite two months old. As of the last week the guard geese are chasing the chickens...

Hello all, I have been reading forums from the backyard chickens website for almost a year now and finally decided to make my own account. In April of 2021 we welcomed our first flock--four Barred Rock pullets and two female Khaki Campbell ducklings. We raised all six of them in the same...

So, my araucana has reached day 21 and so far 2 eggs have hatched (she had 4 left). My little pekin bantam (who is her friend and has also raised chicks) decided she’d sit in the coop next to her and just hang out..? When I went to check on the hen and eggs to see if anymore had hatched my...

Hey everyone! I know it’s been for ever since I’ve been on but I’m happy to say that I am back! My life has changed a lot since the last time I was one here. You know how I wanted to start jumping my horse? Well unfortunately I didn’t start that after all. But I am going to start barrel racing...

I will be leaving BYC. I thought I should say bye instead of disappearing :p. Bye, friends!! :hugs

Hi! I have a wild rooster and 3 chicken siblings that live in my quiet neighborhood. I have known them since they were born and we are attached. They rooster strayed crowing today for the first time. The last time a rooster crowed in our neighborhood, one of the neighbors killed him 😭. If...

Chicks are 15 days old today, holy they are getting big so fast! I only have two of my old girls left, I have to get a few pics of them to share as well!

Ive got a 1 year old quail hen whose sister passed away recently, i was wondering if i could introduce a bantam chicken of some sort to her, she is rather kind she has never attacked any bird in her life and shes so lonely but i cannot get another quail and they’d probably attack her anyway...

Anyone want to share pictures and stories of their favorite chickens?! No dinner jokes, please.

I have a hen that is a few years old - she had encephalopathy when young and I somehow managed to keep her going. I had her in the house in a cage for a year - now she is outside in a coop all by herself. I can't put her in with the 3 other girls because she still has some issues and they will...

A SQUATCH WATCHER is a group of people who had been following a thread about a feral chicken, nicknamed a SQUATCH, after sasquatch, because the OP was the only person who had the *sightings* of the Squatch. So far, a roo has been discovered, but no hen. Although us Squatchers keep yapping in...

I have a 3 bird limit where i live. I just lost my heart, sweet pete was my other ducks mate. I got her a new female friend to help her along. I just wanted to know if i should get a 3rd? I know ducks are flock oriented social animals so im just not sure what to do. Is 3 too many? They are in a...

Hello everybody! I am basically looking for recommendations on just about anything and everything; books, movies, music, hobbies, etc. Consider this a thread where you can just drop and share your favorite things and maybe have a little chat with me about them. I am using this thread as an...

This is random... Do any of you do "fun things" with your ducks? Take them anywhere with you? Walk them? Take them to places away from home? What can you do with them? What should you NOT do with them? I only have 4 ducks right now.. Was just thinking about this. Haha! :) I just want to show...

My ducks (one in particular) have been having a major attitude towards the rescued duck. They are all drakes. Is there anything I can do to change this?

My ducks (one in particular) have been having a major attitude towards the rescued duck. They are all drakes. Is there anything I can do to change this?

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Hey there! :frow I am thinking about getting a new chicken, maybe a Dominique hen. I have a silkie and am not sure how they will do together. I have read that Dominiques are a very docile and friendly breed. They also tend to be down near the bottom of the pecking order. They are a smaller...